borgieboy

Hispanic Male
Benedictine prep school in MN

I had two cousins that attended duke.


uw 3.65 we don't use class rank, if i had to guess i'd say in the top 10%

i had a bad freshman year suffering with depression but since then my gpa has been 3.8 and above, but my cum has stayed low because of the averaging

Act 32

SAT II's Spanish 750, Lit 660 (will retake am confident i can get in the 700's) , U.S. History 650

Aps U.S.History 4, Spanish 4

Will have earned enough credits to earn a minor in spanish from Saint John's University in Collegeville by the time i graduate.


Ec's

Mock trial 4 yrs ( captain for 2)
Student council 4 years (president for 2)
Cross Country 3 yrs
Chairman of Teenage Republicans
Regent of Saint John's Prep
Staff writer for school newspaper 4 yrs
Published in school literary magazine 3 years (hopefully will get in again this year)
World Club 4 yrs
Drama 4 yrs
Peer minister 2 yrs


International experience
Mentor for boarding international students 4 yrs
Weekend host family for international students 4yrs
Host Brother to austrian exchange student 1 yr
have lived in Venezuela for 2 years of my life

Misc activities/accomplishments

Juror for National College Mock trial competition at Hamline university
Interviewer at State Competition for Spanish ( Festival Quixote)
Winner of the Galena Prize for law 2008
recognized for superior achievement in mock trial 4yrs
Awarded the Benedictine values award
Taken intro to psych and public speaking along with several other Spanish classes at St. john's university
Letter in Mock Trial
Letter in Drama

Volunteer Work

Habitat for Humanity
MN GOP
Ron Paul's campaign for Liberty
Minnesota for McCain
St.Johns Sesquicentennial celebrations
Tutoring at my school

Job Experience

Pizza delivery guy
Laborer for a real estate renovation company
Congressional Page
Intern for my congresswoman's district office



My letters of recommendation should be great. in addition to my headmaster's and two teachers i'll be getting one from my internship supervisor and possibly one from the congressional page supervisor peggy sampson.

so....go duke?

danielhstennis08

since you're hispanic, you should get in... good luck

noobcake

^^^
Ignore

If you ED, you are pretty much in. If your RD, you have very good chances.

juliushark

"but my cum has stayed low because of the averaging"

...WHAT!?

gilberto118

hopefully "cum" means cumulative, or something like that. if not, use your wildest imaginitive powers

HiWei

noobcake, I agree what danielhstennis08 said wasn't all that p.c., but you also have to recognize that the fact that he is an URM with very decent stats pushes him from possibly-in to likely-in.

borgieboy, the fact that you have an upwards trend in GPA will help you, as will good ECs. Just make sure you keep up your GPA so the upwards trend doesn't become a downwards trend, which will drastically hurt your chances.

Lastly, where is your school? I've never heard of it. Good to hear Minnesotans applying to Duke though.

danielhstennis08

not politically correct? if i said that he's an URM, would that be more politically correct?

i think my post is perfectly fine and honest... it's not my fault admissions work like that...

once again, good luck!

swimguy112

yeah I don't think his post was a problem.

affirmative action is huge in admissions...TC would have a smaller chance of getting in if he was white

borgieboy

alright then. =D
1. yes cum is supposed to be cumulative
2. saint john's preparatory school sjprep.net
3. and thanks lol

p_hp_fan

agree with daniel, hiwei, and swimguy. I don't think I would have said it first, though. Ha!

advice: don't send those SAT II's. They're weaker than the ACT. Just use ACT w/ writing if you don't get them up. Plus...the only one with an acceptable score (at this point) is Spanish and that's not overly impressive since you're Hispanic.

Also I see that you're doing some college work. I think that's good and know it has a lot of other uses besides credit at Duke, but do know that Duke probably won't take any of it.