<ul>
<li>SAT: 1530 (800v)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800writing, 790 math 2c, 790 world hist.</li>
<li>GPA: 3.95</li>
<li>Rank: 2/490</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 5's on AP tests</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: solid
* Teacher Recs: one great, one personal=good
* Counselor Rec: glwoing
* Hook (if any):EXCELLENT interview, high level of interest, political activism</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: SoCal</li>
<li>School Type: Competitive Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Weakness: EC's--lots of politics, debate, not much else</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: interview, update letter--had about 10 new accomplishments</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs:1 excellent, other 2 good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MA</li>
<li>School Type: Suburban Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Very active in theater and music at my school. I also umpire high school baseball and run the umpire program for my town's little league.<br></li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
I was defered in December but sent in 2 new essays along with a theater tape with another letter of rec. My guidance counselor kept contacting the admissions rep and sent another very good letter on my behalf</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MO</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: india</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness: heavy class load, many ECs/low writing SATII</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: hmm...</p></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT:1430 (700 m 730 v)</li>
<li>SAT IIs:700 US history, 720 math, 730 writing</li>
<li>GPA: 4.5 W</li>
<li>Rank: 6/300</li>
<li>Other stats: AP US History-4 AP English Lang-5</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good, why duke might have been a bit generic</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): i guess none</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness: excellent grades, heavy class load, plenty of sports/activities/community service, but low SATs</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: low scores? dunno
congrats to all accepted...good luck to all wherever you end up</p></li>
</ul>
<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>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 4.2
[</em>]Rank: 56/758
[<em>]ECs:
California Scholarship Federation
Track and Field
Key Club
Hospital Jr Volunteer
Teen Council
Started own Mentoring Program
Wrestling
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays:Pretty Good
[<em>]Teacher Recs:Excellent(One of them was from an Alum)
[</em>]Counselor Rec:Excellent
[<em>]Hook (if any):African-American Male
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:California, USA
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>]Gender:Male
[</em>]why you think you were accepted:Strong Academic Record, First-Generation, African-American Male
[/ul]</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1270
* SAT IIs: 800,690, 660
* GPA: 4.0
* Rank: No rank but top 10% of class.
* Other stats: TOEFL - 293 on computer-based test ; 3 5's on AP's, one 4, and one 3. College credit from Cornell over the summer and from a Spanish university junior year.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Very good, according to my counselor.
* Teacher Recs: didn't see them, but they worked
* Counselor Rec: didn't see it but my counselor really likes me so it must have been pretty good.
* Hook (if any): Immigrant (1998) from France. Lived in France, England, Spain, and United States. Trilingual. I also had a GREAT interview!
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CT, USA
* School Type: private boarding school, I'm a day student there.
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: SAT scores were low but my experiences and grades must have made up for the them quite a bit.
* why you think you were accepted: My regional officer and I had met at my school in the Fall and we chatted quite a bit. I kept contact with her in the Winter by email. I think that the connection with the admissions officer plus my great interview and my international lifestyle that Duke is trying to increase on its campus were some of the main deciding factors.
</code></pre>
<p>I am extremely happy to be accepted to Duke and would love to go there next year. I'll have to see the aid they give me to make a decision amongst my other choices.
Congratulations to all accepted and for those of you who were waitlisted or rejected, I'm sure you'll have other great options from which to choose from. Good luck!</p>
<pre><code>* GPA: 6+/7- on IB scale
* SAT 1: 1410, 710 V, 700 M, SAT II: 760 M, 740 V, 770 Spanish
* Rank: No rank in school
* ECs:
</code></pre>
<p>Good Tennis (D1 level)
Drums- experimentation w/both eastern and western styles
Art- drawing, sketches sent
Internships at ActionAid India (working w/homeless and aid patients), and the United Nations
Yearbook Coordinator
Tech. coordinator of my school's un club
1 of 6 students in the world to be selected for the Spanish government's grant for academic excellence, and excellence in the spanish language. </p>
<p>Subjective:
NO IDEA, that's y it's called subjective. No hook, international applicant. </p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country:New York, USA
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: TO HELL W/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, no i'm not a minority sorry
* Gender:Male
* why you think you were accepted:Cuz i got rejected from Harvard, Yale Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth, and had no where else to go....
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>SAT:1360</li>
<li>SAT IIs:800 710 650 </li>
<li>GPA: 4.812</li>
<li>Rank: 4/375</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Bio 5</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good, but not excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: AWSOME</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: decent</li>
<li>Hook (if any):
Student gov chairman
Eagle Scout
Pres/Founder of Kids Helping Kids (a YMCA sponsored org)
supper involved in school improvement stuff</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NC, Born in Venezuela</li>
<li>School Type:Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:</li>
</ul>