Are my chances that BAD?

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>I am South Asian(Indian). I live in Houston, Texas. I wasn’t getting a lot of responses in the “What are my chances Forum”?</p>

<p>G.P.A.- 3.8/4.0 (Unweighted) 93.8/100 (weighted)
Class Rank- Anywhere from TOP 15 PERCENT To TOP 19 PERCENT (I don’t know for sure)------I KNOW THIS IS BAD…HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR Do YOU GUYS THINK IT IS? Look at my grades below and tell me if they are good enough…My counselor did say in her rec, that at surrounding schools I would have been top 10 percent…Do you guys think schools will see my rank, and my gpa, with my sat score and assume my school is compeitive, or will it hurt me a lot?</p>

<p>SAT SCORE (SUPER SCORE)
Math- 720
Reading-750
Writing-700</p>

<p>Reading and Math-1470/1600
Total-2170/2400</p>

<p>2008 - Busido Karate-Black Belt
2008 -AP Scholar with Honor
2007 – Hosa Concepts of Health Care Area Competition- 2nd Place
2007- High School Science Fair -2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- County Science Fair- 1st Place Overall Ninth Grade Division
2006- County Science Fair –2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- High School Science Fair – 4th Place Ninth Grade Division</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
(2005 – 2009) – Karate Got my black belt
(2005 – 2009) – Youth Group----Mentored people to live more ethical lives…
(2006 – 2009) – Pre-Medical Club in School
(2007 – 2009) - National Technical Honor Society
(2008 - 2009) – National Honor Society </p>

<p>Community Service
2006- Memorial Hospital – 50 Hours
2008 and 2007- 203 Hours at Neurologist Office
2008- 83 Hours at Internal Medicine Office
2005-2009 - Youth Club Volunteer (5 Hours a week)
Total- 340+ Hours</p>

<p>Freshman Year

  1. Honors Algebra 2 - 95/98
  2. Honors English - 90/94
  3. Honors Biology - 92/94
  4. PE - 93/92
  5. Spanish 2 - 91/91
  6. Art 1 - 92/91
  7. Freshman Survial - 98</p>

<p>***Started going downhill, second semester of sophmore year, just got a little lazy…</p>

<p>Sophmore Year

  1. Honors English- 88/88
  2. Honors Pre-Cal - 92/84
  3. Honors Chemistry - 90/86
  4. A.P. World History - 94/91
  5. PE - 88/88
  6. Spanish 3- 88/83
  7. Medical Learning - 92/96</p>

<p>**** Started going uphill second semester of junior year a little, senior year I kicked it up a knotch…</p>

<p>Junior Year

  1. A.P. English -87/83
  2. A.P. Calculus AB - 83/88
  3. Honors Physics - 89/90
  4. A.P. American History - 94/95
  5. Clinical Rotation -100/100
  6. Clinical Rotation - 100/100</p>

<p>Senior Year

  1. A.P. English - 91
  2. Computer Science -87
  3. A.P. Statistics -93
  4. A.P. Calculus BC- 87
  5. A.P. Biology -94
  6. A.P. Macroeconomics - 92</p>
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<p>What’s Clinical Rotation (Junior year)?</p>

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<p>^^^ Its a internship class, where you visit hospitals, doctor officies, and other health institutions and shadow physicians…</p>

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<p>bump…lots of views, no responses…</p>

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<p>Your chances are about 50/50.
You could definitely get in!
I had a similar GPA but with a higher rank, higher SATs and weaker ECs and got in.</p>

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<p>i don’t know…my ecs seem kind of weak(barely any leadership position, only 1, if you count being a mentor as one)…</p>

<p>My Sats aren’t high enough to compensate for my weak class rank either…</p>

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<p>1 real post and 460 views?..</p>

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<p>I am an adcom for Duke University. You will not get in; sorry!!</p>

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<p>^^^^ Are you serious?..Your not an adcom…in another post, you said you had an interview with duke…</p>

<p>why would you leave comments like that on people’s post…good job…</p>

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<p>Do you live in Sugar Land?</p>

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<p>You should stop worrying. You’re competitive and wouldn’t be denied due to your SATs/GPA. Your ECs are a little lacking but they are not terrible. It will depend on your essays, interview etc.</p>

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<p>no I live in Clear Lake, I am afraid about my class rank…My essays were average, I haven’t gotten an interview an information on an interview…</p>

<p>My sat scores seem weak for Duke…</p>

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<p>1470 is a strong score. You’re in the 99th percentile, that is not weak. I think CC is giving you are skewed sense of reality. I know 5 people in my area that got in with lower scores and they were not URMs, recruited athlete, etc.<br>
Your class rank seems a little odd considering your relatively high UW GPA. Is that your rank according to your weighted GPA or UW? Is your school high on grade inflation? I go to an average suburban public school and a 3.6 is in top 10% of my class. 3.8 would be top 5% for my school (unweighted). </p>

<p>If your essays were really “average”, I would worry about that. For schools like Duke, your essays can be the tie-breaker between an acceptance and a rejection. Good luck though, I hope you get in. There’s no point agonizing about your prospects on getting in, only 10 weeks to go!</p>

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<p>thanks for the help and useful analysis…</p>

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<p>Lol how do you get B’s in PE?</p>

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<p>wow there seems to be grade inflation at your school. A 3.8 and only in top 15 %, weird. Your Sats are competitive do not worry about that. Your ECs are weak though. How is working at a neurologist office community service? It seems its an internship, not cs. I think your essays will break the deal here.</p>