Can i be a blue devil!?

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>Applying Arts and Science for Econ/Math
Sat1 M780, R780 W770 1560/2330
ACT: 32 (math section was 35)
Sat II : Math2c: 740 Bio:710 US History: 790
Unweighted GPA : 3.843 Weighted (5 scale): 5.42
AP’s: Bio 5, Comp Sci 5, Chem 5, US History 5, EU History 4
Course Load: most rigorous, always filled schedule with only honors and aps, taking all the available aps right now
Ranking: Top 10 percent (the only ranking my school has)</p>

<p>ECs
I started my own DJ enterprise, legitamite business, have done barmitzvahs, fundraisers, sweet sixteens everything, have two hired people under me</p>

<p>Model UN 10 and 11 grade</p>

<p>Boxing since 11 Grade</p>

<p>Student Government for all of highschool, currently president of my school</p>

<p>last summer did immersion program in spain to learn language, culture, and an optional leadership program</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Self Employed
Worked at my parents company every summer for a month, 40 hours a week doing sales and interning with accounting</p>

<p>Honors
Rensselaer Medal: for outstanding achievement in math and science
a few honor roll awards and awards for outstanding work</p>

<p>I am American born, but a full Israeli family, i speak hebrew at home, am trilingual (italian, hebrew, english)</p>

<p>I was deferred from UPenn ED at the engineering school (4 kids, all with worst stats got in due to a lot of legacy and such)
already in: Notre Dame (notre dame scholar), University of Chicago</p>

<p>and im pretty sure if i can get into duke, then getting deferred from penn was a blessing</p>

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<p>^Woah, we both got the RPI medal and are into ND. Awesome hooks (the multi lingual thing and athleticism ) and amazing scores. I’d be astounded if you were rejected. That sucks about Penn, the same thing happened to me with Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>your stats are way better than mine
and I’m sure you will get in</p>

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<p>on a completely unrelated note,
on two points on the Duke website that really tick me off
i have really good friends that go to Duke and i always talk to them about stuff</p>

<p>first of all, Duke is awesome, cause the kids are awesome,
there’s a big social culture at Duke, nothing wrong with that
college= social scene + academic scene
embrace it
college is the four years to pop out of your bubble, and try all the things you could ever want to try
without being scolded for it by anyone
grab a book, a beer, and a smile, then make some memories
that’s what college is about</p>

<p>second of all, no %$^@ courses are hard
its a top 10 school and one of the most prestigious schools in the country
if you cant handle that, then why would u deserve to be in Duke in the first place?
academics are top notch, cause they are challenging and unsettle you out of your high school bubble where an A could be gotten with minimal effort.</p>

<p>just a little riff,
but seriously, its crazy to hear some of the stuff that people are concerned about with Duke</p>