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<p>Hi everyone. I'm an 18-year old white male living in Rhode Island, who is trying to get into Duke '12 through Early Admission. I have this information posted in the "What are my chances?" forum, but I wanted to get the opinions of current Duke students. What do you all think?</p>

<p>Academic Information:
-GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.22 Weighted
-Class Rank: 3/93
-School Type: Private New England school, sends a good amount of students to top schools
*I want to also mention that I've taken the most difficult path (in terms of academic course selection) that my school has to offer.</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:</p>

<p>SAT I: (will retake...expecting much higher math score)
-Critical Reading: 680
-Math: 690
-Writing: 720 (12 essay)
-Total: 2090</p>

<p>SAT II:
-U.S. History: 780
-Math IIC: 800</p>

<p>ACT: (will retake)
-English: 34 (11 on essay)
-Math: 33
-Reading: 31
-Science: 27
-Composite: 31</p>

<p>AP Tests:
-Environmental Science: 5 (took as Freshmen)
-U.S. History: 5
*My school doesn't offer many from Freshmen-Junior year, but my schedule for next year is as follows:</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-English 12 (no honors English offered at my school)
-Bill of Rights/Baby Boom (History electives)
-AP B.C. Calculus
-AP Biology
-AP Spanish
-AP Latin
-Photography</p>

<p>Athletics:
-JV Tennis (2004-2005)</p>

<p>Community Service:
-Assisted-Living Community Volunteer: (2003-2004)
-Hospital Pathology/Histology Lab Volunteer: (2005)
-Nursing Home Volunteer: (2006-)</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
-Mock Trial (4 years) (state champions, Captain this year)
-Math Team (4 years) (#1 team in state)
-Student Senate (2004-2006)
-Fantasy Sports Club (2005-)(President this year)
-Film Club (2004-2006)
-World Environmental Enigmatic Problems (2006-)(President this year)</p>

<p>Job Experience:
-Stop and Shop: Bagger & Cashier (2004-2005)
-The UPS Store: Sales Associate (2006-)
-Math Tutor (2007-)</p>

<p>Misc:
-Cum Laude Society (inducted Junior year)</p>

<p>Well there you have it-my life in one thread post. Once again, what are my chances at Duke Early Admission? Also, what other schools do you think I should look at this summer?</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>Your chances aren't too bad at all.. grades, SAT II's, and EC's are all tops! If you can get your M+CR composite to at least a 1450, I would say that you would definitely get in Early Decision. Good luck.</p>

<p>Umm.. as for other schools.. I would probably say if you are interested in Duke.. you would also probably be interested in Penn and Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Thanks Coola. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Work on your SAT 1's, break 1450-1460 and you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Check out Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton, Stanford - schools most similar to Duke in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Let's say hypothetically I decide to submit both my ACTs and SATs. Do you think admissions will consider only my 31 composite and my 800/780 SAT II scores? If so, is that sufficient for acceptance?</p>