<p>Okay, I’m typign this again because it shows taht it didnt send the first time. Sorry, if its a duplicate message.</p>
<p>Your stats look great, except for maybe your UW gpa. Your class rank and W gpa might make that more insignificant though. Volunteering in Jammu/Kashmir at a medical camp really shows you as a humanitarian and as well as interested in medicine. That’s really good. If you wrote good essays you should have a great chance. A quick question to CCer’s . I’m only a junior so I might be wrong but I was under the impression you report both W and UW gpa? Don’t they see it on your transcript too?</p>
<p>Do you know what the unweighted GPAs of top 4 people might be?</p>
<p>Rank and weighted GPA may not mean much if there are B’s on one transcript and all As on another transcript from the same school and both apply. If the top ranked person also has unweighted GPA close to 3.8 then 1 and 5 are considered to have similar academic standings but if 1 has 3.95 and 5 has 3.75, then 5 won’t get accepted ahead of 1.</p>
<p>@texaspg, I agree with what you’re saying. To be honest, I’ve never been interested much in other people’s GPAs or bothered asking about it unless they’ve told me. However, GPA isn’t the sole factor (while it definitely is one of the main factors) of making it into a school.</p>
<p>ur course rigor and class rank make you very competitive. However, the only thing that might hold u back would be your (relatively) low ACT for Duke. Dont get your hopes too high because I have heard that Duke has filled more than half its class with ED students. I’m in the same boat as you basically because many of my schools have also filled a lot of their classes with early decision/ early action.</p>
<p>I didn’t say they didn’t care…I meant to say they’ll consider other aspects–standardized testing, extracurriculars, etc. I know that GPA matters, and I took the hardest classes my school had to offer. I obviously made B’s in some of them, but I sure as heck took them and that proves that I was committed and hard working.</p>
<p>Originally Posted by Duke Admissions:
It is difficult to give advice on specific classes you should take. We evaluate and rate applicants in six areas: standardized testing, curriculum choice, achievement, recommendations, essays, and extracurricular activity. You should challenge yourself and take some difficult classes. In general, your secondary school record should include the best and most challenging courses available: four years of English and at least three years of mathematics, natural science, foreign language, and social studies. If offered by your school, you should take Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in addition to Honors courses. </p>
<p>Of course, you should strive to make excellent grades. You don’t need to make straight A’s, but you should definitely exceed average work. You should also complement academics with outside activities. When we evaluate extracurricular activities, it is not the number of activities that is important, it is the quality of involvement and the level of commitment to an activity that becomes meaningful.</p>
<p>Everyone says exactly that. It works well if there is not much disparity between other applicants from your school and you but if not, whoever has better grades gets in.</p>
<p>Hi indiandespogirl. I applied RD to Duke too. I think you have a great chance for Duke. (Although with a 10% acceptance rate it can be a challenge for anyone) your ACT score is right in the range. Your essays seem very well thought out. I’d be happy to read them if you’d like. I could only dream that I have your ACT score, then I would be a lot more comfortable. (I’m retaking it in Febuary) I wish you the best of luck! Hopefully we both get in.</p>
<p>@Socoengineer, thank you! If you’d like, I can private message them to you. Yeah, I wished I could have applied early…it would have been much less hectic and with higher chances of getting in. Good luck on your ACT!</p>