Official Duke University RD Admissions Results for 2016

mecsquared · March 30, 2012, 7:59pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (720 CR, 800M, 770 WR)
[] ACT: did not send
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 790 Chem, 780 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/580
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s: WHAP, Statistics, Lang & Comp, Art History, Chemistry, APUSH
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus BC, Government/Economics AP, Music History Honors, AP Lit, AP Physics II, AP Euro Hist, AP Biology II
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (Unless you count Superior Distinction for National Forensics League for Speech and Debate?)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]1. Speech and Debate, 4 years (Secretary, Debate Chair, President)
2. National Honor Society
3. National English Honor Society (Secretary)
4. Mu Alpha Theta/Math Honor Society

<h2>Other ECs even more so insignificant</h2>

<h2>[li] Job/Work Experience: None</h2>[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]1. Youth Expanding Service (110+ Hours over 4 years)

<h2>2. Random volunteering here and there…</h2>

[li] Summer Activities:[/li]1. Translating and Editing Subtitles, a cultural project (1000+ hours over the summer)

<h2>2. Radio DJ–play Asian Pop Music! Woot!</h2>

[li] Essays: Wrote the Common App essay, did not answer any supplement questions.[/li]
<h2>Common App essay mediocre</h2>

[] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them
[] Counselor Rec: Counselor thinks I am a bum and finds me fascinating because I’m bummy. I hear she’s a good counselor at our school, so despite not knowing me very well, I’m sure she wrote a good rec.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Didn’t happen.

[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Biological and Biomedical Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income bracket (if applicable): ~70K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Well, I actually re-read my application today. I totally came off as a poor immigrant child living in a shantytown with pen pals from everywhere except antarctica (i wrote about how i interact w/ ppl from 6 continents). Spent 9 years in US, 8 years in Vietnam, parents don’t speak english and don’t have degrees, etc. etc.
[] Weaknesses: No additional essays, did not answer supplemental questions, mediocre common app essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: HYP
Waitlist: Rice
Accepted: UT Austin

[/ul]General Comments: I’m just oh so lucky to be here. Honestly. As you can see, I didn’t have a lot on my resume. Nothing impressive. Just a very average teenager (cept maybe for the 6 continents thing…). I came in expecting NOTHING and was all ready to pack up and go to UT Austin. Congrats to all admitted!

hischoolstudent · March 30, 2012, 9:06pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2340 w/ 740 Reading, 800 Math, 800 Writing
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted/Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.74
[] Rank: 2 of 500
[] AP: 5 in Chem, Calc BC, World History, US History
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP US Gov, AP Macro/Micro, Multicalc Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, only school/AP/PSAT awards including winning school-wide math competition
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: CSF <a href=“President”>like NHS</a>, Soccer, X-Country/Track, Softball, Student Council, Speech and Debate
[] Job/Work Experience: Chivas USA (MLS Soccer Team), online marketing firm, SAT independent contractor, Online sports forecasting agency (internationally published), Personal blog
[] Volunteer/Community service: PTA (State Board Member and advocate for education), CSF, Chivas USA
[] Summer Activities: Full time job every summer (see above) and x-country
[] Essays: Fun and off-beat
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: cookie cutter - huge school, few counselors
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: stats, math, business, undecided - depending which school
[] State: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks: None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Test Scores, EC’s, Interview, Essays
[] Weaknesses: No hooks, Trite awards
[li] The most unique thing in your application: My article published on front page of Yahoo[/ul][/li]
Accepted: Princeton, Berkeley (with regents), USC (trustee candidate, didn’t get it), Northwestern (legacy), Rice (trustee), UCSD (regents), UCSB (regents), Alabama (Roll tide)
Waitlisted: Harvard, Penn (legacy), Duke
Rejected: Yale, Stanford (EA), Brown

dblazer · March 30, 2012, 11:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 W)
[] ACT:N/A
[] SAT II:770 Bio M; 770 Chem; 790 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 (1 B+)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/~300. Sent in a bad midyear report with several B+s
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Most Rigorous Courseload Possible (9 APs before senior year, almost all 5s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Siemens Competition Semifinalist, AMC 12 School Winner (AIME Qualifier), NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction, Regional Science Fair Awards, FBLA State Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Math Club (Co-Founder & Pres), Marching Band (Section Leader)Debate Team (VP), Interact Club (Board Member), Asian Culture Club (Treasurer), JV/Varsity Tennis other insignificant clubs. Have done these for at least 3 years.
[] Job/Work Experience:Never worked for $
[] Volunteer/Community service:~400 Total Hospital Volunteering, ~50 Temple Volunteering
[] Summer Activities:Congressional Internship, Breast Cancer Research, EMT Certification/Volunteering
[] Essays:Common App about an experience in the Congressional Office, infused some hinduism because that’s what I identify with. It was alright, probably nothing stand-out though. Duke optional wasn’t particularly strong, but I conveyed my strong interest in Duke.
[] Teacher Recommendation:Would say average good, not the best student in teaching career good.
[] Counselor Rec:Probably pretty decent
[] Additional Rec:Sent in Principle Rec which was strong
[li] Interview:Went ok but not amazing.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public, Somewhat Competitive (Sends a few kids to ivy-caliber schools)
[] Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:High Income Bracket
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Academics, Research Achievement
[] Weaknesses:Not huge on club leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dartmouth (Accepted), Duke (Accepted), UChicago (Accepted), Brown (Waitlist), Columbia (Waitlist), Penn(Waitlist), JHU(Waitlist), Northwestern (Waitlist), Cornell (Rejected)

[/ul]General Comments: I was very satisfied upon learning of getting in. I have always loved Duke.

mattmurph14 · March 30, 2012, 11:52pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT: 32 Composite (34 English 34 Writing 32 Math 28 Science)
[] SAT II:780 US History 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/150
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) US History (5) English Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous at my school AP Calc, AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP English Literature, International Studies, Honors Physics, Honors Environmental
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State-wide Current Events contest runner-up, the rest are just local/school awards

[/ul]Subjective:[list]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Student Body President, Fmr Junior Class President), Model UN (Resolution Author, Council President), Business Professionals of America (Team Leader) NHS (Treasurer), Cross Country, Community Action Program, Key Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Office/Marketing Assistant at a local business, Camp Counselor at a state leadership camp
[*] Volunteer/Community service: Lots (I sent an additional r

I3auer · March 31, 2012, 12:50am

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (Reading 700, Writing 780, Math 760-- One sitting)
[] ACT: 31 (three times straight)
[] SAT II: USH (740) Lit (750) Math II (690)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, 5.1 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 / 190
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World History (5), English Lit (4), USH (5), Psych (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Gov / Econ H, IB HL History of the Americas, AP / IB HL Biology, IB HL English 2, IB SL Math Studies, AP / IB SL Spanish IV, IB Theory of Knowledge
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just small local awards-- PC Fellow, National merit, Student of the Month, Youth of the Season at my youth group, Degree of Outstanding Distinction in NFL, etc.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): American Red Cross Youth (member for 6 years; Secretary for 3, current President; CPR / First Aid certified instructor, helped the group continue after the recession took its facilitator away; hosted two successful Youth Leadership Conferences for a total of over 250 teens throughout the state; community service projects each month ranging from Special Olympics to Safe Harbor to a local nursing center), NHS / Interact (Co-President), Student Council (Senior Secretary), Newspaper (Co-Editor), Forensics (Secretary; NFL qualifier, District Champion, ToC qualifier, Degree of Outstanding Distinction), Youth in Government (4-time legislator, MUN resource staff, other conferences, selected to attend CONA), Film Club-- Upstate Youth Film Festival Assistant Director, Youth Leadership Greenville class participant
[] Job/Work Experience: /
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: Took Calculus at local college, attended college summer camps, Red Cross, became a CPR / First Aid instructor
[] Essays: I thought they were good. My personal essay was on red hair-- evidently they don’t like gingers. My extracurric essay was obviously on Red Cross, but perhaps I was too impersonal in that one. My supplemental Princeton one sucked because I wanted to apply early and didn’t put enough time into it. I thought my Harvard and Yale ones were phenomenal. They were about how I lived my life trying to be something greater than just me and how I wanted to start a legacy of my own.
[] Teacher Recommendations: I’d guess they were good. They love me.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably average.
[] Additional Rec: From American Red Cross CEO who I have worked with-- apparently very well written according to someone from last year who got one from her
[li] Interview: One of my best[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: No financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Transferred to the IB school after my sophomore year-- showing commitment to take opportunity.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The fact is none of my statistics are stellar except perhaps my extracurrics. All of my application was good. Nothing was great.
[] Weaknesses: I should have taken the SAT more than once and superscored made over 2300. I should have taken more SAT IIs and retaken the Math II one because it was very low. My rank could have been higher. Also, I am not good at boasting about myself-- perhaps a problem with my application was I didn’t elaborate quite enough on my accomplishments with the Conferences I’ve organized and leadership I’ve exhibited in the community. Advice to anyone reading this: CAPITALIZE ON THE SPACE GIVEN.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea! 4 people from my school were actually accepted.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton (EA deferred, then rejected), Brown, Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill
Accepted: Duke, USC H, Clemson H, Furman, Emory

[/ul]

wavegate · March 31, 2012, 12:53am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (<–this number is NOT important)
[] ACT: na
[] SAT II: about 5 of em, 760-800 range
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): like 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): about 9% GPA ranked in high school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): did 7 i believe, did not take physics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense but took choir for fun, got As
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): like nothing, i wasn’t very competitive[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): model united nations, toastmasters, some other small stuff but nothing big
[] Job/Work Experience: internships at Stanford Hospital and Yale School of Public Health
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospitals, library, not much
[] Summer Activities: brown program, nothing else really
[] Essays: in the supplement, i really described the things at Duke that I want to participate in and why; neuroscience and improv
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably the worst parts of my application because i didn’t know that you can only get recs from teachers for whom you had an academic class until it was too late (this year lol)
[] Counselor Rec: idk, probably same as everyone else
[] Additional Rec: Yale and Stanford professors rec I think. im assuming they were good
[li] Interview: yes i had one, which i think you had to apply early, and went pretty well. the guy contacted me afterwards and said that i would be good at duke[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): neuroscience
[] State (if domestic applicant): cali
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: competitive public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income bracket (if applicable): na
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: For those of you who want advice for applications, esp. for Duke: Duke has an early application date, which is like December 10th or something. Make sure you submit by then so you can get an interview. Also, I actually really wanted to go to Duke.
[] Weaknesses: Pretty obviously my teacher recs and i didn’t really do anything lol.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Duke’s got my back. Also my father went to UNC, so that might have played a slight role.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not accepted to ivies, but… honestly, I have Duke

[/ul]General Comments:

Submit applications early. Start doing your applications as soon as they come out. One of my major problems was that I started a little too late.
Learn about Duke before you apply. Find what organizations there are, what tracks/concentrations they have, how their professors are, social life, etc. etc. The fact that Duke was always first on my mind, and that it’s essentially the only school I was accepted to, it shows a lot that you really have to want to go somewhere to get in. It’s all in the faith.
Don’t look at my SAT grade as if it is an advantage. Don’t worry about tests; rather, worry about your extracurriculars and GPA.
Congratulations to everyone who got in, and for those who didn’t: I’m sure you’re all excited about other schools that you got in to.

busterbeetle · March 31, 2012, 1:22am

How do you guys check financial aid???

pacerbaseball · March 31, 2012, 1:31am

Decision: Rejected

Pick one:

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT:33
[] SAT II: 740 Lit 720 Math II 720 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/270
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Spanish (4) Chem (4) Calc AB (5) English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP English Lit AP Calc BC APUS AP Euro Ind Stud Spanish
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Club Prez, Stat Undersec, Committee Chair) ASB, Spanish Club, Baseball, Football
[] Job/Work Experience: Referee, Tutor, Social Media Management
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor, Mission Trips, Feeding Homeless, Walk 4 Water, Buddy Walk
[] Summer Activities:Baseball/Football
[] Essays: One about how I love being an MUN nerd and then the Duke one about how I love the culture they have/duke engage
[] Teacher Recommendation:Real good
[] Counselor Rec:solid
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: I thought it went well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): International Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant):OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income bracket (if applicable):
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Well Rounded
[] Weaknesses: not great test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not having a better standardized test score and not enough summer stuff with sports.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northwestern, UVA, Michigan, Villanova, Santa Clara, Tulane, Oregon. Waitlisted: Georgetown

[/ul]General Comments:

nouveaubiz · March 31, 2012, 2:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (690 CR, 780 MT, 790 WR)
[] ACT: 33 (34 English, 36 Math, 28 Reading, 35 Science)
[] SAT II: 740 Physics, 790 Bio-M, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.543 (W)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/215 (class size always changing for some reason)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 for Physics B, US History, Calc AB, Chinese, Biology, Physics C-M, English Lang, Euro History, Calc BC
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Chem, AP Stats, French IV, Orchestra, Multivariable Calculus at college
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Academic Decathlon Second Place E-Nationals…yea not much[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Union (Treasurer), National Honor Society (Vice President), Tri-M Music Honor Society (President), Youth Symphony Orchestra, a few sports here and there
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese community events (120-ish hours)
[] Summer Activities: All-State Orchestra, and slept a lot
[] Essays: My nonchalant-turned-grateful relationship with my father
[] Teacher Recommendation: Couldn’t have asked for better
[] Counselor Rec: Good!
[] Additional Rec: Great one from my orchestra teacher
[li] Interview: Went better than expected! Interviewer probably felt bad that I drove to see him in the worst Wisconsin snowstorm this year[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Biochem or just chem
[] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Suburban public (2007 Blue Ribbon, 2012 NMSC 11 Commended, 5 Finalist, and 1 Presidential Scholar Candidate this year :o )
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income bracket (if applicable): Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[list]

[] Strengths:SAT Writing and SAT II’s, grades, leadership roles
[] Weaknesses: Reading on ACT/SAT, activities, job, community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UW-Madison, UC-Berkeley Chem-E; Waitlisted: UChicago EA, Northwestern (lost all hope after this ), Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins BME; Rejected: Cornell Engr (A little bitter), Harvard, Stanford, UPenn SEAS

ustatennis123 · March 31, 2012, 11:53pm

Decision: Accepted

Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (770 M, 740 CR, 760 WR)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/371
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry & Calc BC (5), Language and Composition, Psych, US History (4), Euro Hist (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP: Statistics, Literature, German, Biology, US Gov’t, Microecon
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, not much else[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Model UN (President), Junior State of America (Vice-Mayor), Varsity Tennis (Captain), Piano, Violin
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked a little at a sushi bar
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring, Mission Trips, Church Youth Group
[] Summer Activities: Harvard Summer School (Organic Chemistry), Tennis
[] Essays: Common App: About what it has been like growing up Asian in a conservative, 98% white community and what the transition was like coming from a different state and an intercity school. Duke Supplement: I thought my Pratt essay was OK. I brought up some stuff about why I wanted to be an engineer but I didn’t think it was that great.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read one, but sure it was great. The other was sadly disappointing, very generic coming from a teacher I knew for a long time.
[] Counselor Rec: Never read, probably generic.
[] Additional Rec: This one was fantastic because she really gave the reader a perspective of me from a friendly, personable view instead of the usual academic viewpoint.
[li] Interview: Lot of fun and laid lack. Talked about politics mainly and why I want to combine engineering and politics.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Engineering (unsure which yet) and PoliSci
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Male
[] Income bracket (if applicable): 80-90K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None…

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: My SAT Scores, Leadership and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t really have anything that “stood out.”
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can’t really give an exact reason why, but I’m very happy I was!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tufts, CMU, BU, UIUC - Waitlisted: Northwestern, UChicago, WUSTL - Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Penn, MIT, Stanford

[/ul]General Comments: I guess the biggest thing is, never lose hope! I was rejected at all the Ivies but accepted to a school with a lower acceptance rate than some Ivies. Interesting things happen and you’re supposed to go where you’re supposed to go. I can’t wait to be a Blue Devil! Class of 2016!

johndoe1992 · April 1, 2012, 1:17am

Decision: REJECTEDfrom trinityt

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240
SAT II (if submitted): bio 750 english 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 and 4.4 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 exams taken, taking 6 more this year. lots of 5s.
Senior Year Course Load: 6 ap classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist, ap scholar with distinction, blah blah. not really major lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of club, swim team, VP of language club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: helped at shelter, church
Essays: unique topic but crappy writing for my personal statement. rushed “why duke” supp
Teacher Recommendation: probably average.
Counselor Rec: probably avg
no interview offered
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: foreign language
State (if domestic applicant): ca
School Type: competitive public magnet, in the top 50 or 60 schools in nation
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: dude
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen in US but that probably doesn’t count
Reflection
Strengths: my personal statement was unique…though not very well written
Weaknesses: everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i am not a competitive applicant at all for duke
General Comments:
would’ve been nice to be accepted but my result was completely expected. i am not bitter though i am going to georgetown! good luck to everyone else

lillylulu · April 1, 2012, 5:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 670 M 740 W 730
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US History 760 and Math 1 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5) Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Statistics at Williams College, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, Honors Latin 5, Honors English, Honors Bio, Honors Chorus, Peer Tutoring
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (4 Year Captain), Class President, Student Council, School Council, Youth Environmental Squad, Community Service Group, National Honors Society, Pep Club, GSA, A Cappella (Leader), Theater Club, Musical (Lead for 2 years), All State Soprano w/ solos and awards
[] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Nike Tennis, Professional Theater (40 performances in one summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Singing National Anthem, Peer tutoring in mathematics, Red Cross Gift Wrapping
[] Summer Activities: National High School Institute for Theater/ Musical Theater at Northwestern University, Professional Theater (40 show run of into the woods), Nike Tennis Counselor
[] Essays: About Math and Music
[] Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING
[] Counselor Rec: AMAZING
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Mathematics and Music
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, small and rural
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income bracket (if applicable):
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no hooks

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: GPA and extracurriculars (esp. voice; sent in a music supplement for classical soprano)
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They understood how special I am.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UPenn, Williams, Boston College, Trinity, Texas A&M; Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Georgetown, Northwestern, Wesleyan; Rejected: Dartmouth and Yale

[/ul]General Comments: I am thrilled to have the opportunity to attend Duke. Not sure if I’ll go; I may go to Penn instead. I’d go to Harvard or Princeton in a heart beat though if I happened to get off the wait list.

mellody · April 1, 2012, 6:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 superscored (750 WR, 740 M, 660 CR, 11 Essay)
[] ACT: 33 (35 R, 34 M, 34 W, 31 S, 10 Essay)
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 700 Chem, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know, probably around 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (4), Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Psych, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, English 12, Orchestra, French 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering (see below), Violin, Creative writing, Particle physics research group, Track for a season, many Honor Societies
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital peer tutoring (210+ hours), Key Club Treasurer/Member (120+ hours), American Red Cross, Tutoring math/science/history/French (misc. hours)
[] Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY, Traveling with family
[] Essays: I loved my personal essay, and in my opinion my Why engineering/Duke was the best and most elaborate essay I wrote. There was no per-say limit on word count and I got so carried away that I ended up cutting my word count from ~800 to ~550 to be more concise.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read any but I assume they were fantastic.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but I assume it was fantastic.
[] Additional Rec: I sent in the one my instructor from EPGY wrote. It was very good in my opinion.
[li] Interview: BEST interview (I had a total of 5). Very thorough and chill, but informative and enthusiastic. Made me want to attend Duke even more![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Biomedical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, large
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income bracket (if applicable): 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Essay, interview, community service
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, no hooks, less athletics/leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know! The competition was insane this year and I’m just so excited! Duke was my #1 choice too so I’m still in disbelief!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Acc: Duke, UVA, GTech, UMich / Waitlist: Northwestern, Rice / Rej: Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Penn

[/ul]General Comments:
I couldn’t stop shaking after I found out I was accepted! It was literally one of the best days of my life. For those who have been accepted, see you in the fall or good luck deciding if you’re on the fence! For those who were waitlisted, don’t give up hope! And for those rejected, I know that you are all highly qualified and they are missing out. You will find your place, I’m sure :)

kgoodwin18 · April 2, 2012, 7:32am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 (680 CR, 590 M, 640 W)
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: 700 Literature, 730 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language and Composition (5), US History (5), European History (5) and World History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Art History, AP Literature and Composition, Honors Gov/Econ (school doesn’t offer AP), Honors Physics, as well as some honors-level writing classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominee, National Achievement finalist, numerous regional and national writing awards

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Senior Hall Executive), Student Ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a law firm for one of my state’s representatives
[] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Museum, soup kitchen, Harvest Hope Food Bank
[] Essays: Good, I assume. I wrote the “Why Duke?” supplement and talked about the Focus program and DukeENGAGE. I wrote about the need for diversity on not only college campuses but in ethnic communities as well based on an anecdote.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Like everything else, good, I assume.
[] Counselor Rec: Generically good
[] Additional Rec: Got my US History teacher who for some reason likes me a lot (even though I barely spoke in his class) to write it.
[] Interview: As soon as it finished, I thought it went horribly. But I guess something might have worked.

[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Double major in English and Linguistics with certificate in Art in the Moving Image
[] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[] School Type: Public residential high school
[] Ethnicity: Black/African-American
[] Gender: F
[] Income bracket (if applicable): Less than $10,000 in my mom’s household
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Love for Duke that I showed in my essays, hooks, writing, internship, community service, SAT II scores, and teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: SAT I scores, ACT score (depending on how you look at it)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Putting aside a hook, I think my genuine love for Duke not only in my essays but in my interview, really helped
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Williams College, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh, USC-Columbia, Wofford College, CofC, Loyola University New Orleans. Waitlisted: Tulane and Brown. Rejected: Nowhere

[/ul]General Comments:

When I went to BSAI, the dean of admissions told us that (unless we did something stupid while there) we were accepted. It’s nice making it official. I couldn’t be happier! GO BLUE DEVILS!

QuitotheGreat · April 2, 2012, 10:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (740 M 740 R 730 R)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 760 spanish and Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 (1 B freshman year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 on Chemistry SL 7 on Math SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB, including Art History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4th place We the People the Citizen and the Constitution national competition[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Ballet dancing, usually 20 hours a week or more
[] Job/Work Experience:none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Helping out with a Spanish class at my local elementary school
[] Summer Activities: 5-6 week long dance camps, with another 2 week one at home
[] Essays: Decent, not very unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: from my long time ballet teacher
[li] Interview: probably pretty normal[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Math or international relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Medium public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income bracket (if applicable): probably won’t get aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Ballet dancing, have spoken with dance department

[/ul]Reflection[list]

[] Strengths: My dancing, I sent in a video.
[] Weaknesses: Scores, lack of originality in essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My dancing
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Stanford ant Princeton (early), rejected from Harvard

Astr0boy · April 3, 2012, 9:04am

Decision: Accepted

OBJECTIVE

[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 second sitting (800 W, 790 CR, 750 M)[/li]
[li] SAT II: Latin = 770, Math II = 770[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.21 unweighted (A- = 3.67, A+ = 4.33)[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but I’m in Cum Laude (within 10%)[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language and Writing (5)[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP BC Calculus, AP English Language, Auditioned Jazz/Rock Band, AP US History, Independent Study in Molecular Biology (1 on 1 with my teacher, almost like Williams’ tutorials)[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Awards (Golds and a silver), Cum Laude; various local, state, national debate trophies, various school awards[/li]
SUBJECTIVE:

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Auditioned Jazz/Rock Band (3 years); Astronomy club (2 years, founder/president), Auditioned, nationally recognized a cappella group (1); pit band in musicals (1); Editor of school newspaper (1); non-auditioned a cappella group (2); Varsity Science Olympiad (2); JV and Varsity debate (2); Advisory leader in community service (only offered 1 year); liaison to national charity in junior year; Habitat for Humanity ReStore (2)[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: 7 weeks (summer) in major university biology lab doing research, outreach research program in astronomy sponsored by JPL (published in major astronomical journal)[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: raised about $15k for school WISER, Stop Hunger Now, Amnesty International; organized service project for the junior class, raised $4,000, H for H ReStore[/li]
[li] Summer Activities (fresh, soph, jun): Debate camp, biology research, astronomy research[/li]
[li] Common app = VERY PERSONAL - wrote about overcoming illness and how it motivated me[/li]
OTHER:

[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, will apply[/li]
[li] Intended major?: biology, classics, astronomy[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): NC[/li]
[li] School Type: independent[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: white[/li]
[li] Gender: M[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: 100k[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE[/li]
REFLECTION:

[li] Strengths: GPA, SAT scores, research[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: lack of AP courses before senior year, although it is clear that APs are hard to get in my school[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I think I conveyed in my Why Duke that I was very entranced with the school and I think that I showed I would be a great fit[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Harvard, Columbia (likely), Williams (Early Write), Vanderbilt, Berkeley, UNC, Cal Poly, Pomona
Waitlisted: Yale, Wash U

Ancolie · April 3, 2012, 10:44am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 CR/ 800 W/ 680 M)
[] ACT: 33 (36 E/ 36 R/ 34 S/ 27 M)
[] SAT II: 780 Lit, 760 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (5, self-studied), U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, NJROTC, Advanced Art, Duel Enrollment (community college) English, Government & Econ, Physics H, self-studying AP French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NJROTC (Academic team captain, platoon commander, public affairs officer), French National Honor Society (chapter founder and president), Student Government Association (senior class rep), student school board representative, Russian Club (vice president and co-founder), and slam poetry and fiction writing in my spare time
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance writing for local papers
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Relay for Life, state park trail cleanups, organized care packages for local soldiers in Afghanistan, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s School for the Humanities, NJROTC STEM Academy (University of San Diego), Duke TIP
[] Essays: I wrote about family history! My optional Duke essay focused on how liberating my experience at TIP had been.
[] Teacher Recommendation: From great teachers who liked me!
[] Counselor Rec: I practically lived in her office, so she knows me very well.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Nope[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): History, Anthropology and/or Lingustics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[] School Type: Public, county school. Bad district and very few opportunities or advanced classes
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income bracket (if applicable): Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I live on a farm and I submitted a few chapters from one of two novels I’ve written. Both are pretty novel, I guess! :)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Quirkiness and geographical diversity, of sorts.
[] Weaknesses: My GPA, for one…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My application had personality.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Tulane, Alabama. Waitlisted at Vanderbilt and Wash U.

[/ul]General Comments: I’m now officially an A.B. Duke Scholarship winner, so it’s incredibly likely that I’ll attend Duke next year. UChicago was my first choice, but they were less than generous with the financial aid (read: none), and a full tuition scholarship is an opportunity that I can’t pass up. Not to mention the people (both current and incoming students) that I met last week were absolutely awesome, and I think I’ll be really happy at Duke.

danders617 · April 4, 2012, 7:43am

Decision: Deferred ED to
Rejected RD

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT:33 (34 Superscored)
[] SAT II (if submitted):N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5, 3.75 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lang, Multivariable Calculus, Physics 2, History elective

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA (President), Junior Class President, School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief of Production), Yearbook (Senior Section editor), Cross Country (Captain), Student Director of Musical show band, supporting lead in musical (senior year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Bus Boy, Internship in Boston Live TV studio
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200+ hours of international and domestic service in Chicago, Spain, Peru, Morocco
[] Essays:i think really good–about music and effect on me
[] Teacher Recommendation: i’m guessing great
[] Counselor Rec: i’m guessing great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went really well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private-Episcopalian
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: really strong extracurriculars, great ACT, good essay and rec letters
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely GPA[/li][/ul] General Comments: I put so much effort into Duke so it really sucks they didn’t take me. It’s their loss though, I got some great options.

theyeaman · April 4, 2012, 10:26am

Decision: Accepted

Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown):2340 superscored (780 M 760 CR 800 W, 10 essay)
[] ACT:34, didn’t submit
[] SAT II:800 Math II, 790 Physics, 730 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9ish unweighted, school doesn’t weight but I took every hardest class available (full IB junior/senior years, honors classes frosh/soph years)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/61, would be #1 if my school weighted GPAs
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): taking them soon
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, Bio HL, History HL, English HL, Physics SL, French SL (would take physics HL over history HL but my school doesn’t offer it)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for AIME but didn’t report it. National merit scholar. was my school’s athlete of the year in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity cross country captain and MVP all four years, varsity track and field captain and MVP all four years (school team sucks though so this isn’t much of an achievement. more of a leadership thing). sat on judicial committee for four years, dealing punishments to bad students. played varsity soccer for 4 years, had a starting spot on one of the best school teams in the area. played in the jazz band for 4 years. NHS but didn’t really have any involvement.
[] Job/Work Experience: professional Greek folk dancer. my group dances for some of the most important Greek events/guests, i.e. ambassador to Greece, Olympia Dukakis, as well as smaller events like church festivals, independence day celebrations, etc. so interesting/unique it’s probably a hook.
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutored for many years. helped a kid with physics who went on to get into MIT
[] Summer Activities:after soph year, studied biomedical engineering at a camp at Rice. after junior year, studied the theory of relativity at a camp at Stanford. also interned at a machine shop and learned to program the CMM for quality control of machine parts.
[] Essays:wrote about how I could synthesize the creativity of an artist (jazz band, Greek dancing) with the skills of a scientist (science-heavy academics, test scores, and summer activities) to solve problems in ways other engineers couldn’t see.
[] Teacher Recommendation: teachers know me personally and like me, know that I help other kids pass their (the teachers’) classes.
[] Counselor Rec:probably said good things but on an impersonal level
[] Additional Rec:didn’t have one
[li] Interview:didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s):either mechanical or biomedical engineering (if biomedical, not pre-med)
[] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type:small private international, no religious affiliation
[] Ethnicity:white (Greek)
[] Gender:male
[] Income bracket (if applicable):100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): being awesome

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths:scores, course load difficulty, uniqueness of Greek dancing (biggest extracurricular/job)
[] Weaknesses: class rank (everyone seems to be a valedictorian here?), being white
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: competitive application + unique aspect
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted to Rice w/ a pretty hefty merit scholarship, accepted to UT honors engineering with a decent merit scholarship, accepted to Harvey Mudd w/ no scholarship, wait listed by caltech, rejected by Stanford and MIT

[/ul]General Comments: I got a likely letter two months ago so this isn’t really news to me. though I initially applied on a whim and spent less than an hour on my essays, Duke has grown on me. of my acceptances, Duke is my first choice. if I get off the wait list at caltech, that’s going to be a real tough decision (as different as they may be, I love both schools!)

Blw923 · April 4, 2012, 5:39pm

Pick one:

Decision: Accepted

Pick one:

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 Math, 660 Reading, 620 writing
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 660 math II, 690 lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 62ish/538
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Human geography 3, AP Calc AB 4, AP Lang 3, AP Phys B 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys C, Mag Multivariable calculus & differential equations, orchestra, spanish, AP Lit, AP Gov
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, National honor society, place in district competitions for Forensics[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band for 3 years (Historian), Forensics 4 years, Class exec board 4 years, Winterguard (secretary, Vice president)
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: here and there
[] Summer Activities: Marching band
[] Essays: I didn’t care for my essay. I wrote about my little brother and treating people with common decency. 
[] Teacher Recommendation: Recs from AP Gov teacher and AP lit teacher who has been forensics coach. I read my English teacher’s and she talked about my character a lot which I think is what you really want a recommendation to do!
[] Counselor Rec: She wrote it
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: I had an interview and it went really well! I think it helped me. I showed her some writing samples, and she also was a writer herself so it worked out awesome! Make sure you’re ready to talk yourself up, cause I have a hard time with that. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Sociology, mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large school, suburban, apart of a competitive academy. 4.0 doesn’t guarantee top 10%.
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: female
[] Income bracket (if applicable): 90K-110K (varies, overtime and such)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation…sorta. Highest parent degree is an associate’s.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Recommendation, interview, and I guess the last four things listed above…race, gender, income (which isn’t actually low), and first generation
[] Weaknesses: Scores (well for Duke), community service/special initiatives (internships, student led projects, cool stuff like that)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because of my strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: GMU, JMU, Virginia Tech, University of Chicago
Rejected: Harvard (But c’mon…it’s Harvard)
[/ul]General Comments:
Be yourself! If you’re meant to be there, you will be there. Be honest and take initiatives (especially if you’re low on student involvement) while you can. Leadership roles and consistency are always good. And lastly, taking harder classes and getting okay grades is better than an easy course load with a 4.0

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