RD chances at Duke

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Can someone chance me please?
White male in Virginia at a public magnet school</p>

<p>Stats:
Sat 1: 800 CR 790 M 740W
Sat 2's: US History 800 Chemistry 760 Math II 800
GPA: 3.65 UW 4.1 W (School does not rank or give any quartiles, deciles, etc. to colleges)
AP: 5 in US History, Chemistry, BC Calc, and U.S. Gov. 4 in Psych
Rigor:
Freshman Year: 7 honors and gym
Sophomore Year: 6 honors, gym, and AP US
Junior Year: 4 honors, AP Chem, AP BC Calc, AP Psychology, AP Gov
Senior Year: 2 honors, AP Econ, AP Comparative, AP Physics, AP English lit, AP Euro, Statistics class in a dual enrollment program
Moderate upward trend
Good recs and essays</p>

<p>EC's
~150 hours of community service
Eagle Scout
Varsity Basketball since sophomore year, Varsity Volleyball(Captain and All Region), Track(All District)
Internship with Historical society
Worked last summer at a fast food resturant, this summer working as an assistant to a financial planner.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Numbers are good (SAT’s and SAT II’s). Your GPA is slightly slow, but the upward trend can make up for that. Your secondary school rigor is good and I see that you feel that your LORs and essays are good as well. Your E.C.'s seem scattered, but I can see commitment. I’d said you have a great chance of getting into Duke. Very competitive. Upper quartile, but that’s just me.</p>

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<p>I heard from the parents of a current student at Duke that in a speech to parents Dean Guttentag talked about how much respect he has for Eagle Scouts. Loves them from an admissions standpoint.</p>

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<p>Great! my son’s an Eagle Scout…that was good to hear.
I hope he also likes jrotc cadets who will be applying for ROTC scholarships…and speak Chinese. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks! Hopefully that eagle scout thing is true.</p>