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<p>State: Georgia
School: Public
Race: Korean -_-
GPA: 3.85
Rank: 10%
SAT - 790 M, 640 CR, 770 W (1430/2200)
SAT II – 710 US History, 720 Bio E, 780 Math II
APs – World History (4), US History (5), Biology (5)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Schedule - GPA 3.75
Algebra II Gifted A/A
Chemistry Gifted B/A
AP World History –B/B
Spanish II – A/A
Sports Medicine/CPR – A/A
World Literature – A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule – GPA 4.0
Pre Calc gifted A/A
Physics A/A
AP Biology A/A+ (over 100)
AP US history A/A+ (over 100)
American Literature Gifted A/A
Spanish III A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
AP Calc BC
AP Stat
AP Gov/AP Econ
AP Lang
AP Psych
AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<p>Student Organizations (School and Community)

  • Glocal – helps out the homeless by making sandwiches and donating clothing
  • Beta Club (10th-12th)
    -Student Government Association– Class Representative (11th – 12th) In charge of finding community service opportunities
    -National Science Honors Society (12th)
    -Mu Alpha
    -Math Team (10th-12th)
    -Korean Club (10th-12th)
    -TKD Club – Founder/President (11th-12th)</p>

<p>Music Involvement

  • Guitar (5 years) – independent rock band; volunteered to play at charity events
  • Piano (5 years)</p>

<p>Athletic Involvement

  • Soccer
  • Club Soccer – 10 years (Captain);Nationally Ranked; State Semifinalist (2009); Atlanta Cup Finalist (2007 -2008); Southeast College Showcase Finalist (2009); Plano Invitational Quarterfinalist (2008); Birmingham Showcase (2008); GSA Super Cup Finalist (2008-2009), etc.
  • High School Soccer – All 4 years; Scholar Athlete; JV Captain (10th); Varsity Letterman (11th-12th); ranked top 20 nationally during early 2009; Regional Finalists
  • Korean Church League – Captain; MVP – Local Church League Champions
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • 12 years; 3rd Dan Black Belt; Assistant Instructor; Judge and volunteer at local Tae Kwon Do competitions/tournaments (100+ over course of high school career); Part time job (12 hours/week) 4+ years; had the opportunity to work with special educated students in order to give them the chance to practice TKD – involved with Special Olympics in TKD</p>

<p>Community Service Activites
-Glocal

  • Volunteen Program at Emory Eastside Hospital (110 hours/ 2009)
    -Tae Kwon Do events (200+/ 2006-2009)
    -Beta Club
    -SGA
    -Korean Club (help make origami’s to sell for a charity event)
  • Organized and started an independent nonprofit charity event - $500 to donate to Glocal
    -Weekly Math Tutor (200+ hours/ 2007-2009)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards
-President’s Student Service Award – An award from the President (Barack Obama) for outstanding involvement in volunteer work
-GHP nominee (Math)

  • AP Scholar
    -Top 5 finisher in AMC 12 in school
    -One of top math team leaders
    -Department Award – Language Arts (10th) and Math (10th)
    -Perfect Attendance
    -Multiple Tae Kwon Do awards
    -Multiple Soccer awards (MVP, Division I Runner-ups, Division II Champions, etc.)</p>

<p>***** what are the big things i need to work on? **********</p>

<p>thanks you guys!</p>

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<p>Your GPA and SAT are good. Your ECs shows that you are focused and have a passion whih is really good. Your community service also expresses your passion for Tae Kwon Do which is good. And it’s good that you have a lot of community service. Your awards (president’s student service award) helps. I think you should just work on your essay. You are going to be one of the competitive applications.
Good Luck!!!</p>

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<p>GPA: 4.33 (weighted), 3.94 (unweighted)
Rank: top 5% (around 750 students. Public. California)
SAT Reasoning: 2180 (Cr-630, M-790, W-760)
SAT Subj: Korean (800), Math IIC (800), US History (730), Chem (750)
AP Scores: two 5s, four 4s, and one 2 (Total 7 AP classes taken)
Major: Undecided</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Founder/President of Tutoring Club (2 yrs)
President of Local Volunteers Club (3 yrs)
A member of NHS (2 yrs)
Clarinet player at City Youth Symphony (3 yrs)
JV Basketball (2 yrs)
Volunteer at the local Hospital for 150 hours (3 yrs)
Research on Advanced Materials and its properties with the UCLA advanced material research team (11th grade summer, 12 hours/week)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commendation
Korean American Regional Math Competition (2nd place)
Regional Clarinet Guild Duet/Trio Competition (1st place)
Regional Youth Tennis Spring Classic Competition (2nd place)
Distinguished Honor Rolls for 4 yrs (for those who have GPA higher than 4.0)</p>

<p>College Class
Calculus III/Geometric Analysis at the local community college</p>

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<p>Your GPA is good and the fact that you are ranked top 5% helps. However, I would advise you to raise the SAT. That 630 CR doesn’t look really pretty mainly because that’s not in the middle 50% at all. Your SAT Subjects are good. It’s good that you have a rigorous schedule because of the number of APs you took. I have to say, founding a tutoring clubs is actually a good thing (and I don’t say this a lot to people who start a club). The reason why is because colleges like to see people help others. And for one to start a tutoring club, it reveals that one has the passion to help others, especially their peers. Now I do have to say you don’t have much ECs and you ECs aren’t exact the most focused kind (What I mean is that your ECs don’t clearly and fully reveal a passion that you like to do). However, I do see from this that you like to volunteer (is that something you like to do?). I say that you have a good chance. By all means apply, if Duke is your first choice, then apply ED. Good Luck!!!</p>

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<p>Race: Chinese
Gender: F
Location: Public school in California
Intended Major: pratt school of engineering</p>

<p>high school is within the top 200 according to newsweek</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.4</p>

<p>Transcript:
9th
yearbook A/A
hon comp lit B/A-
spanish 2 A-/A
hon algebra 2 A/A
hon biology A/A
*took ap bio test and got a 4</p>

<p>10th
hon comp lit A/A
hon spanish 3 A-/B
trig/precal A/A
hon chem A/A
ap world A/A
ap psych A/A</p>

<p>11th
ap english lang A/A
ap calc bc A-/A
ap music theory A-/A
ap chem A/A
hon us A-/A</p>

<p>Classes Senior Year:
AP Art History
AP Lit
AP Stats
AP Physics C
AP Enviro
AP Gov/Econ</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section)
SAT
CR: 550
W: 570
M:700
E:9</p>

<p>ACT
E:26
M:36
R:32
S:28
C:31
Combined writing: 25, essay:8
Will the admission officer look at my SAT I score?
I only want to use my ACT score but I think I’m forced to report all scores.</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Chem:800
Math II: 780</p>

<p>ECs
*Piano-CM level 10
*Kung fu-Black belt. going to china for an international tournament in aug.
*Hoag Hospital- Candystriping- 130 hours
*President of Key Club
*Founder of an organization- raised around $1500 to help underprivileged children in third world countries
*Tutor students in chemistry- 40 hours
*attened a leadership conference at stanford university
*internship at a biotech company</p>

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<p>Duke’s policy is that you can either submit the SAT I + SAT Subject Tests OR simply the ACT (just as Penn does). IMO, your SAT Subject Tests are strong. I’d seriously consider submitting both your SAT and ACT scores, as your ACT >> SAT I. Yeapp :)</p>

<p>You are within range of Duke. Like I always say, I cannot give any more of a “chance” than that - it’s all a crapshoot. :/</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>(&wow, I never realized how many “Chance Me” posts are in here. LOL)</p>

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Actually she’s not. She is trying to get into Pratt. Pratt has a ACT range of 32-34 and the SAT range of M: 740, CR: 680 V: 670. All of which are higher than her’s</p>

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You are allowed to send in either. You don’t have to send in both.</p>

<p>I advise you to retake the SAT or ACT.</p>

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<p>Meh, that’s 50%. She’s close enough with ~2100 SAT, leaving her in the bottom quartile. But you’re right, it’s always safe to be in, or more preferably, the 50% average. (32-34 ACT equates to a 2200-2300, right?)</p>

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Wait she has an 1820. That’s not really close to a 2100. Unfortunately that SAT also fall out of range with Trinity’s.
(Yes 32-34 is relatively around 2100-2300)
Her scores are:

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<p>thank you guys for chancing me :smiley:
if i apply to the trinity college would my chances of getting in increase?
should i send in only my act score or also my sat scores (which include my subject tests)?</p>

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<p>actually, i think the fact that you are a girl kind of helps if you are applying to pratt. you are obviously strong in math and weak in english, and you’re sat subject tests correspond more to pratt than to trinity (trinity recommends an sat subject test in a language, pratt recommends a science and a math). you seem to be strong in the math and sciences. being a girl is also a plus.</p>

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<p>also, if applying to trinity, the problem with you’re ACT score is that you’re english score is low. the problem with applying to pratt is that you’re science is low. </p>

<p>you’re SAT I obviously shows you are stronger in math, and you’re SAT II’s show you are strong in math in science (you’re ACT kind of helps for math but not for science). so if you could retake your SAT I then you should send in your SAT I and both SAT II scores – it’d help for pratt.</p>

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<p>*if you can get a 750+ for math SAT I and apply to pratt (because writing and reading aren’t as important when applying to pratt), you’d have good chances!</p>

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<p>State: Georgia
School: Public
Race: Caucasian
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 2 out of 465
ACT- 35
SAT - 2240 single sitting, 2300 superscore
SAT II – 760 Bio E, 790 Lit, taking Math II
APs – US History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (2)–hiding!</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Gifted Lit and Comp
Gifted Algebra II
Spanish I
Visual Art Foundations
Health/P.E.
Physical Science
World History</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
AP Biology
Gifted Lit and Comp
Gifted Geometry
Government
PreAP US History
Accounting I
Banking and Finance
Spanish II</p>

<p>Junior Year
Spanish III
AP Chemistry
AP US History
Gifted Advanced Alg and Trig
Insurance and Investing
Gifted American Lit</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Calc
AP Lit
Physics
Webpage Design
Multimedia and Communications
Economics and Enterprise</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-Varsity Tennis (Lettered 4 years, Played #1 Doubles, All Region Honorable Mention, Senior Leader)
-Key Club (President, Secretary, Most Outstanding Sophomore Award, Advisor’s Award, Georgia District Oratorical Contest Winner, Attended District and International Conventions, Published in Georgia District Magazine)
-Beta Club (Miss HCHS Pageant Committee)
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society)
-National English Honors Society (Secretary)
-One Act Play (2 years)
-Volunteer at Medical Center (150 hours)
-Duke University Talent Identification Program’s Center For Summer Studies (3 weeks in the summer at Duke for Medical Science- 9th Grade, Abnormal Psychology- 10th Grade, and Biology of Cancer- 11th Grade)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
Most Outstanding History Student Award
Rotary Club Academic Achievement Award
Honor Roll with Distinction
Dedicated Raider Award
Most Outstanding Key Club Sophomore Award
Most Outstanding Accounting Student Award
Most Outstanding English Student Award
Raider Scholar Award
Georgia District of Key Club Oratorical Contest First Place Winner
Johns Hopkins University Neuroengineering Training Initiative Essay Contest First Place Winner
University of Georgia Merit Award Winner
Key Club Adviser’s Award
Academic Letter
Most Outstanding Insurance Student
National Merit- got a letter, waiting. Possibly Commended?</p>

<p>Do I have any chance at all at Duke? Should I apply early?</p>

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<p>GPA UW 3.75 Weighted GPA higher of course
Not in the top 10% of his class, just below
SATI M 740 CR 800 WR 670 (not sure if he is going to retake)
SATII CHEM 740 US 740
AP EXAMS - CHEM 4, HIST 5
He is taking AP Physics and Biology in his senior year, plus calc, and has a couple dual enrollment college courses. 4 years of foreign language. 8 years of fine arts. Not a slacker.</p>

<p>ECs -
SPORTS: JV soccer (2yrs), Varsity Soccer (2yrs), Varsity Track (2yrs), Varsity X-country (2yrs). He’ll be in states for X-country and track, some possibility of captain.</p>

<p>MUSIC:
Concert Band (clarinet - 4 years) - playing for 7 years.
Jazz Ensemble (Piano - 4 years) - playing for 10 years
Many awards, side bands, but no prodigy, he gigs around from time to time but they don’t earn much.</p>

<p>OTHER:
A lot of PT work at various things.
Some but not extensive community outreach. Volunteered for political campaigns.
Nigiri is online now</p>

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<p>claire10, are people like you even serious or are you just fishing for compliments? “Do I have any chance at all?” I’m sorry but that seems like a ridiculous question to ask with your stats. What could you possibly be insecure about?</p>

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<p>claire10, if you love Duke and are considering applying early, i say do it. you will thank me - you’ll be enjoying the rest of your senior year stress free. :slight_smile: otherwise, you still hold a very good shot RD. :)</p>

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<p>secondary school: whole school magnet in MD
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
College class: 2014</p>

<p>Major: Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: 2240; 670 CR, 800 M, 770 W
SAT 2: Math 2 800, Chinese 800, Physics (will take in october probably 750+)
Rank: school doesnt rank but top 10%, no less than top 15%
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.42 W (i messed up in middle school when i took high school courses and freshmen grades were messed up as well, but upward trend from there)
APs: 9/10 total depending on senior schedule
Rigor of course: close to hardest possible</p>

<p>Awards (my weakest?):
National merit commended (maybe semifinalist)
AP Scholar
Maryland Scholar Athlete
Yuri Kochiyama award (some award thing from UMD)
Questbridge finalist most likely</p>

<p>EC’s:
JV basketball
JV/Varsity lacrosse
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship program (SEAP internship at the Naval Surface and Warfare Center in Carderock) - 40 hrs/wk, 8 weeks
-I will receive an acknowledgement for the research and aid that i provided in a published report detailing the project i was working on with my mentor, will this be helpful? should i attach a copy of the abstract under additional info</p>

<p>Helped start/and tutor at Students to Scholars (paid organization started with friends helping tutor SAT and SATII for high schoolers)</p>

<p>CIT (counselor in training at summer camps)
officer at school’s Asian American club
Math team - active member
Model United Nations - active member
Robotics club - officer
It’s Academic team
National Piano Playing Auditions Local and International member
Assistant basketball coach at chinese school
400+ hours of community service</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’ve been reading the stats that everyone else has, and they’re very impressive. Competition like that makes me insecure, but I’m not fishing for compliments. </p>

<p>Anyways, thanks Moxess and eatsalot :)</p>

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<p>Hey guys, Im an international student of Indian origin from Dubai and want to apply in Fall 2010. Basically, I’ve done GCE O levels [considered the highest level for British Ordinary Level Syllabus] and GCE AS Levels in Maths, Biology, Physics and Chemistry and plan on doing A2 Course in these four subjects this year.</p>

<p>My syllabus does not offer GPA but these are my school and exam grades so far:
Subject: 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade {+Board} 12th Grade{}</p>

<p>English B[72] B[66] A,A[76],{82} x
Maths A[86] A[86] A,A[91],{95} 99 in C1
Physics A[90] A[83] A,A[92],{85} (NA)
Chemistry A[78] A[83] A,A[85],{90} (NA)
Biology A[83] A[82] A,A[82],{82} (NA)
Human Biology A[88] A[84] A,A[88],{81} x
Hindi A[77] A[73] A,B[76],{76} x
Arabic A[87] A[82] A,A[90],{87} x</p>

<p>NA- not available atm since results come out in august, but I believe Ive done on par with my O level Board results.
x - because I did not take these in AS levels.</p>

<p>And oh, all the marks are out of 100</p>

<p>Here are my SAT I Scores:
Sitting 1 Sitting 2
CR 590 670
M 680 640
W 650 720
Total 1920 2030</p>

<p>I plan on taking the SAT Subject tests this October in Maths IIC, Physics and Biology M.</p>

<p>I also have received certificates for/achieved merit in:

  • Academic Excellence in Grades 9-11 for coming in the top two ranks in the grade.
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Oral presentation on World Events.
    -Merit Certificate for participation in Inter School Quiz, Gulf Asian Inter-School Quiz competitions and also for conducting an Inter-House Quiz competition in my school.
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Community Service conducted at Labour Camps in Dubai from Grade 9-11.
  • Certificate for Best Actor in School Skit competition and also for Writer of the Best Skit.
  • Participation Certification for Awareness Walk at Spring Fiesta event.
  • Distinction in Mathematics exam conducted by University of New South Wales in 2001.
  • Certification of Merit for Participation in Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington, New York.
  • Winner of Inter-House Soccer Tournament in Grade 12.
  • 3rd Position in 400m-relay in Inter-House School Athletics Meet in Grade 12.
  • 3rd Position in 100m-relay in Inter-House School Athletics Meet in Grade 12.
  • Observership at Radiology/Laboratory Departments at a local hospital (2 weeks)</p>

<p>Well, sorry if it is a bit too long, not really sure about what all to include and not to include since I come under the International applicants category. Thanks. Btw, I plan on taking Biomedical Engineering as my major.</p>