Any Shot at Duke? (Going for Computer Science)

beckerboy1225
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:06:17 +0000

My brother graduated undergrad at Duke, and is now attending the Fuqua school of business at Duke. Given everything he has told me about his awesome experiences at Duke, I am considering applying. Do I have a snowballs chance in a furnace of getting in?

I am a hispanic male from New York, and am looking to go into Computer Science.

GPA: 3.4 unweighted.
-My highschool is one of the most vigorous in the nation, in the top 100 for most prestigious public and private high schools (I go to a public school). So grade inflation is completely non existent. Our valedictorian (out of 1500 students) has a 3.9 My school doesn’t rank students, but I would guess top 25% if I had to.

SAT: 2050 - 650 R - 800 M - 600 W

ACT: 31 Composite

SAT2: Math 1: 720 - US History: 770 - Biology: 690

I have taken 4 APs during my high school career:
AP Comp Sci AB
AP European History
AP American History
AP Biology

Extra Curriculars:
-National Hispanic Scholar Award (Honorable Mention)
-Assistant teacher in my school’s intro to computer science class. I am currently the only student in my school (and district) to be doing a teaching role like this.
-Varsity Football
-Various overseas voulenteer works. ~100 hours

I also have very strong recommendations, especially from my computer science teacher. Who recieved two masters from Carnegie Mellon. He basically feels i am one of the most ambitious students he has ever come accross (at least in the field of computer science)