Chance a Duke ED Trinity 2016 Applicant?

Musa42
Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:28:49 +0000

Hi everyone! It’s gotten really late in the game and we’re about to find out decisions, but could anyone still chance me? I know I can’t do anything about my application now but I feel like I have to do something to stave off the application anxiety

Race: Left this whole section blank on the CommonApp lol (would this hurt me though?), but from a competitive public school in Virginia

Scores/GPA:

SAT: 2230 (CR-800, M-730, W-700)
SAT II: 680 US History, 670 Math II. Didn’t want to send but thought that I had to
ACT: 34

Ranked in top 15 out of 350
GPA (weighted): 4.37 end of Junior Year (should be around a 4.55 at the end of Senior Year)

APs Taken 9-11th Grade (Very rigorous schedule) (AP World (4) AP Bio (4) AP Stats (3) AP Calc AB (5) APUSH (5)

6 APs Senior Year (AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP US/World Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Spanish

Total AP Courses In High School (Rigorous): 11

1st Quarter Grades: 3 A-s, 2 A+s, 1 A
Kind of bummed about those minuses, but I usually bring them up by the end of the semester

Honors:
Boys State Federalist Party Chairman
Summer Residential Governor’s School
Acceptance to a week long free Leadership Camp in the county
Paid internship with a consulting firm
Picked as part of a 3-person delegation to a Singapore school’s international summit

Extracurriculars:
President of a 501©(3)
Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader for 2 years
Varsity Swim 4 years
JV Cross Country 2 years
Debate 3 years (Team Captain)
2nd Place Regional Improv Tournament
FBLA President
Youth Advisory Council Community Service Chairman
NHS (316 community service hours)
Started a robotics club for elementary schoolers

2 Teacher Recs, both should be very good.
Filled out all three essays, also very good in my opinion

Please let me know what you think are my chances, weaknesses, strengths! Fortunately/(possibly unfortunately) Duke is my number one school and this wait is killing me!