CHANCE FOR DUKE

Chance Me / Match Me
1

<p>Applying for Economics</p>

<p>ACT: 31C, 34M, 34E, 30S, 25R, 31 Eng/Writ.
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.3 W
SAT II : Bio E - 750
APs: 11th - AP Bio, AP english
12th- AP chem, AP calc, AP psych
ECs:
NHS
JV Math Team - 1st in County
Varsity Math Team - Captain; 1st place in school
Mu Alpha Theta
Volunteer at local hospital
Volunteer at Library
Red Cross Club
Magna Cum Laude on National Latin Exam</p>

<p>State: MD
Asian</p>

2

<p>Duke certainly seems like a high match or low reach school for you! Your ACT score is right where it needs to be and you’ve excelled in your classes with strong extracurricular activities to accompany.
How are your essays and recommendations? </p>

3

<p>Anyone who thinks that Duke is a ‘high match’ for someone with a 31 on their ACT is woefully uninformed. </p>

4

<p>@Trnsal‌ @MirandaSanta‌ essays are very good, i would say its amazing. Recommendation are okay.</p>

5

<p>@MirandaSanta‌ @Trnsal‌ @Prodigee‌:

  1. I agree wholeheartedly with post #2; post #1 is clearly inaccurate.
  2. OP intends to apply to Duke for undergraduate Economics, which means Trinity College (Arts and Sciences).
  3. In last year’s Duke admission cycle: (a) approximately 33K applied; (b) about 10.8 percent were admitted; and © the middle 50 percentile ACT Composite range, for those accepted at Trinity, was 31 - 35.
  4. This clearly suggests that the OP’s ACT Composite (31) is well below the norm for those accepted by Trinity.</p>

<p>However, were the OP to retake the ACT Examination and significantly improve his results, obviously the probability of acceptance by Duke would be substantially enhanced.</p>

<p>Transal, it is my considered opinion that you do a disservice to participants when you provide clearly erroneous information (especially fact-based data, rather than opinion).</p>

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<p>Your test scores are nice, much better than mine (29 ACT and 4.07 gpa) but you only have 5 APs. I think if you had more APs this school would be a match. Just really focus on your essay and I honestly think you will be okay.</p>

7

<p>@TopTier‌ what would you say for UNC chapel hill for Business management? </p>

8

<p>^ ^ ^ ^
I’m sorry, I know too little about UNC-CH’s undergraduate business program(s) to offer a definitive opinion.</p>

9

<p>Waitlist. Your ACT is good. Your AP’s are good. But your EC’s seem to be slacking. although you are the captain varsity you only achieved something on the county level. </p>

<p>CHANCE ME !!!’
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1709422-carnegie-nyu-wash-u-penn-brown-emory-vanderbilt-i-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1709422-carnegie-nyu-wash-u-penn-brown-emory-vanderbilt-i-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

10

<p>no leadership ECs, Asian, and a so-so ACT score. Doesnt look so good even with good essays and recommendations
. Bring up ACT to a 33 and you should be only competitive, but even then, lack of leadership is a deal breaker.</p>