Pls chance me DUKE ED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Duke has been my dream school for so long. I know it’s definitely a reach school for me, but I just want to know what other applicants/current Duke students/others think on where I stand. I applied ED and I’m so impatient haha

GPA: 3.85 UW 4.2 W
ACT: 35 one sitting
AP Scores: didn’t submit any/put any on my common app…my counselor said not to and colleges apparently don’t look at them that much but I’m worried about Duke
AP Classes: Took AP World (10), AP Chem, Calc AB, and Lang (11) (My school only lets kids take 1 AP their sophomore year then lets them take more junior year+)
Senior Year Classes: AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Stat, AP Art, Yearbook, Dual Enrollment English

Awards: GPA 4.0+ all four years, Girls State City Council Delegate, School Woman Scholar Athlete Award, Honor Societies (Art, Spanish, National), and #1 Voted poem on an online magazine

ECs: Started a club/nonprofit at my school (very unique & different…I work with a lot of people in my community), started a jewelry business and all proceeds are donated towards gun reform, summer internship at law firm, internship at a district court in my city, captain for softball and golf team, tutor elem/middle school saudi arabian immigrant students, softball umpire, softball asst. coach, some other clubs and volunteering at my church

Essays:
Common App - v unique and really showed my personality and who has shaped me into who I am today (9/10)
Why Duke - personal and specifically targeted what I want to do at duke (8/10)
Optional Diversity - talked about my mixed background and was v unique…I talked about a hamburger lol (10/10)

Teacher Recs:
English Teacher - i didn’t read but she really loves me and said I’m the best writer she’s had in years
Spanish Teacher - i didn’t read but I participated in a lot of things in the class and was her favorite lol
Counselor Rec - i didn’t read but she knows me pretty well

Interview: (10/10) Couldn’t have gone better! She loved me and we talked for almost 2 hours. Said Duke looks for people like me and that I’d be a real asset to Duke’s community but I feel like a lot of interviewers say that

BTW I’m an Asian female from a really competitive hs/area and I plan on majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Middle Eastern Studies. Highish income bracket. Duke took 5/14 applicants from my hs last year

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you are good for Duke. but I am wondering if you have report your AP scores? if not, you need report it by portal or email. Duke review your APs absolutely and it is more important than ivy schools.

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As mentioned above, the fact that you did not submit AP Scores despite the fact that you took the AP Classes will sound extremely suspicious. More than likely, Duke will ask your GC if she knows them. In addition, without any AP Scores, it just means that the AP Classes you took, disregarding the rigor, will be seen as not good preparation for the test and lose their value on your transcript.