<p>White male from Ohio
Non-competitive public high school that had never sent a kid to Duke
Not applying for financial aid</p>
<p>National Merit Semifinalist
GPA: 4.0 UW
ACT: 35 (35E, 32M, 36R, 35S, 8W)
Class Rank: 1 of 102</p>
<p>ECs:
Mock Trial (Captain, 4 year outstanding attorney)
Varsity Tennis (1st Team, all conference)
Quiz Team (Captain)
NHS (President)
Class Treasurer
Hospital Volunteer
Synago Student Ministry
-3rd Place in Ohio, American Legion Oratorical Contest
-Boys State Delegate
-3rd Place, Shawnee State University Math Competition</p>
<p>-Essays are decent
-Recs. should be amazing</p>
<p>(I'm going to answer your question with another question because I'm applying there too and I really don't think I should be chancing people...but on the bright side, this post serves as a bump)</p>
<p>Seems like you are a pretty solid but thats just taking the stuff like scores and such into account. Also, the fact that you aren't applying for financial aide doesn't matter. (duke is need blind)</p>
<p>I'd say it all comes down to your essays and whether the admissions people like your stuff or not. (your scores are all good but that isn't a get in free card, there will still be some intangible factor that people on an online forum can't chance)</p>
<p>Scores and grades are obviously competitive but the rest of your app is pretty mundane. You will really need to work on defining your application to stand out amongst the other high scoring vals</p>
<p>you have a great chance, and i would be a little surprised if you didn't get in. sure, you've got nothing that stands out, but you're very well-rounded and you are successful in every facet.</p>