<p>Deferred
White Male
Location: MO
ACT: 28
RANK: 1:25
UW: 4.0 (most rigorous schedule)
Parents Combined Income: 50K
Great Teacher Recs
Good Essays
Work 30 hours a week
Tons of Leadership (Pres. of NHS, Science Club, Science Olympiad)
600+ Hours of CS
First Generation Student</p>
<p>MUST HAVE BEEN THAT ACT SCORE!!! (Feel Free to Comment)</p>
<p>I was deferred… I’ll fill out the form later if I have time.
Congratulations to all of you who made it. You guys certainly deserve it</p>
<p>I’m a bit crushed right now.</p>
<p>CCers seemed to have done relatively well for Duke…
I totally regret for not ED-ing Duke 
can more people please post their decisions? Thanks a bunch.</p>
<p>im a tiny bit surprised this thread is so small compared to columbia, brown, penn cornell etc</p>
<p>As a Duke student, I would say that most people who are serious about applying to a school like Duke Early Decision wouldn’t be caught near College Confidential with a ten-foot-pole. (Duke gives off a vibe as being the ‘smart school for non-nerds’ so that likely makes up the majority of people who apply ED).</p>
<p>Yep, I agree with Mondo.</p>
<p>Judging by the kids who went to my school and got into Duke, that stereotype seems to apply.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (Trinity/Pratt)[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M, 750 V, 770 W
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: 780 Math IIC, 740 Bio-M
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.1
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/850
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio: 5, Chem: 4, US History: 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:(all AP(Calc BC, Physics, English, Government, Italian
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (captain for 2 years; state champion; co-coordinator of the Empire City Invitational, an international tournament hosted by my school, 1st place at the 2008 Empire, won 2 Outstanding Attorney Awards), NHS member, Golf Team (won city championship in '06 and '08)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I worked three jobs at one point and averaged almost 30+ hours per week (I’m guessing my work experience offset a perceived lack of EC’s)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer ambassador at local golf course, math tutor, mock trial-related activities (somehow I was able to convince my guidance counselor that my mock trial activities benefit the community)
[ *] Summer Activities: work
[ *] Essays: from the people who read it I hear my essay was “great”; I know it is definately unique (I wrote how inherently funny words are a microcosm of my personality)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both were average
[ *] Counselor Rec: Amazing: my guidance counselor loves me
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: Great: the interviewer was impressed
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle-class (not sure of exact figure, but EFC is pretty low)
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:work experience, mock trial leadership, objective scores
[ *] Weaknesses: number of EC activities, didn’t wirte the “optional” essays on the Common App supplement (I guess they truly are optional…)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Test scores, quality of required essay, guidance counselor recommendation
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’m still in shock I was accepted!! Can’t wait to be a Blue Devil!!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED - TRINITY</p>
<p>Don’t have the time to post all my stats, but…
2250 SAT
3.9 unweighted GPA, hardest courses in my school, mostly AP courses the last two years
White male, no hook, Northeast
I am very active in my school and think I probably got great reccommendations due to that. Also, I think my essay was good. Other than that, who knows? Just really glad I got accepted.</p>
<p>just want to move this post to top</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in (you guys did great!) I’m applying RD so maybe I’ll see you next year.</p>
<p>Again, Congrats!</p>
<p>We need more posts on here! :D</p>