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Old 07-20-2006, 01:10 AM   #75
gcards1
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Oregon/ Duke
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Hope this helps!

Accepted: Duke (waitlisted first)-Attending, Rice (ID), USC (half-tuition and honors), U of Oregon honors (EA)

Waitlisted: Georgetown (EA-->deferred-->rejected), Claremont Mckenna (didn't stay on), Duke (then accepted)

Rejected: Penn (wharton), Stanford, Dartmouth

School Type: Public
Location: Oregon
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Econ, Accounting, Public Policy, IR
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.40
Class rank: uw- 1/336, w- 5/336

SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 720
SAT I Writing: 770

SAT II Scores
SAT II Spanish Reading: 710
SAT II U.S. History: 660
SAT II Math IIC: 740
SAT II Math IC: 710

Full IB Diploma:
IB Anthro SL: 6
IB History of the Americas HL: 7
IB Spanish HL: 6
IB Math Methods SL: 6
IB English HL: 6
IB Physics HL: 5

36 + 1 bonus = 37/45

EC's:
Two study abroads for three weeks each to Spain and Costa Rica
Class Prez as soph, Class rep junior and senior years
MUN
Constitution Team as sophomore (second in state)
Cross country
Ski Team
Community Service club
Internship at financial firm
Mentor
etc.

Solid teacher recs. Essays were good, but I'm really not sure if things worked well except for my Why Duke? which I thought was really good.
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