Chance me for Duke?

ashley74
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:16:34 +0000

Sooo I’m applying early action to Duke. I plan to double major in biomedical engineering and computer engineering.

Female
White (might be able to claim native american)
super competitive public high school
GPA: 3.26
Weighted GPA: 3.96
1 ap sophomore year, 4 junior year, 6 senior year
SAT: 2280 (800 writing, 760 math, 720 reading)
SAT II score pending (math II, physics, biology)
Class rank- in top half weighted, suuuuper low unweighted…

************ The reason for my rediculously low GPA/class rank is that I had major surgery on my (dominant) arm in tenth and eleventh grade (ulna collateral ligament reconstruction aka Tommy John surgery)… Really brought down my grades (couldn’t write most of 10/11th grade, physical therapy 3x week, etc). I plan to tell them this but I’m not sure if it will have any impact…

Extracurriculars:
----Travel softball 8th-12th grade, year round, up to 40 hours a week
----Varsity softball 12th grade (managed 11th grade due to injury)
----JV softball 9/10th grade (MVP in 10th grade)
----Softball youth umpire 11/12th
----A political discussion club at my school 10th
----Technology honors society 11/12th
----Safe school ambassadors
----Participaated in theatre productions yearly 6-9th grade
----Managed JV field hockey while recovering from surgery 10th

Community Service:
----Host benefit annually at house with family- have raised over $10,000 for St. Jude’s
----Publicize/donate to small business owners in other countries

Awards/Academic Honors
----Most imporved student-- AP Physics 2011
----Sportsmanship award 2010
----Silver/gold honor roll
----Student of the month- french
---- a bunch of other small random things…

Yeahhhh so what do my chances at Duke EA look like???
Thanks!