***Official Duke Class of 2018 RD Results Only***

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 710 CR 770 W 730, superscore: 2210
ACT (breakdown): 30 (didn’t submit)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math I (750) Chemistry (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/104
AP (place score in parentheses): AP US (5) AP Bio (4) AP World (4) AP Spanish (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP English, AP US Gov, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, American Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry, New York State Department of Education Scholarship (highest regent examination scores)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Co-Captain of Varsity Hockey (4 years), Chess Team, Math Team, Soccer Team goalie, Robotics Team,
Job/Work Experience: Paid Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered Hospital
Summer Activities: 2 summers at Harvard taking General Chemistry (b+) and Organic Chemistry (B+)
Essays: Amazng – Spoke about my love for science and how I view the world in a quirky way.
Teacher Recommendations: Both amazing
Counselor Rec: I think it was good
Additional Rec: Recommendation from my Professor in Gen Chem who also is the head of the chem department at Harvard
Interview: Went pretty good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Urm, Organic Chemistry at Harvard, and Letter of rec from head of chem department at harvard
Reflection
Strengths: Strong focus in chemistry, very good essays and subject test scores
Weaknesses: Gpa and rank could have been higher (9th grade)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays, my letters of rec, and my summer classes (organic chem as a high schooler)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, NYU (full tuition), Macaulay Honors College, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. Wait listed: Yale, Princeton, Amherst College, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Washu, Rice, Vanderbilt. Rejected: Harvard (deferred EA), Dartmouth
General Comments: Apply to as many schools as possible. Each year, acceptance rates keep going down. As you can tell, had I only applied to 11 schools, there could have been a chance of getting in nowhere. Make sure you work on those essays since everyone starts to look the same with the same stats. Also regardless of where you get in, know that what you do in college counts much more than where you go to college.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted w/ full ride AB Duke Scholarship</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 35
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.9/5.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/500
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Courses
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel STS Finalist, Intel ISEF, Davidson Fellows</p>

<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Senior Class President, President of Science Club, Varsity Debater
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nonprofit organization work
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Essays (Include Subjects): Hopefully decent!
[<em>] Other:[list][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Haven’t seen [/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Haven’t seen
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Date Submitted App: Day before deadline
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country : USA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: I didn’t do much, but whatever I did, I took a genuine interest in doing so.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I feel I have many weaknesses, not really sure what to put here :stuck_out_tongue:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Upenn, Duke, Brown, Cornell, Northwestern, Rice w/merit. Rejected: Harvard, Dartmouth
Wait listed: WashU, UChicago
[*]General Comments: The college process is a crapshoot. So many qualified people get rejected to certain schools, but I feel that ultimately everyone will find their perfect place. I wish everyone all the best! </p>

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<p>[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): Two sittings: Second - 2090 (790 M, 690 W, 610 CR); First - 2000 (750 M, 640 W, 610 CR).
[</em>]ACT (breakdown): Two sittings: Second - 34 (35 E, 34 M, 32 R, 33 S, 9 Essay); First - 30 (31 E, 34 M, 30 R, 26 S, 8 Essay).
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 780 World History, 760 Math Level 1, 720 Chemistry, 710 US History.
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 105.926 (6th semester GPA, should go up throughout senior year). Unweighted: 99.6/100.0. For weighted GPA, an added 10% to all AP classes and 7% to all honors classes that are not AP. Unweighted GPA uses raw grades.
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 387.
[</em>]AP: Have taken 6, will take 7 more this year. 5 Statistics, 5 US History, 5 Human Geography, 4 Chemistry, 4 English Language, 4 World History. Will take Calculus AB, Physics B, Biology, Environmental Science, English Literature, US Government, and Microeconomics.
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses): none
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics 1, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature, AP US Government (semester), AP Microeconomics (semester), Band.
[li]Major Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, 4x NM State Science Olympiad Champion, NM Congressional Award for Academic Achievement, Regional Scholar selected by Independent Committee (looks at academics, essays, interview, recommendations), 2x All-State Clarinetist.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad: team captain for 4 years, I’ve won 5 titles at State, and have 20 other 1st-3rd placings at Regionals/State combined. I’ve performed exceptionally well in Anatomy & Physiology. Band: 2x All-State Clarinetist, 3x All-District Clarinetist, Drum Major, Clarinet Section Leader, Principal clarinetist in school’s Symphonic Band. National Honor Society: Elected President each of 3 years. Student Council: 10-12. Was Secretary 11th grade. Student Advisory Committee: was nominated by teachers and administrators to be the senior class representative. We plan things/fix issues that can make students’ lives better. Tennis: Junior Varsity freshman year.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: I was a Youth Soccer Referee my freshman year. I officiated about 5 games a week for a fall and spring season for kids aged 5-12.
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: American Red Cross: I founded and currently am President of a Youth Club in our area. We go on disaster calls and do disaster prevention presentations at various community events. The club was founded in January and has grown to 10 students to-date. Nursing Home shadower: I’ve shadowed nurses in a nursing home intermittently since sophomore year. I’ve assisted, bathed, fed, and entertained patients. Physician shadower: I’ve shadowed a local cardiologist junior year. I helped in simple diagnostic activities, interacted with patients in examination rooms, and have shadowed testing at hospitals. National Honor Society: various associated projects. Student Council: various associated projects.
[</em>]Essays: I humbly think they were be great. Usually write good essays; my junior AP English teacher says I’m one of the best writers she’s ever had. I get them proofed by a college prep counselor.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendations: All should have be great. I have always had stellar relationships with my teachers. Most have taught for 20+ years, and they usually comment that I’m one of the best student’s they’ve ever taught. Have had a significant or special story in class with all of them.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Should have beeen good. He really likes me and has made the comment that I am the most serious kid he’s seen about striving academically. Not sure how he conveyed that in writing, however.
[li]Interview: Went really well! He was a local alumnus. After the decision, he said he had given me one of the best recommendations he has given. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[</em>]School Type: Public, only school in rural town of 40,000 people. ~2400 students. Graduation rate of 50-65%, but top students in the past have been accepted at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Rice, Northwestern, UC-Berkeley, and Notre Dame.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: >$150,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Established and currently lead a community service organization (American Red Cross Youth Club). Good academic record for a student from a rural area in NM, if that counts.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: ECs, ACT, GPA, courseload
[</em>]Weaknesses: SAT, essays
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not really sure. I’m probably one of those standard great applicants that just happened to be overshadowed by other stellar applicants.
[</em>]Where else you are applying or have already applied: ill be attending UNM Combined BA/MD Program. Applied to Ivies, Northwestern, Rice.</p>

<p>[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Glad I applied, but I was accepted to the offer that was best for me. Congrats to everyone accepted![/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR: 710 / M:800 / W:770)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E / 35M / 32R / 34S / 10E)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 790 / Chem 750 / World History 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.90
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.71
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/355
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, Physics C Mech, Stats, Gov, Micro, Macro); 4 (World History, English Language)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, Differential Equations, Wind Ensemble, AP Psychology, AP Biology, Computer Science I, AP Spanish Language
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Nationals Second Place Hospitality competition
All-Eastern band clarinetist
Presidential Service Award Silver
NHS Scholarship State Finalist
National AP Scholar
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]NHS (President)<br>
FBLA (Co-President x2)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (Vice President)<br>
Math team (Co-Captain x2)
All-Eastern band
All-State band/orchestra (x6, Principal x1, Assistant Principal x2)
County orchestra (Principal x4)
State orchestra (Assistant Principal x2)
Woodwind Quintet (Founder)- performance and composition
Marching Band</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Peer2Peer Tutors (National “Tutor of the Month”)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ at local archives
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Common App- 8/10, Activity- 9.5/10, Why Duke- 8/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc C, AP Eng
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: from volunteer
[</em>] Interview: Not offered
[li] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): 10 minutes clarinet recording[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (1500 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, maybe immigrant?[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, ECs, awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not as good English skills as other outstanding applicants
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deep interest in the extra-curriculars I did.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell (Meinig Scholar), NYU Stern, UVA Echols, UMD (full merit scholarship) // Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth, Northwestern // Rejected: Penn (Deferred), UChicago (Deferred), Yale, Princeton
[/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments: **Don’t be too nervous when applying! Feel free to PM me about anything.</p>