<ul>
<li>Essays: marginal at best</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good, I guess?</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: same as above</li>
<li>Hook (if any): major commitment to running career (not good enough for Duke though)
Letters of Rec. from a few Duke alums</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Pittsburgh, PA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: sent in additional info twice/ i got a 600 on an SAT II</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: clerical error</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1480 (700V 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 2C, 740 Writing, 730 USHist
[<em>] GPA: ~3.9 uw, not sure exact though
[</em>] Rank: top 5% out of 250
[<em>] Other stats: Nat'l Merit Finalist, 4 Golds on Nat'l Latin Exam
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Common app was good, so was Why Duke
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength was recs and solid ECs, weakness could have been not standing out in a very crowded applicant pool.
[li] why you think you were waitlisted: Just didn't stand out enough I guess, but at least it's not a rejection which I was almost certain it would be![/li][/ul]Other Factors: I was accepted to Swarthmore today too which makes me feel better but I'm still gonna try to get off that waitlist! It will be a tough choice if it comes down to Swat or Duke...</p>
<p>EDIT: Applied to Trinity. Heard Pratt accepted a bunch more than usual this year, is that true?</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1400 </li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/680/680</li>
<li>GPA: 4.7w</li>
<li>Rank:1/233</li>
<li>Other stats: 4s and 5s on APs, ranked #1 in nation last year for French Exam.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Awesome (according to the people who read it)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Made me cry.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: OK</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Emmigrated to the US 5 yrs ago from Cameroon, was in charge of a state wide French competition last year (about 1500 students attended), lead our soccer teeam to 3rd place overall. </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: TX</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: I have no idea.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: That, I will never know!</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1440
SAT IIs: 800/750/750/720/710/690
GPA: 4.3
Rank: unranked
Other stats: ap national scholar, national merit commended
Subjective:
Essays: got a handwritten letter from adcom telling me how good they were
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): good ec's, started own summer volunteering in armenia, ucla research, youth and government person, Visiting Prof at a college in armena(I taught english and bio to nurses)
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: public one of top 5 in state
Ethnicity: armenian
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: good at math(multivariable calc from stanford) good ap exams, 30+ college credits before graduation/had a few b's and 2 c's. low sat's
why you think you were accepted: good academic stats and very good ec's and very good interview and essays, all around good app
Other Factors: Yay, this has taken a lot of the pressure off my other college admissions</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580 (800 V, 780 M)
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 780
GPA: 5.? w, 4.0 uw
Rank: 2/168
Other stats: 5 5's on AP, National Merit finalist
Subjective:
Essays: pretty good i guess
Teacher Recs: never saw
Counselor Rec: never saw
Hook (if any): good person? hahah i don't know. i play 3 sports, am in lots of clubs like Quiz Bowl, math team, v. pres. of spanish club
Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: no idea
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: they liked me?
Other Factors: N/A</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1410
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 720, 630
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW 5.0 W
[</em>] Rank: 4/300
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I don't know, I don't read my recs, I trust my teachers
[</em>] Counselor Recs: " "
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NC
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: good, solid involvement
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I made sure my application had personality[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
It's nice to be in Duke, but I'm not going there. No reason to be in debt. I'm still trying to pick between a full-ride to Clemson or one to Georgia Tech.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1580</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 x 3</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0uw</li>
<li>Rank: 1/275ish, unofficial</li>
<li>Other stats: 5's on 6 AP exams, 35 on ACT</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good, but I only spend a couple hours on the "why duke?" essay. But i liked it a lot.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: dunno, but guess above average or better</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: same as above</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none. just massive amounts of depth/breadth. math/science focus, but strong in other areas like debate, mock trial, etc</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MO</li>
<li>School Type: public, rich, suburban, competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: near-perfect stats, lots of awards</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see above.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1580 (800 M 780 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math IC 740 Writing 710 Math IIC 690 Chemistry 690 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.558 Soph/Jr year, 3.85 1st semester senior year (weighted)
[</em>] Senior Classes: Honors Humanities, AP European History, Spanish 4, AP BC Calculus, AP Biology
[<em>] AP: AP Scholar for 5 (US Hist) 5 (Stats) 4 (English Language)
[</em>] Rank: N/A, but I'd estimate 10-15 out of 73 at very hard private school (we had kids get in early to Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Duke, UVA, William and Mary, Williams. Many got scholies too.
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Competition, Dorm Council (leadership), on nationally ranked quizbowl + science teams, varsity squash, basketball, do stand up comedy at clubs, drama, some other stuff.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My Duke ones werent great, I sent in supplemental ones that were really good but Duke didnt get them apparently :(.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I think pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ehh, she is erratic, but good. So I would say this was solid.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Legacy, good interview, unique EC?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: Small private (religious based, but not religious really)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT and unique EC/GRADES and SAT2s
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Guess its a crapshoot, but obviously it was the grades.[/li][/ul]*Other Factors: Got into William and Mary, but this isnt a good sign for tommorrow :(. *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1550
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790/750/750/740/720/660
[<em>] GPA: 3.9ish UW
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: good extracurriculars
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: decent...my Why Duke essay could've used more work
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no clue
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): All State musician? musiccccc
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: ECs
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: isn't deferred spelled with two r's?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** yay</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Could have been better, I realize now.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I applied as a public policy major and have a lot of public policy/politics background with leadership: Student council pres., class pres, interact director, model un secretary general (pres), co captain of tennis team, started my own DJ company when i was 12. Now employ 6 others.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: New Jersey. KILLED ME!</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White</li>
<li>Gender:Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:Leade</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Grades/SATs just not high enough compared to you other crazy geniuses who got in!</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision:Accepted PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS MY FIRST CHOICE SCHOOL!! AHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I HOPE FINANCIAL AID COMES THROUGH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I AM GOING TO PEE ON MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU GOD THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good. About African-American achievement in education
Teacher Recs: AMAZING I think this is what got me in!
Counselor Rec: GREAT
Hook (if any): Summer internship at Medical College of Wisconsin</p>
<p>Location/Person:**
State or Country: WI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Extracurriculars (was president of a a bunch of things) was in football and basketball
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I am not sure. . .I am an afican american, but other than that I think my letters of recommendation did it for me. I did not know who they were describing when I read them. O my internship probably helped too!
Other Factors: PRAISE JESUS I AM SO THANKFUL AND SO HAPPY O PRAISE JESUS!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:33
[</em>] SAT IIs:780,740,700
[<em>] Rank:4/202
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:So-So
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Very good
[</em>]ounselor Rec:Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any):None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:male
[* major strength/weakness:well rounded
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
UNCCCCCCCCC</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1570
[</em>] SAT IIs:800/800/740
[<em>] GPA:3.77uw (school doesn't wait)
[</em>] Rank:No rank at school
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Who's to say?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good (i go to boarding school, so i live with them, many stories etc..)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): US Physics Team (National rank), Filmmaking Art Supplement, Nationally recognized high school??
[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: NE Prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Hooks/Academics at school
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:see above[/li][/list]</p>