<p>thanks chram....thanks alot. :)</p>
<p>BAHAMAIN! You did not get accepted!?!?!?! I am quite sorry, I knwo how badly you wanted to go to Duke. I completely understand. What I do want to say though is this. From what I have seen from your posts, you are a great person, and it really disappoints me that you did not get in. I remember saying that no matter what happens always keep your head up. I think Duke made a huge mistake, an ENORMOUS mistake. You have amazing stats and everything. Tell Duke, you messed up! and WHATEVER! So what they did not accept you! The admissions process is almost like the luck of the draw, especially for internationals! You are going to be successful in life! I KNOW IT! You show a drive and commitment and compassion for people, which is quite amazing. I honestly hope that wherever you go, you do your best always and I think that you will be one of those people who impact the world. So if you ever hear of mjs4n6 around, talk to him adn maybe give him a job!!! I am looking to be a Doctor, so if you ever need one!!!!!!</p>
<p>AWWWWWWWWWW...that was oh sooo touching and i really apreciate it...i almost wanna cry :'(....</p>
<p>Thank dudes, seriously; yes, i loved Duke to death and I will always love Duke? Why? because its an excellent school.</p>
<p>I know u guys will love it there! mjs...i know u will succeed aswell, thru ur awesome words of encouragement u have shown me alot about ur personality...one that is to be admired.</p>
<p>I want all of you to know that i enjoyed ur company this past...three weeks? and i will always remember u guys.</p>
<p>Thank You guys sooo much, especially u mjs...i appreciate what u said...i will always remember it.</p>
<p>man **** duke. **** duke. **** duke. **** christoph whateverthe **** his last name is</p>
<p>lmao!!! gatechboy, u got rejected i imagine?....we should talk...i have aol, yahoo and msn...add me..i got rejected too...lets blow off some fumes.</p>
<p>Omfg! I Got In W/ An 1140! Whew! Bioengineering Too!</p>
<p>lol kritarch watch it, you might get murdered around here.</p>
<p>i know thats right bahamian, we should talk man. i was not expecting to get into duke. highly competitive. but hell, at least i tried. but ne ways, i am going to ga tech and will flourish there instead of duke. so imma say it one last time.....**** DUKE!!!!!</p>
<p>OH, SORRY, AND **** DUKE AGAIN( SMILE)</p>
<p>Yeh, gatech...whats ur e-mail address for IM.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580 (800V, 780M)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 US, 690 Writing
GPA: 98.00 unweighted
Rank: 5/250
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Good.
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: have no idea...prolly decent
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: one of the top 100 public schools in the country
Ethnicity: asian indian
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: lots of sports (captain of basketball and baseball), volunteer work w/ a non-profit-organization (400 hrs a yr for 4 yrs), research abstract published in a major medical journal (study on the high prevalence of asthma in my M.S.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1560</li>
<li>SAT II: 790, 770, 760</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9ish</li>
<li>Rank: Like maybe 8 out of 430sih</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good I guess</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Great/Good - didn't see them though</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good, I was the only National Merit at school this year so I stood out when he wrote them probably.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): No special race or income thing, I'm Indian and there are lots of good, academically inclined Indians. </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Pennsylvania</li>
<li>School Type: Public, I guess it's OK</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian (Bengali to be specific)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Maybe my SAT's were good?</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know, high scores and good activities probably. Also, I'm really strong for an Indian. I weightlift really often and go to weightlifting meets, which started from when I played football in early high school. I should walk on to the college team, wherever I go, and see what happens lol. But yeah, being an athletic Indian isn't something you see that often (Besides tennis and badminton). Um things like debate team and DECA help out, and I'm into politics.</li>
</ul>
<p>Well, school tommorow, yipee!</p>
<p>^^ at least not in the US. no cricket teams :/</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1440 (750 Math, 690 Verbal)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 Writing, 750 Chemistry</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 5.1702 weighted, 4.0 (college)</li>
<li>Rank: 3/435</li>
<li>Other stats: 12 APs, 4 college classes, AP scores: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Outstanding in my opinion</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Total 6 submitted (1 solid, 3 great, 2 unread)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Outstanding</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Overall well-roundedness</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: FL</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese-American</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: strengths = physics research, music (over 50 awards), art portfolio, strength in math/sciences, community service work, weaknesses = lack of substantial academic awards, decent school-related EC's</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Luck...lol...there are so many amazing and talented applicants to Duke-I'm still in shock that I got in!</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: I submitted a lot of supplementary materials...I probably had the thickest file out of anyone there. All the extra things I sent in kinda highlighted some of the more subjective parts of my application that mere listing could not provide.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in! Go Duke '09!
Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Congrats Duke '09 Acceptees!!!!!
:-)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440 (720 M, 720 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US Hist, 760 Bio, 760 World Hist, and a bunch of others
[<em>] ACT: 32 (34 E, 32 M, 34 R, 27 S)
[</em>] GPA: 97.89 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn't rank, but my guess is 3 or 4 out of 334
[</em>] AP Stuff:
AP European History, 05/2003, 5
AP Biology, 05/2004, 5
AP Chemistry, 05/2004, 5
AP Computer Science A, 05/2004, 5
AP American History, 05/2004, 5
AP English Language and Composition, 05/2004, 4
AP Calculus BC, 05/2005, N/A
AP Computer Science AB, 05/2005, N/A
AP Physics B, 05/2005, N/A
AP US Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP Comparative Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP English Literature, 05/2005, N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Ok, I suppose. Probably nothing special compared to others.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Not sure, waived my right to see it
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[</em>] Hook (if any): If I had a hook, it'd be research - I was a semifinalist in Siemens Westinghouse and Intel STS, amongst other things. Also, I'm a president of 3 different clubs in my school, including National Honor Society.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Suburban Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Probably because of my grades, research, and extracurriculars, but you never know what they're thinking when it comes to college admissions.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>I just want to heartily congratulate my fellow acceptees, and to those of you rejected or waitlisted, try not to take it too seriously or personally (as I did when I was rejected from MIT a few days ago -_-) since there is a lot of luck behind the process as well and hopefully you will all find the right school for you.</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>will post all info later in the day..right now its time to go out and celebrate
:D</p>
<p>Berurah's son</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!
Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>ACT: 34 composite</li>
<li>SAT 1: 1460</li>
<li>GPA: UW: 3.982 W: 4.5</li>
<li>Rank: 4/444</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs:Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: ??</li>
<li>Hook (if any): well documented long-standing interest in epidemiology/infectious diseases</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Kansas</li>
<li>School Type: Public, Suburban</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: </li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Very strong letter of rec. from a local doctor with a national position who vouched for long-standing medical interests</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 750v, 740</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760/760/730</li>
<li>GPA: 3.86 UW </li>
<li>Rank: n/a</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 4's on AP tests, AP Scholar with Dist, some minor stuff</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Questionable</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: decent i think</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: she worships me</li>
<li>Hook (if any): 3 years in country, 4 language fluency, i am the best all aroun</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MD suburbs</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Whitey</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Nothing really</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i hate duke</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>So yeah... just some advice for the future generations, if you realy really really want to go to duke dont write essays about just how much you hate their basketball team. Sentences like "I loathe Duke basketball." doesnt seem to bode well with Mr. Guttenberg or whatever his name is. </p>
<p>So now i can hate them with a clear conscience since they rejected me, i got into UNC and into Maryland.
Best rejection ever since now i dont have to go visit duke and decide and then second-guess my decisions and stuff. </p>
<p>Georgetown bball better stop sucking...</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>INTERNATIONAL</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 660V 690M</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 680/690/640</li>
<li>GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.0 UW, 3.9 UW (4.4 W) (3 different international schools in my 3 yrs of high school) </li>
<li>Rank: 3/80</li>
<li>APs: taking 4 this year. previous schools didnt offer any.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: outstanding</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: ultra-outsanding</li>
<li>Hook (if any): international exposure (country-hopping), started my own company <a href="http://www.strikegold.tk%5B/url%5D">www.strikegold.tk</a> , good deal of research. </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: South Korea</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: weakness -> SAT scores (all taken only once), skipped 10th grade (strength). Starting my own company didnt help me a singly bit it looks like...</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: SAT's...</li>
</ul>
<p>Rejected, oh well...Carleton here I come</p>