SAT and GPA High Enough?

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<p>ED
SAT: 2150 710 CR 690 M 750 W
SAT II: 720 chem 720 bio
GPA: 94.5/100 uw 97.7/100 w
Full IB Diploma Candidate with extra certificate (hardest sched)
EC: A ton of volunteer and community service activites...main ones include "Adopt a Survivor" program, started a clothing drive for children in Darfur, volunteer at hospital, volunteer at childrens sports class, etc... I would say way over 500 hours in total and maybe close to 1000 and recieved first place in the annual Long Island Good Deed Awards.
Athletics: Varsity Tennis :11 and 12
Varsity Wrestling: 11 and 12
JV Lacrosse: 9 and 10
essay for common app is about my recent trip to poland with a Holocaust survivor who has become a good friend of mine through the "Adopt a Survivor" program.
white male from new york</p>

<p>I thought it would be best to list my facts quickly rather than going into great detail so that it wouldn't be a pain to chance me because I know no one enjoys doing it. If you could let me know what you think my chances are it would be greatly appreciated. I already submitted my app but I'm curious.</p>

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<p>I can't chance you, but to put things in perspective, I'm applying ED with SAT of 680/690/720-->2090 total, SAT II: 800/780/660, ACT: 31 (not sure about oct. score) and a GPA of 4.2 w</p>

<p>I don't know if that helps or not.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>What's your short answer to the "why Duke" question?</p>

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<p>siliconvalleymom, are you by any chance a parent of a current Duke student?</p>

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<p>If it's any help I applied ED two years ago with the following stats</p>

<p>SAT: 2170 760M/760CR/650W
SATII: Math IIC=800, Chem=800
GPA: 4.0 (UW) 4.2-4.3 (W)</p>

<p>I got in.</p>

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<p>i'd give you 50-50 at best, probly less, but worth a try
your SAT is in the bottom 25%.
I'm unfamiliar with your GPA system
good EC's tho, but nothing spectacular</p>

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<p>Madboy121, not yet!</p>

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<p>Contrary to what JohnC613 says, your SAT is NOT in the bottom 25%. It is solidly in the middle 50% range for students that were accepted in the Class of 2011. For students who were admitted to Trinity College of A&S, the middle 50% range of SATs was roughly 680 to 770 or so.Good luck!</p>

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<p>Looking just at SAT and GPA as numbers, they're "high enough" to put you in range, but everything else varies.</p>

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<p>my why duke was concerned with the duke engage program because I'm so involved in community service. I also mentioned about how my grandmother died from CJD a disease cause by prions and one of their faculty members has discovered aquaporins which may be related to CJD, so i would like to research that.</p>

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<p>Peter Agre is the faculty member who discovered aquaporins - and he won the Nobel Prize for it. But he's leaving Duke for Johns Hopkins so he won't be around by the time you get here. Anyways, it's obviously not very likely that a Nobel laureate would have an undergrad in his lab, but I guess it's possible. It's also possible that other faculty are studying aquaporins - I'm not sure about that, though.</p>