<p>Thought I’d take the liberty of making this thread since it hasn’t been done already. Good luck to all you prospective Duke '13ers and remember that no matter what happens your life can never be defined by a college admissions decision. Whatever happens at 6:00pm EST today does not define who you are and what you have accomplished. You are more than that and nothing can take it away from you. So try to relax and be proud of what you have accomplished regardless of what happens tonight because the decisions themselves are not nearly as important as the process you’ve taken to get here.</p>
<p>Just copy and paste the following code filling in all applicable information, but remember to remove all the spaces before posting.</p>
<p>**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320: 780 Math, 750 Verbal, 790 Writing
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800 math 2, can’t remember the others right now
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Ahh can’t remember that.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 (<1 %)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (3), Physics (3), English Language (4), Computer Science (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English IV, AP Economics, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish IV, Band, Peer Tutor
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Boy Scouts of America Heroism Award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major), 4 years Varsity Tennis (Captain), Boy Scouts, UIL Math, Numbersense, and Computer Science, NHS, Spanish Honor Society (Treasurer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Can’t remember what I put, if anything
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: *Do not feel like listing</em>
[ *] Summer Activities: Duke TIP (3 years), HOBY World Leadership Congress (selected as male delegate from Austin-Capital Area)
[ *] Essays: Good? Would you really expect someone to say “Bad!”?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: What would I say other than good here?
[ *] Counselor Rec: No problems at all in high school
[ *] Additional Rec: Brother (Duke student)
[ *] Interview: Went well
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $240,000+ or whatever.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother at Duke
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Anything but history
[ *] Weaknesses: History
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good test scores and class rank, band drum major
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I’m too excited right now; I’ll comment later.[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 800 CR 780 W - 2380
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 US History 800 Bio M 780 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.74
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):none
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) US History (5) Art History (5) World History (5) APES (5) Bio (5) Stats (5) Calc BC (5) Chem (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 2 college classes + 4 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, Siemens AP State, National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quizbowl (captain), Chess (captain), Math Team
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Research during the summer, tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Zoo
[ *] Summer Activities:Research and Debate Camp
[ *] Essays:Great?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 good
[ *] Counselor Rec: mediocre
[ *] Additional Rec: research mentor
[ *] Interview: good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100,000ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SCIENCE
[ *] Weaknesses: dunno
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Guess because of my APs + SAT + Siemens = WIN!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>(Just posting the stats from my old chance thread)
Caucasian Male
North Carolina Resident</p>
<p>GPA: 3.96 UW /4.71 W (1 B that was a 92 in an honors course)
Rank: 4 of about 520 (Average NC Public School)</p>
<p>AP’s: Junior Year: AP US Government and AP US Hist
Senior Year- AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Env Science
All honors courses other than few electives that correspond with intended pathway of business.
*Counselor will check “most rigorous” as I took a top 5% courseload and worked my schedule to take toughest availible (like taking college course online when no AP availible)</p>
<p>ACT Composite: 33 (English 36; Math 33; Reading 33; Science 30)
SAT: 640 CR/650 Math/760 Writing =2050 :[ wont submit
SAT Sub Tests: Taking Math 2 and US Hist in Oct- wont submit</p>
<p>2 Yr. Interact
2 Yr. FFA Member
1 Yr. Basketball Manager/Statistician
1 Yr Recreational Basketball Participant
FBLA Treasurer (Jr.) and President (Sr.)
2 Yr. NHS
Baseball- JV 2 Years
JV Captain as Sophmore
JV Defensive Player of Year Award as Soph
Baseball- Starting Varsity 2 Years
Varsity Baseball Conference Sportsman of Year Award
Probably Varsity Captain- Senior Year
Jr. American Legion Baseball (Summer League)- 2 years
Volunteer at local ministry- Junior Summer and Sr Year at local food bank, clothing store, thrift shop, etc. for summer and on occasion during school year. Mainly organize donated clothing dept.</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[ *] ACT: 33 in single sitting, 34 superscored
[ *] SAT II: didn’t submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): somewhere in top 4%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, U.S., Calc AB, Stats, Eng. Lang.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: orchestra, photography, ap spanish, ap physics, ap government, ap eng. lit, ap macroecon.<br>
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): orchestra, spanish honor society (secretary), national honor society, california scholarship federation life member.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: American Cancer Society, Natural History Museum, Local Teen Court.
[ *] Summer Activities: study abroad in Costa Rica, summer program at Brown
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: one great, one good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good… she barely knows me, so it was basically just a summary of my resume.
[ *] Additional Rec: assesment from professor at Brown from summer program
[ *] Interview: okay… it was pretty laid back, but not the most amazing interview ever.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white/caucasion
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:<br>
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
so excited!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 780 W, 700 CR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 IIC, 780 Physics, 750 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, Physics B 5, Calc BC 5, Stat 5, Comp Sci A 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Econ, AP English, AP History, AP Euro, AP Bio, Health, PE, Human Phys.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Orchestra, Math Club, Science Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Web Designer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Built PCs for Charity, Coordinator for local competitions that donated money to needy children in India, Tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Go to India
[<em>] Essays:Good-Amazing (somewhere in there)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: Pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, liberal, not too big 1000 ish kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: East Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k-150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ *] Strengths: EC’s, test scores, gpa, recs, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had good essays and recs that complimented my EC’s and academic scores and GPA
[/ul]General Comments: Go Blue Devils!!!</p>
<p>Yay!! So happy Hmm…I bet my stat is probably the weakest on this thread…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Trinity)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640 (CR), 700 (M), 650 (W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740 (US History), 800 (Chinese with Listening), 710 (Math II)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/395
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Calculus BC (3), Biology (5), APES (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Honors Chem Lab, AP English Lit, AP Stat, AP Music Theory, Honors Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major… 1st place in the state for web design, several Science Olympiad medals, community service awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SkillsUSA (VP, president), NHS (small group leader), Science Olympiad (webmistress), Honors Chamber Symphony
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public library, Duke Medical Center, art camp
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer, SVSM (state-funded residential camp)
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went pretty well, she was impressed by my initiative to teach myself web design
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Large competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NC residency, parents are Duke employees, feeder school
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: well-rounded, commitments, unique talent and achievements
[<em>] Weaknesses: standardized tests scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: The “hooks” definitely helped
[/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy for everyone who got accepted! I’m excited to meet you guys next fall. To those who were deferred, keep your hopes high! You still have a chance. As for those who were rejected, you guys are still amazing applicants. I’m sure you’ll end up attending another great university.</p>
<p>Congratz to everyone who got in!
Also, if you’ve been rejected/deferred please don’t be intimidated to post your stats, it’ll give us an idea of the range of scores/stats that were accepted :).</p>
<p>Decision:Deferred(Trinity/Pratt)
Kind of expected it… Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):(didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT:30,31 superscored: E-34, M-33, R-30, S-27, W-8
[<em>] SAT II:didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): High School doesn’t have until senior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Spanish, Humanities Honors, Anatomy, Religion, Economics, Multimedia, PE
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended(psat-201), National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):YMCA/Club Swimming- since I was 10 years old (finalist at junior olympics, nj states), Asian Young Life- Christian group, High School Varsity Swimming 4 years (Captain), Ultimate Frisbee/Table Tennis Club- in school (Founder and President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:lifeguard in summer of sophomore year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Special Olympics volunteer, banquet for homeless, camp for mentally disabled >100 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities:mostly YMCA/Club swimming, 2 week summer at brown (junior year), 3 week Chinese class in Shanghai in Fudan University, Lots of traveling (China, Bangladesh, Canada…)
[</em>] Essays:pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good
[<em>] Additional Rec:none
[</em>] Interview:went really well, actually knew me from swimming
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private-Religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: Colombian and Chinese
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:$100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):dad is a missionary, half Colombian (maybe this helps), swimming
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Athlete, good GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses:Test Scores, Reading lol
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Test Score, applied 20 minutes late lol
[/ul]**General Comments:**Congratulations and Good luck to everyone who was accepted to Duke!..I might see you there haha. and on my decision notice it said that about 1/3 was accepted and about 1/2 was deferred…does this mean that 1/2 of the applicants who were not accepted were deferred, or just 1/2 of the entire applicant pool? anyway GOOD JOB to everyone!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 710 Reading 680 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Chem, 710 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted GPA: 5.344 11th grade, 4.625 9-10th grade
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank at our school
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chem, Ap Calc BC, Ap Econ, AP Bio, Asia
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none…
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Residential Life Assistant (our school is a residential high school for juniors and seniors only)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 3 years of hospital stuff, food drive with friends
[<em>] Summer Activities: chillin, volunteer with friends
[</em>] Essays: what? just non research related duke supp essay and the common app essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher, Dr status from Duke, Calc teacher from unc
[</em>] Counselor Rec: um, counselor rec what else
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: yep, went over to duke hospital and talked with the guy (i live at school, at Durham)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Residential Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian-korean
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket: n/a
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: durham area, school is well known to duke, duke alumni rec from teacher, duke tip program one summer, good interview, Residential assistant status
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 Math 700 CR 700 W - 2150
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Chem 780 Phy
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some national science research competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Flying Club, Indian Dance (vice chair), Science research
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research, sales assistant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Charity concert
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research
[</em>] Essays: Awesome
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, should be very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: research mentor, flight instructor
[</em>] Interview: good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m a girl who aspires to be an airforce pilot
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: personality
[<em>] Weaknesses: mediocre SAT I
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: essay
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Good Luck to Everyone else! and hi to my classmates!!! :)</p>
<p>I am…the weakest link haha. Decision: Accepted (Trinity)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780M, 680CR 670W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 760 US History, 750 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 ish?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):24/614(?)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4, LANG 4, CS A 4, PSYCH 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: calc bc, ap econ/gov, orchestra, internship class, ap bio, ap stat and ap eng
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): …MN commended & AP scholar w/honors & state solo & ensemble superior rating. :\
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (historian for 3 years), DARE, & other minor ones
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: hostess, waitress, tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: …not much. retirement center & mentoring = main ones
[<em>] Summer Activities: …work…haha
[</em>] Essays: kind of ***<em>ty
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i think they were pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably really horrible
[</em>] Additional Rec: …none :[
[li] Interview: It was okay but I rambled too much, haha.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70-100k ish
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): uhh…none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: not much. i wrote a sob essay about my dad dying which probably got me pity votes & my teacher recs were probably pretty good
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT, GPA, volunteer, EC. Basically…everything.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: …i…dont know :[ i’m so scared they messed up.
[/ul]General Comments: I really honestly did think that i would be rejected, maybe deferred. I had a really horrible day today and i was like, okay, whatever, i might as well check, and…i…got in. somehow. After reading all those chances threads, i was like, okay, i have no hope. But…I’m still REALLLY scared and paranoid that they messed up and they’ll send another e-mail like, oh sorry, we screwed it up. you actually got rejected. sry lol bye you suck at life. :[</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK to those who havent checked yet :]</p>
Hmm…I bet my stat is probably the weakest on this thread…</p>