Official Duke 2015 RD Results Thread

WongTongTong · March 28, 2011, 12:18pm

Here is the format for when decisions come out (no need to remove spaces :)):

Pick one:
[noparse]Decision: Accepted[/noparse]
[noparse]Decision: Deferred [/noparse]
[noparse]Decision: Rejected [/noparse]

Pick one:
[noparse]Trinity College of Arts & Sciences [/noparse]
[noparse]Pratt School of Engineering [/noparse]

[noparse]Objective: [/noparse]
[noparse][ul] [/noparse]
[noparse] [] SAT I (breakdown): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] ACT: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] SAT II (if submitted): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] AP (place score in parenthesis): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] IB (place score in parenthesis): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Senior Year Course Load: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/noparse]
[noparse] [/ul]Subjective: [/noparse]
[noparse] [ul] [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Job/Work Experience: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Volunteer/Community service: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Interview: [/noparse]
[noparse] [/ul]Other [/noparse]
[noparse] [ul] [/noparse]
[noparse] [] State (if domestic applicant): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Country (if international applicant): [/noparse]
[noparse] [] School Type: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Ethnicity: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Gender: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): [/noparse]
[noparse] [/ul]Reflection[/noparse]
[noparse] [ul] [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Strengths: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Weaknesses: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/noparse]
[noparse] [] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/noparse]
[noparse][li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li][/noparse]
[noparse] [/ul]General Comments: [/noparse]

REMEMBER, THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR DECISIONS, NOT FOR DISCUSSION.

Use this thread for discussion: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1104254-decision-notification-date-7.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1104254-decision-notification-date-7.html</a>

Good luck everyone!

bluedog · March 30, 2011, 5:48pm

bump since decisions will be released in about 10 minutes…Note that “Deferred” should replaced with “Waitlisted” as this is the Regular Decision round.

sAfuRos · March 30, 2011, 5:57pm

rejected…ED applicants found uot a bit ago

Clowiebear · March 30, 2011, 5:59pm

Decision: Accepted (likely letter)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800m, 750cr, 720w (2270)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800math2, 800wh
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.6?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%. 800 kids in class
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): lang5, psych5, wh5, ush5, chem4
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP CalcBC, AP Euro, AP Econ/Gov, AP Bio, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist. um…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: I rifle-shoot. It’s an Olympic sport. I have multiple national records as well as i’m on the national team. This summer i went to the World Championships in Munich and got first place so i’m now the Jr. World Champion
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, job at a business… 2 summers. editing and filing
[] Volunteer/Community service: i volunteer at my range teaching gun safety to boy scouts, army, rotc
[] Summer Activities: all shooting. traveled all over the US (and germany)
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions): idk i thought they were good. not amazing but not anything to get me rejected.
[] Teacher Recommendation 1: good but probably slightly generic
[] Teacher Recommendation 2: a teacher who loved me but was still brutally honest. didn’t read either
[] Counselor Rec: onsidering she’s counselor to 200+ kids in my grade… probs not too great
[] Interview: I thought it went well…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: the one that doesn’t get you financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: i’m just one in a thousand of kids that were accepted. maybe my essays could have shown more spirit
[] Why you think you were rejected: eh who knows?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford (EA), Emory (Liberal Arts Scholar) Duke (Likely Letter) UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD (regent scholar) Waitlisted: Claremont Mckenna, Pomona Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton[/li][/ul]General Comments:
i thought i would get accepted to more places but i have Stanford so i guess i shouldn’t be complaining

aigiqinf · March 30, 2011, 5:59pm

Decision: Rejected

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (Not submitted)
[] ACT: 30
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2 (Learning Disability)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/50
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit (4), APUSH (3), AP Art History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very rigorous
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): State Education Policy Position, State Superintendent Appointee-11, 12; Other State Education Policy Position, State Board of Education Appointee-10, 11; State Rep/Consultant, Int’l Education Projects w/ NASA, et al.-10, 12; City Official/VP, 08-09 Parliamentarian; City Youth Council-Member 9-12; Attorney, Teen Court–10, 11, 12; Scrabble: High Score 552, >4,300 Games Played–9-12; Secretary/Treasurer//State Qualifier, Bowling League–11, 12; Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do; 1st in Division at State Comp.–9, 10; Math Tutor (College Employee)–11, 12; Founding Captain, Science Olympiad Team–9;Church Youth–9-12; Varsity Golf–9
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Excellent
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Poor
[] Interview: Exceptional
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Income: <30k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy, Instate
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[li] Strengths: ECs[/li][] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA too low
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted at ECU and NC State; Rejected at UNC-CH (Direct Descendant of First Student), Vanderbilt (Peabody), Northwestern (SESP), American, and UChicago

[/ul]General Comments: Not surprised; no one cares about extenuating circumstances.

ohnono · March 30, 2011, 6:04pm

Decision: Accepted - Likely Letter

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II (if submitted): math ii 790 physics 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): canada
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: m
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: ec’s
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk…im happy
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?after…seeing as I got rejected to all 8[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: most likely going to duke

hl0523 · March 30, 2011, 6:07pm

Deferred ED to…
Accepted (Trinity)

Objective:

[ul][] SAT I (breakdown): 720 M, 680 CR, 710 W (2110)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math II, 650 Chem <– yikes…
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 4.50 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/467 (Top 6-7%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), Stats (5), Chem (3), World History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1 & 2 (Mech. & E&M), Calculus 3, AP Lit and Comp, Sociology 101 (Comm. College), Discrete Math (4 year college), Student Service Learning
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Gold Service Award, Congressional Service Award, other misc. service awards, AP Scholar w/ Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Mostly cheerleading, club and varsity. Most significant. 15-ish hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Entrepreneur of International Business with a huge charity component.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots and lots and lots. 600+ hours. Organized 4 fundraisers to benefit non-profits. Established and fund (through my business) Athletic Scholarship for underprivileged cheerleaders.
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About volunteering at Heartly House, a non-profit organization that assists victims of Domestic Violence. Good to great for what it was.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): On my business. The topic allowed this one to be pretty impressive, I thought.
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Is this Why Duke? Solid, in my opinion. Also sent in additional Why Duke-ish essay after I was deferred. It was personal, and instead of being about why I wanted Duke, it was more about why Duke should pick me.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Both pretty strong.
[li] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Fantastic! My counselor doesn’t really know me but after a ten minute meeting with me, she wrote one of the best recommendations I’ve ever read.[/li][ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): I had, in total, 6 letters of rec go to Duke (LOL). One from my Mom (duke alum), one from the President of the Entrepreneur Council of my county and one from the Dean of Students at Hood College. All really, really awesome.
[ *] Interview: Not fabulous (was really nervous), but certainly not bad. Above average, I thought.

[/ul]
Other

[ul][] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy[/ul]

**Reflection: **

[ul][] Strengths: Volunteer Work, Awards, Essays, Course Rigor, Recs
[] Weaknesses: No spectacular stats in academics (Meh SATs, meh class rank, average GPA)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs, Volunteer junkssss. And lots and lots of awesome recs and awards after I was deferred. lol
[] Where else were you accepted/wait listed/rejected: Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, UNC Chapel Hill (OOS), Georgia Tech, Texas A&M. Waitlisted: UVA. Rejected: Georgetown, Vanderbilt[/ul]
General Comments:
Holy…??? IS THIS REAL LIFE!!! Never been happier!!!

gasenioryear · March 30, 2011, 6:18pm

i CANNOT get onto the website- killing me!!!

niqueb1 · March 30, 2011, 6:24pm

Everybody is logging on at the same time so its crashed. I need to know my fate!!!

dprichey · March 30, 2011, 6:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390- 800M, 800CR, 790W (11 essay)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 US History, 760 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.61W
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/358
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP US, AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Micro, AP Psych, and AP English Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP American Government, AP Spanish Language, AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP Chem, AP World (independent study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, national debate awards

[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Debate (Captain 11, 12), NHS (President), History Club (Treasurer, 10; President 11, 12), Spanish NHS, Freshman Mentor (Executive Board 11, 12), Baseball, Science Knowledge Bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: Very little
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 400 hours total from various activities (over 100 from MS Society)
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): My experience at Cambridge University last summer. I thought it was excellent for 150 words.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): My father. Of all the essays I wrote during this process, this may have been my favorite.
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): My experience in Duke TIP, or why Duke feels like a second home. I thought this was clever. I mentioned Durham staples like Loco Pops and Cosmic Cantina.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Decent. It was from my NHS sponsor, who has had me for 3 AP classes.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): So-so
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): I sent two. One was from an instructor at Duke TIP. It was very good. The other was from my debate coach. It was by far the best recommendation anyone gave me.
[] Interview: It was just okay. I certainly had better.

[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): KS
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Fairly large, competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Duke TIP

[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, test scores, summer program experiences
[] Weaknesses: Little work/job experience, could have more community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. But I’m certainly glad to have been accepted!
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted at UNC (Honors College), Notre Dame; Waitlisted at Dartmouth, Brown; Rejected by Princeton. Still waiting on Harvard.
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? I liked that it came after. The acceptance softened the blow from the Ivies![/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
First reaction? “Thank God…”

boogaloony · March 30, 2011, 6:31pm

You managed to log in? Wow… To me the site looks pretty… totally dead.

gasenioryear · March 30, 2011, 6:34pm

i know boogaloony. i cannot get in. killing me- i want to know!!!

kayshark · March 30, 2011, 6:34pm

i might cry if the site doesn’t load… it loads then says it’s not available…

boogaloony · March 30, 2011, 6:37pm

I already know I was admitted but I want to know my financial aid award.
But I will probably be able to do that some time later.

I will probably go to sleep right now, it’s 01:36 am here in Romania.

Good luck everybody. May acceptances flow!

eagertolearn · March 30, 2011, 6:47pm

^^
Same-I want to know my financial aid package. It says that it’s not available, though. It should be mailed to us.

shazzydazzy · March 30, 2011, 7:01pm

omg i cant log in. and when i do it’s like some system maintenance thing going on.

potatoflake · March 30, 2011, 7:02pm

i KNOW!!! evilness!!!

asphalt · March 30, 2011, 7:12pm

Decision: Accepted
Pratt School of Engineering
Check other posts for stats :)

aznmeeagi · March 30, 2011, 7:17pm

Decision: Rejected
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (700W, 670M, 650CR)
[] ACT: —
[] SAT II (if submitted): Chem 710, Math IIC 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/285
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 4 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): —
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP English, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP Stat Independent Study
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): too lazy to try to remember lol
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): XC (captain), Spring Track (co-captain), Winter Track, Stage/Set Crew (Assistant Stage Manager), Lit Mag (Layout Editor, Editor-in-Chief), Outdoor Club (president), Diversity Club, Peer Leading
[] Job/Work Experience: Bussing tables for about a year now
[] Volunteer/Community service: File work and cleaning schools over the summers, 100+ hours
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): really good at first but I deleted it and talking about my volunteer work…terrible.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): A lot of people said it was powerful but I wasn’t too happy with it in the end
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Didn’t really show interest
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
[] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Lots of leadership positions?
[] Weaknesses: No passion, no interest demonstarted in Duke, low SAT scores. The list goes on lol
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted at Hopkins and Case Western, waitlisted at Lehigh, rejected everywhere else
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Didn’t apply [/li][/ul]

General Comments: I’m not really disappointed. The rejection letter sounded more thoughtful than others and I appreciated that. Way to keep it classy, Duke (;

And congratulations to all of those accepted!! Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the ride! (:
To those rejected: I hope you all had a wonderful run. I’m sure wherever you guys wind up going will be lucky to have you. No matter where that may be, I’m sure you’ll find success and happiness~ Good luck, guys!

metaphy6 · March 30, 2011, 7:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800 M:750 W:800 TOTAL: 2340
[] ACT: nope
[] SAT II (if submitted): LIT: 750 MATH2:750 USHIST:780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.26
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46/209
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 AP’s: 5’s in Art History, APUSH, & LangComp || 4’s in LangLit, MacroEcon, Physics B, Latin Vergil
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: seemingly difficult!
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Maureen O’Donnell Oxford Dictionary Award for 4yrs Summa Cum Laude National Latin Exam,
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: worked in the University of Texas Library, taught Wilderness Survival at Boy Scout Camp, Paid Clinical Internship at prestigious law firm
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): didn’t do it.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About working as a janitor at boy scout camp while studying quiz bowl subjects. Pretty dramatic but I suppose provocative.
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): none
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[] Interview: kinda dull
[/ul]Other

[ul]
President of Texas Latin Club of the Year 5 years in a row, many awards at regional and state level for academic tests,
Texas Quiz Bowl All-Star
Boy Scouts senior Patrol Leader, Eagle Scout
Youth and Government 2nd in Texas trial competition.
liberal arts blog, 10,000+ hits in a year
some other junk
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Competitive, high-ranked Magnet
[] Ethnicity: WHITE
[] Gender: MALE
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m legit
[] Weaknesses: grades / class rank, never took calculus, white male
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea honestly.
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?
i don’t give a **
[/ul]General Comments:
I now regret applying to Amherst because i am absolutely sick of this meaningless process. I was accepted at Swarthmore, Duke, Dartmouth, UChicago w/merit Aid. Waitlisted at WUSTL, Carleton???, and Bowdoin. Rejected at Harvard, Princeton and Brown, no surprises there.

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