***Official Duke 2016 ED Results Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 760 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.89 out of 5, or 3.9 out of 4 unweighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/764
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s on BC/AB, Physics B, Physics C, Chem, Euro, Micro, Comp Sci,
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult (AP US MAN…) with AP Bio I, AP Stat, AP Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Pilot in Civil Air Patrol, Eagle Scout, Mathletes, President of Young Engineers Club, Technology Liaison in National Junior Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, low hours though
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Through BOY Scouts and Civil Air Patrol, many many hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boy Scout Camps, mission trips to West Virginia with Church, flying plains (solo flight completed senior year, leading up to it in training over summer)
[<em>] Essays: Excellent, talking about flying for common app. For Engineering Supplement, talked about mother’s death and inspiration to pursue bio medical engineering
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One excellent from AP Lang teacher, one pretty good to great from AP Phys. C teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec: Incredible, written by philosophy teacher friend.
[li] Interview: Very long, had a lot to talk about. I was very comfortable with my interviewer.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, pretty good
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents did not receive a grade (less than 2 years community college). Mother passed away - reinforced supplement essay. Student Pilot</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ESSAYS, RECS
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not the highest sat
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Excellent essays and recs. Moving essay about the spirit of flying. Well-rounded applicant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Congratulations to all who were accepted. To those who may not be joining me next year, look forward to all the fun you will have at whatever college you attend. The college is not what determines what you will do with your life. You do.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Comp: 2120 Cr: 670 M:760 Wr: 690
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/251
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 USH, 4 Chem, 4 World H, 4 Calc AB, 4 English Comp
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:7 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer of Rotary, Historian of NHS, a lot more
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Tutor for 3 years and Research Intern 2 summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at Bereavement Camp and 200+ at Hospital
[</em>] Summer Activities: People to People, JHU Summer Term, BU Research Internship
[<em>] Essays:Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:From my boss… must have been great
[li] Interview: I thought it went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian- Indian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:My essays and extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses:Standardized test scores
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly can’t tell you. All I can say is DUKE CLASS OF 2016. I can’t wait to meet all you!</p>

63

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780M, 690CR, 710W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II and 740 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/470ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5, AB Subscore 5, Chemistry 5, World History 4, Government 3 (didn’t report)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B (school doesn’t offer C), AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Comp Sci A, AP Psych, AP Art History 1 (1st semester), Personal Finance (2nd semester/required to graduate)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Co-author of a published paper, Finalist at local science fair</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): robotics, math club, research, other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: research
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: youth group
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer school/research
[<em>] Essays: meh okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>] Additional Rec: Brother - it was really good
[li] Interview: meh okay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: 150k</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Research, Leaderships, Extra Currics in general, State, gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

64

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 800 Math 770 Writing (2340 Composite)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics, 800 Chinese
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calculus BC, 4 AP US History, 5 AP Chinese, 5 AP Statistics, 5 AP Physics, 5 AP Language and Composition
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB A2 HL Chinese–Predicted Score: 7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Computer Science, AP Chemistry, IB A2 HL Chinese Y2, Orchestra 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School Champion of American Math Competition two successive years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): APAC Tennis, APAC Quiz Team, APAC Orchestra, Unstrung Music Foundation (Vice President), National Honor Society, Tri-M Honor Society, Socratic Club, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Arkema Inc.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ Hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: NSF-sponsored University of Pennsylvania Summer Science Initiative Materials Science Program
[<em>] Essays: Thought they were quite good, teachers were impressed
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Sister (Duke alumni) wrote a recommendation for me
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Major Awards, Leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know, maybe ECs not strong enough?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Very disappointed in myself, but congratulations to all that were accepted!</p>

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<p>@soleus777 please do not be disappointed in yourself. You have amazing stats and an amazing record. You will be very successful where ever you go.</p>

66

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740 M: 760 W: 690 (2190)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of 148
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US 5 AP Lit 4 AP Stats 4 AP AP Human 4 AP Psych 4 AP Art 3 AP Calc AB 3 AP Env 3 AP Euro 3 (<Self Studied)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov AP Lang AP Calc BC AP Physics B AP Bio (And like 5 college courses)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA Treasurer (11,12) Science Honor Society Treasurer (10,11,12) English Honor Society Treasurer (10,11,12) SO weak I know!
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 600 Hours or so tutoring young children
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering and Dual Enrollment classes
[<em>] Essays: I was happy with them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went just okay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Noncompetitive Public Charter (Only sent one kid to an ivy, EVER)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic>> Cuban
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: URM, First Gen, Test Scores are good?, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: EXTRACURRICULARS
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My extracurriculars were just too weak to be made up for by my demographic awesome-ness (URM, First Gen, Female Engineering major lol)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am really disappointed, I wanted it so bad, but ah well! Time to move on! For those deferred, I feel your pain but on the bright side at least its not rejection! For those rejected… I’m sorrier :confused: Great luck to everyone and Congrats to the Duke Class of 2016!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740R, 670M, 750W
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II:Bio 780, US Hist 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):8/650
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s on 6 of them, 4 on 1
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5AP’s, two yearbook classes (editor in chief)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Yearbook editor, Eng Honor Soc (co pres), FBLA (historian), Nat Honor Soc (VP), Varsity Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid Internship at Scripps Research in bio medical research
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 275 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: internship, trip to Israel
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: yes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): bio major with talent in writing and photography</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Interesting combo of interests, hispanic.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: SO THRILLED</p>

68

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Posting for my son. One happy parent here!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR, 700 W, 740 M
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 700 - 750 for a bunch
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/550 (10-12); 5/550 (9-12) xferred after 1st yr from HS that offered fewer honors and no APs to freshman
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Mostly 5s, a couple of 4s for quite a few
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly clubs, some leadership
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in Internet company during summer, part-time during school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Thru church youth group
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strong
[</em>] Additional Rec: Mother (Duke Alum) wrote optional recommendation
[li] Interview: Very positive experience, interviewer really seemed impressed</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Northern CA
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (Mother graduated from Fuqua)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Excellent academic record with the hardest class load available
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs were not as strong as many I’ve seen here; not the highest SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong academics, great recommendations, legacy hook</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
To all those who were rejected or deferred, keep you head up. You’ll have a great college experience somewhere, and you’ll be happy, I’m sure. Two years ago our daughter was very disappointed she didn’t get into MIT or CalTech. She decided to attend UCLA, where she’s majoring in Astrophysics. She’s doing amazingly well, and loves every minute of it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite. 36 English, 36 Math, 32 Reading, 33 Science
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10-15%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP Chem
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, IB Lit, IB History, Engineering Class, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Latin
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National honor society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity fencing all 4 years, first place in the district
Model UN, won awards
Biology research
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: worked as a counselor at a camp for inner city kids for 2 summers
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a pharmaceutical company, working in diabetes care
[</em>] Summer Activities: counselor at the camp for inner city kids, took a chemistry course at columbia, continued my biology research.
[<em>] Essays: My main essay was about how I taught a girl from the camp I worked at how to swim, even though she was really scared. I think it was good…
I also had a lot to say in my “Why Duke” essay, and I do research so I was able to write the optional research essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were very good I think…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Got one of the directors at the camp to write it for me.
[li] Interview: It went very well! My interviewer told me that she thought I was a great candidate and was really hoping that I would get in!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I go to to one of the tops schools in the country, I have a decently high GPA for my school as well as good test scores. I don’t do very many extracurriculars but I have gone far with each one of them.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not very many ec’s… but I still got in.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think overall my combination of good scores, good ec’s, good recs and good essays are what got me in. I also think applying ed really helped.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Since the baseline is around 2200, I know i’m automatically out - my SAT score is below 2000. Oh well. Automatic rejection.</p>

<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE ACCEPTED!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 math, 690 reading, 760 writing)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP World, 4, AP Eng. Lang, 5 Chemistry, 3 Spanish Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Physics, AP Spanish Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP English Lit., Chamber Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Virginia Governor’s School for Math, Science, and Tech; AP Scholar with Honor; Scholar Athlete; Academic and Varsity Letter; Science Fair - Honorable Mention</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club Soccer (captain); Varsity Soccer; Science Club (President); Orchestra (principal cellist);
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship as Networking Assistant for one month; Cashier at a restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Volunteer Orchestra – play monthly at Senior Centers (since 2008); volunteered in a nonprofit childcare program every summer; humanitarian mission trip to Bolivia;
[</em>] Summer Activities: Virginia Governor’s School for Math, Science, and Technology; Internship; Research Projects
[<em>] Essays: Witty, played around with metaphors and wordplay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT, AMAZING!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic ( big school)
[</em>] Additional Rec: OUTSTANDING
[li] Interview: went pretty well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Korean
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Teacher recs and essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Teacher evaluations and essays</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: IM GOING TO DUKEEEE!! CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO MADE IT. AND GOOD LUCK TO THOSE APPLYING REGULAR!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (620 CR 800 M 620 W), submitted
[</em>] ACT: 33 (35 E 30 M 32 R 36 S), submitted
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Chem 770 MathII 760 Physics 680 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/248
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) Physics B (5) Chem (5) English Lang (5) World History (4) US History (4) French (1) submitted them all
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov AP Econ AP stat AP Physics C (Mech and E&M) AP calc BC AP Bio AP English Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Multiple UIL science awards, top finisher in two meets so far. AP scholar with distinction, multiple school awards, multiple hockey awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hockey (12 years) Key club (founding member and senior class rep) NHS (along with the other 2 million high schoolers), UIL (Captain senior year along, founded science and math teams), plenty of other, smaller ECs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a Barista for a year, shadowed a surgeon for 3 hours every week for 36 weeks last year, shadowed an anesthesiologist last year.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Altar server, community service projects through my school and for NHS / Key Club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Shadowed Anesthesologist, took a chem class at a CC over last summer and got the highest grade in the class (honestly it was a blowoff)
[<em>] Essays: my Why Duke was really good, it explained why I liked Duke and why Duke should pick me; I also wrote over my experience staying with my sister at Duke for 2 days. My Common App essay was good but not ridiculously amazing, it had voice and that was all I was after
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:One from my AP chem teacher (I aid for him this year): Counselor told me it was one in a million. Another from my English teacher last year who wrote it in an hour, it was probably really humorous though lol
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: Had my sister write it since she is a current student. Im assuming it was awesome.
[li] Interview: We were pretty dang close to being twins</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public, third graduating class, 1000 kids for 4 grades
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sister goes there, not sure if it helps but it can’t hurt</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Sciences
[</em>] Weaknesses: Dumb mistakes by sending in my failing AP french score and my bad SAT and world SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: A little bit of luck and a whole lot of hard work. GO BLUE DEVILS!!!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

73

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 740 Math and Writing
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math, 770 Chem, 760 Chinese, 710 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 9% from ELC, but school doesn’t report tank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Language and Composition (5), Chinese (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Ap Government/Economics, Contemporary Literature, Leadership (mandatory for those on student gov’t), AP Statistics, TA
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Japanese National Honor Society? LOL not really a “major award”</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government, Health Awareness Club (President, founder - seminars, research nights, held walk and raised a substantial sum), Tennis (Team Captain), few clubs in which I held officer positions in … etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: English Tutor at Kumon Learning Center
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Information Desk Volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: not mentioned in app
[<em>] Essays: I didn’t like my CommonApp one, it was about breaking out of insecurities through Student Government in high school. Supplement I personally thought was good. Connected my involvement with Health Awareness to BME - went for the whole humanitarian scientist thing.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: U.S. History and Calculus Teacher.
USH - Quoted deep thoughts from my reflection papers, I think this one should’ve been really good. Didn’t get to see.
Calculus teacher - basically wrote my own rec.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good. Had a good conversation with her during my senior interview and she really likes me because I work with her for my commission on student gov’t.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/a
[li] Interview: Went okay! I was really nervous LOL</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public and VERY competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese/Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female engineer? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades/scores, supplemental essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, lack of math/science type activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was so surprised! </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: EXCITED. **</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>I’m really sorry I’m not in the mood to type out all my stats right now, but here are the standardized test scores and stuff. </p>

<p>This post isn’t really…coherent? This is not really my typical writing style. Can’t really think straight right now, but I hope this helps.</p>

<p>If ANYONE has any advice for me, I’d love to hear it. Thank you.</p>

<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): ~1900? I don’t remember and I’m not going to check.
Yes, this is a horrendous score, but I’m not that good a test taker tbh, and yes, I’ve taken it twice. Guess some things are just not meant to be - my grades reflect my ability better.
[</em>] ACT: /
[<em>] SAT II: French 760 Chinese 770 Lit 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (international applicant - no GPA system, but if you calculate it then I guess around 3.8? Not sure.)
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>IGCSEs -Took a couple as a supplement to my school curriculum.</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays, great recs (an awesome personal rec from my best friend), interview went pretty well.
ECs were cohesive - displayed my passion really well, my essays + interview all reflected this.
My grades are pretty good as well, I would be a better applicant if my SAT scores were much higher.</p>

<p>All I can is that my application was cohesive. Yep.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: SAT scores. Yeah.</p>

<p>GENERAL COMMENTS:</p>

<p>I’ve applied to a few other universities so I’m not too sad, but I’m surely going to do my best to get off the waiting list. Duke is <3 and I would do anything to get in. </p>

<p>TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE LURKING ON CC: Just apply and try your best. I’m living proof that Duke will read your applications, after all, they looked past my SAT score and didn’t reject me instantly.</p>

<p>Aim high. At least you won’t have any regrets - by aiming for Duke, I set the bar for myself REALLY HIGH. Pushed myself to the limit - or else I would have gotten the two scholarships (I was a HORRIBLE student in Freshman year. Not kidding. 3Ds, 4As and a couple of Bs). Got to get out of my comfort zone.</p>

<p>Essays can really make or break your application, don’t think I would have gotten so far without them. All I did was write 'em, ask my English teacher to proofread and ask my friends to read 'em to see if they sound “like me”, i.e. my own voice.</p>

<p>If ANYONE has any advice for me, please, please tell me.</p>

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<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE ACCEPTED. :)</p>

<p>And to those rejected, don’t lose heart - other universities will be really lucky to have you. Duke is not the only place where you can get a great education and be happy.</p>

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<p>Awards: National AP Scholar, George Washington University Book Award, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Forgot to add in 5 on AP Lang and Comp. exam.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 760 M, 780 W
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.89 out of 5, or 3.9 out of 4 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/764
AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s on BC/AB, Physics B, Physics C, Chem, Euro, Micro, Comp Sci,
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult (AP US MAN…) with AP Bio I, AP Stat, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Pilot in Civil Air Patrol, Eagle Scout, Mathletes, President of Young Engineers Club, Technology Liaison in National Junior Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, low hours though
Volunteer/Community service: Through BOY Scouts and Civil Air Patrol, many many hours
Summer Activities: Boy Scout Camps, mission trips to West Virginia with Church, flying plains (solo flight completed senior year, leading up to it in training over summer)
Essays: Excellent, talking about flying for common app. For Engineering Supplement, talked about mother’s death and inspiration to pursue bio medical engineering
Teacher Recommendation: One excellent from AP Lang teacher, one pretty good to great from AP Phys. C teacher.
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: Incredible, written by philosophy teacher friend.
Interview: Very long, had a lot to talk about. I was very comfortable with my interviewer.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, pretty good
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: < $50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents did not receive a grade (less than 2 years community college). Mother passed away - reinforced supplement essay. Student Pilot
Reflection
Strengths: ESSAYS, RECS
Weaknesses: Not the highest sat
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Excellent essays and recs. Moving essay about the spirit of flying. Well-rounded applicant
General Comments:</p>

<p>Congratulations to all who were accepted. To those who may not be joining me next year, look forward to all the fun you will have at whatever college you attend. The college is not what determines what you will do with your life. You do.</p>

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<p>Son:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 660R, 740M, 660W
• ACT: 33
• SAT II:Math2 770, US Hist 750
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/305
• AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s
• IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: 3AP’s, (7AP’s total by graduation)</p>

<p>Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):3 school clubs (president of 2) Varsity Soccer (captain), Varsity tennis, Club (travel) soccer
• Job/Work Experience: summer soccer camps
• Volunteer/Community service: through school service clubs
• Essays: All well written and very good, but can’t being imagine better than anyone else’s in this forum. Common App. was about a huge mistake he made and how it effected him. Others were standard app essays.
• Teacher Recommendation: Standard-very good. Assume same as everyone elses.<br>
• Counselor Rec: over the top great from a teacher/coach
• Additional Rec:very good from HS administrator/alum
• Interview: yes</p>

<p>Other• State (if domestic applicant): NC
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type:Public
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Male
• Income Bracket: >250k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
• Strengths: GPA, well rounded???
• Weaknesses: Test scores
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Additional Rec, essay, really have no idea when seeing the stats of those deferred/rejected.</p>

<p>General Comments: Very excited</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Applicant:</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/160
GPA: 3.92/4.0 unweighted, 5.1719/idk weighted
SAT: 2090: 700 CR; 710 Math; 680 W
AP: Comparative Government and Politics-5, U.S. History-4, Psychology-5, Environmental Science-5, English Literature and composition-5, Calculus AB-5, European History-5
Current Courses: Spanish I, Spanish II, AP Physics, AP World History, Honors English IV, Honors Civics and Economics (block scheduling)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Political Science Club-President
Hispanic Culture Club-Service Member
Beta Club-Member
National Honor Society-Member
JV Track and Field
JV Tennis
Mock Trial (3x)
Model UN (5x)</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
Scholar Athlete Award
Outstanding Delegation x2 (Model UN)
Honorable Mention x2 (Model UN)
Best Attorney (Mock Trial)
Team Runner-Up @ Regionals (Mock Trial)
Coaches Award (Tennis)
–Currently a Semifinalist for the Morehead</p>

<p>Volunteer: (my worst)
Neuse Regional library
Habitat for Humanity
Open House
ECU Vendor for Suzuki Program
Cleaned up @ school after tornadoes
~100 hours or so</p>

<p>Additional:
I read a lot…a lot. I don’t know what I need to do now. I want to go to Duke and it is the Number 1 choice on my NROTC scholarship application…any advice?</p>

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<p>For my daughter. She’s not a forum-posting type of person. I shortened the responses to the most pertinent ones (in my opinion).</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1960
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 750 / 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 / ~300</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: 11 years of violin & dance. Not much time left in the week for other activities. Key Club officer, various other school clubs.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Class rank, rigorous curriculum, dedication to EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores.
[li] Why you think you were deferred: SAT I scores.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>My daughter has not been dreaming of Duke since 9th grade. Pratt came onto her radar while researching BME schools and she went for a visit last summer. Once her college rankings were complete, Duke was on top and I encouraged her to apply ED so she could possibly get an acceptance before Christmas. We knew it was a reach based on her SAT I scores but felt it was worth the application effort based on the balance of her academic profile.</p>

<p>The deferral tells me that Duke does consider the entire academic profile. If 2000 - 2100 was a cut-off level for SAT I scores, she would have been rejected outright. We reviewed a plan last night to improve the SAT I scores and reaffirm her interest in Duke before the RD date.</p>

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<p>Sleepdeficit: You can take January’s SAt and raise your SAT score a little and try other good schools.</p>

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<p>Based on the stats results posted here so far, i would have to say the the quality of the acceptances to Duke ED is pretty spotty. Basically, this is below Ivy standard, disappointing and Duke admissions ought to be ashamed. For their sake, i hope they get their act together by the RD round. Some of these admissions have been atrocioius!</p>