Please chance a Junior

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<p>I was just wondering if anybody could chance me for undergraduate admission for Duke
I go to a pretty prestigious and rigorous Catholic High School and the best grade possible is an A (no A+s)</p>

<p>Grades
Freshman</p>

<p>French II- B-
Art- B+
Biology- A-
Geometry Honors- B+
English I- A-
Religion- A-
Global History- A-
Health- A
(Only two honors courses offered freshman year)</p>

<p>Sophomore (Can't take APs 'til Jr year)
English II Honors- A-
French III- A-
Scripture- A
US History Honors- A-
Chem- A
Art- A
Algebra II/Trig Honors- A-
Health A</p>

<p>Junior Year (Grades as of now)</p>

<p>Physics Honors B+/A-
AP English Language and Composition- B+
Music- A
French IV- A-
AP USH- A
Religion- A
Calc Honors- A-/A</p>

<p>Those grades equate to a 3.67 UW or 3.94 W, which I know is slightly low but thats pretty much because of a bad Freshman year. </p>

<p>ACT: 33 </p>

<p>For my senior year classes I plan to take AP Macro and Micro Econ, AP EnviSci, AP Stats, maybe EuroHis AP, English IV and Religion. What do you think of these?</p>

<p>Extras: 150 hours of community service with underprivileged children
2 Summers of internships with local college summer baseball league (gameday set up and operations)
Elected to Student Council and on Student Council
Founded An Irish Sports Club which promotes Irish Sports (kind of like a club sport)
Varsity Athlete- Track- Have been contacted colleges- I'm pretty good- so this is a hook
-I won a national competition for my age group Freshman year
-Also, we have practice or a race 6 days a week for the entire winter and spring, which is why I don't have a ton of other ECs
Freshman XC Captain (Elected)
Probably going to have an internship with a British Politician in Great Britain for a month in the summer to learn how their government works and all
Founded a Ping Pong Tournament for Charity Soph year and probably will continue it this year</p>

<p>What are my chances? Is there anything I can do to better them?</p>

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<p>Could someone at least just look at my possible senior year schedule and tell me what you think</p>

<p>AP EnviSci (already completed Bio, Chem, and Physics honors)
AP Euro
AP Econ Micro and Macro
AP Stat (already did Calc Honors)
Religion
English (already did AP Lang Comp)</p>

<p>Is that rigorous enough for Duke</p>

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<p>U have a great ACT :slight_smile: but lower gpa…
I’d say u have a chance!!!</p>

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<p>thanks. I know my gpa is pretty low for these top schools, but a struggling Freshman year dealing with commuting to a rigorous school an hour away is the reason for that, which I hope colleges will take into consideration. </p>

<p>Anyway, I want to apply to either Duke/UPenn/Notre Dame and my top choice is Duke, so will applying early give me a slight advantage or is there really no difference.</p>

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<p>From what I know…applying early is slightly an advantage!!</p>

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<p>Alright, thanks. Duke is my number one choice so I’ll probably go the ED route.</p>

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<p>Does anybody else have input? Would I actually be rather competitive for a shot for admission?</p>