Hey Im applying ED for Duke and I’ve been super interested for a while. I know my grades aren’t the best but I’m just wondering if I have a chance of getting in. Just wondering, would it be easier to get into Pratt or Trinity since computer science is offered at both schools and I wouldn’t mind which type of degree I earn?
School: Pratt School of Engineering or Trinity (whatever gives me best chance)
Ethnicity: Hispanic Male from New Jersey
Testing:
SAT: 1450 (730 CR 720 Math)
SAT II: 790 Math II
AP’s:
AP Physics I
AP Computer Science
AP Physics II
AP Psychology
AP Spanish
AP Calculus AB
GPA:
UW: about 3.75 ish (not reported)
W: 4.2
ECs:
4 Year Varsity Soccer (Captain Senior Year)
Spanish National Honor Society (President)
National Honor Society
Science National Honor Society
4 Years of Spanish Club
Peer Leader (weird program at my school)
Internship at Duke University Bliss aerodynamics and acoustics lab over summer
Awards:
National Hispanic Scholar
Essay: Very Soild imo (connects how my experiences using computer science and programming have inspired me to use what I enjoy doing to solve problems of the real world and apply my obsessive interest in programming to problem solving.)
Teacher Rec: GREAT (teachers really like me)
Additional Rec: Also getting rec from mechanical engineering phD student currently at duke who I interned with over the summer.
Volunteer Work:
Volunteer at local library teaching kids the fundamentals of web development using HTML and CSS.
Volunteer Math Tutoring all four years.
Local sports boosters salesman.