<p>I applied to Duke ED and will be hearing back this week. I'm in the freaking out phase right now. I would love anyone's honest opinion. I have a 3.4 UW GPA, 3.65 cumulative Weighted GPA with an upward trend (3.3 sophomore, 3.4 junior, 3.7 senior) . I take the most rigorous curriculum possible, have a 33 ACT (34 superscored) and great EC's. I am also a legacy at Duke. Will my app be thrown out because of my GPA or can the other pieces of my application save me?</p>
<p>Where do you rank? If below top 10% the other pieces and legacy probably can’t save you.</p>
<p>my school doesn’t rank, but i would say definitely top 20%. my class is only 68 people.</p>
<p>You go to one extremely grade deflating school if all but 12 of 68 have a GPA below 3.4! Even Exeter isn’t that tough!</p>
<p>oh well i was saying top 20% WEIGHTED haha and i take the most rigorous curriculum possible and my weighted gpa is a 4.56 so far this year and was a 3.7 last year so i guess thats why.</p>
<p>well, Duke is pretty big on legacy and you have a strong ACT score, so I don’t think they’ll be throwing your app out right away.</p>
<p>My guess is a courtesy deferral.</p>
<p>Absolute rejection!</p>
<p>You should have at least a 36 and 4.0 to KNOW what Duke is.</p>
<p>haha well then… i guess i am extremely unqualified. What GPA is considered academically qualified for Duke?</p>