<p>The Dean of Admissions at Duke has said they allow ONE large dumb mistake. They realize we’re all human and teenagers sometimes don’t have the best judgement. The key is that you learned from it and didn’t do it again. If you can explain the suspension and how you’ve grown from it, it shouldn’t be detrimental to your application. Duke doesn’t allow two dumb mistakes, though, because then that shows you didn’t learn from it and it’s a pattern. Everything else looks pretty solid - good luck.</p>