What are my chances of getting into Duke?

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<p>I am African-American and currently a junior in High School</p>

<p>(I plan on studying business)</p>

<p>3.5 UW GPA
-Mostly Honors classes and Moderate amount of APs (few non-honors courses)... I understand this is a bit low because they mostly look for all AP courses.</p>

<p>2010 on SATs</p>

<p>CR: 680
M: 670
WR:650</p>

<p>Great extracurriculars:
-Have had two summer jobs</p>

<p>-A member of the LEAD business program at Northwestern University. This is a prestigious business program for African American High school students. It is a month long curriculum in which students stay on Northwestern's campus the whole time.</p>

<p>-A member of the Impact program. (run by Pricewaterhouse coopers) A college preparatory and business program for minority students in Philadelphia.</p>

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<li><p>Three years of varsity basketball</p></li>
<li><p>Attended Valley Forge Military Academy for two years, recieved many honors, medals, and the leadership position of Sergeant there.</p></li>
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<p>-DECA</p>

<p>-member of the Marching band at Valley Forge Military Academy</p>

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<li>have more but im sure you get the jist.</li>
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<p>Awards:
-Medals from Valley Forge Military Academy
-Honor Roll most marking periods
-Basketball MVP and captain
- The Hocker Scholarship (30,000 dollar scholarship to Valley Forge Military Academy)</p>

<p>Im a great writer and my hook will be about my experience at Valley Forge Military Academy and my leadership experience. Either that or I will write about my interest in business and entrepreneurship.</p>

<p>From what you see here what are my chances of getting into Duke and what do you suggest I do to improve my chances? From here on I'll only be adding to my resume.</p>

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<p>(i no longer attend Valley Forge Military Academy) for personal and not disciplinary reasons.</p>

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<p>I’m not familiar with your school, but it seems impressive from a cursory inspection.</p>

<p>Unless your class rank is within top 25% (preferably top 10%), 3.5 UW GPA would pretty much disqualify you when combined with your sub 25th percentile SAT scores.</p>

<p>While your EC seem impressive, I get the feeling that you are overplaying your racial background. Colleges want you to demonstrate that you can suceed regardless of your peers, not just competing with other URM/African-Americans, in all facets of life.</p>

<p>Since you can’t really change your GPA, EC at this point. Try to raise your SAT, which is pretty much the default and expected response for 90% of the “Chance Me” posts on CC. Assuming that your class rank is solid, a SAT rise to 2200 will make you very competative at Duke as an URM.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your input, I understand that i come off as overplaying my ‘blackness’. I was just explaining the details of the programs i was in. I really appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from more people!</p>