Chance Me, kinda weird app

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>I’m a little bit strange, since I’m applying as an 11th grader, and I goto an IB school, so I don’t have any IB Test scores to prove my proficiency yet.
Anyways, some stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4/4 (UW) 4.82/5 (W)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/149</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 (800 math, 680 cr, 720 wr-8 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II:800, Math I:800, Phys (not sure but…):700+ (90% sure it should be)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: AIME Qualifier 2 time, USAJMO Qualifier 1 time, TMSCA 2 Time State Champion in Mathematics, Number Sense and Calculator</p>

<p>Sports: Varsity Table Tennis, 3rd place state winter games tournament</p>

<p>ECs: Metroplex Math Circle Assistant, Copy Editor for Newspaper, Math/Science/Computer Science Team, Class Pres (9, 10), Key Club Pres (11)</p>

<p>Rigorous courses taken/taking:
SL Physics, SL Math, HL Math, English III IB, History of the Americas IB, French III IB, Chemistry SL, Local University Computer Science and Statistics (received A’s in both)</p>

<p>Distinguishing Features:
Only USA(J)MO Qualifier ever in an 80 mile radius
Founder of the website [Online</a> Math Circle | The World’s First Online Math Circle](<a href=“http://www.onlinemathcircle.com%5DOnline”>http://www.onlinemathcircle.com)
Very rural background, 2 hour drive from the nearest big city (Dallas)
Applying Early as school in my area isn’t challenging enough</p>

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<p>Is that allowed? Don’t you have to be a high school graduate to apply to college?</p>

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<p>I’m going to graduate early on a basis of admission decision. I only need English IV and World History, which I can easily complete as correspondence courses in TX are jokes and only take a month or two to finish.</p>

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<p>Those math awards definitely will give a sizable boost to your application. Your grades look good as well as your extracurriculars. The only weakness I can see is that 680 CR score, but your overall application is extremely solid.</p>

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<p>Thanks; yeah, I’ve been told my CR is weak. It is what I fear will hurt me the most in my apps. Though, I think my ACT English should be around 33; well, I’ll find out in two days. Does Duke take the best from both tests?</p>

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<p>I don’t think Duke will take the best from both SATs and ACTs. I think that they do superscore SATs but not the ACT.</p>