<p>Decision:
Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1570 (800V 770M)
* SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 US History, 760 Spanish
* GPA: 4.0 unweighted
* Rank: 1/465 unweighted and weighted
* Other stats: 4 5s on AP tests.</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Who knows? Why Duke was a risk, though. (modeled after Browning's How Do I Love Thee?)
* Teacher Recs: One was phenomenally awesome, the other was average or below average.
* Counselor Rec: Decent.
* Hook (if any): None.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: FL
* School Type: Suburban Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Major strength/weakness: Strength = A great deal of interest demonstrated in medical field through ECs / Weakness = ECs weren't anything to write home about
* Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Good numbers with ECs that didn't drag me down? Once again: who knows?</p>
<p>Many congratulations to all of you who made it! I'm sorry for everyone whose decision wasn't what they had hoped it would be. It looks like I'll be in essentially the same position, though, as it appears that Duke is out of my reach in terms of finances. <em>Goes to play calming music</em></p>