Please chance me. I toured/met with a professor and fell in love with Duke. If this isnt detailed enough, let me know and I’d be happy to add more info.
Applying as a chem major
I have a 3.9UW and 1490 SAT,
-many EC and leadership including 2 season varsity athletic (captain for 1)
-NHS officer
-Band section leader and officer
student leader of 2 comm service organizations
-did a spanish exchange program
-12 Honors/AP Classes, dropped lunch to take more courses
59/720 rank
SATII 690 Chem, 780 Math II
Full year Job,
Camp counselor and instructor one week a year in one of my sports
Wrote the “extra information” about taking a summer course to accelerate my math education
Good recs,havent read but expecting a great one from my honors chemistry teacher
great supplement rec from boss as well as a peer rec from a soccer coach/friend’s dad who has known me very well for nearly my whole life.
@WISdad23 from a semi-private (town pays tuition) HS in NH. Thank you, and I do have plenty of alternatives that I would be happy with, I was more wondering if this was an attainable reach vs a nearly impossible reach
Well, I am no expert. Your stats are competitive but your class rank is pretty low for Duke. For every one of you, there are probably 8-10 identical applicants. You should definitely apply, but don’t let rejection from Duke be soul-crushing. The other issue is whether you can afford it. Duke is very expensive.
Duke is an intoxicating place. Good luck! Multiple qualified students at my daughter’s school were all rejected. All seem to be having a good experience elsewhere.