Hey, would like to see my chances for Duke ED
Demographics: Asian Male US Citizen, Pretty competitive Highschool, Middle Income Bracket, International Baccalaureate (IB)
Major: Biology
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT: 34 but 35 if superscored
SAT II: 770 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1 W, take IB DP.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank, top 10%
Senior Year Course Load:
HLs: Biology, English Language and Literature, Economics
SLs: Chemistry, Math Analysis SL, Mandarin Ab Initio + TOK
Received all 7s for Junior year
ECs:
-Public Forum Team Captain for the Forensics Team ( 3rd Place for local tournament)
-Tennis Varsity Since 10th grade. Captain
-Publication of a Research Paper through a Selective Competition
-Community Service, Taught younger kids English at a community center since 6th grade.
-Internship at the Korean Internet Newspaper Association
-Middle School Tennis Coach
-Founder and President of Python coding club. Teach kids basic code
-NHS Member, STUCO Rep
Awards
- Research Paper Publication International Competition
-School Merit Scholarship
-Couple of Tennis awards
-PSAT Commended
-Debate awards
No hooks
Major weaknesses imo: I have no focused interest or direction/story for my application.
Weak GPA and don’t know if a 770 math II is good for duke.