<p>Hey all. I recently got the Duke viewbook and it has gotten me pretty interested. </p>
<p>I’m looking to major in CS and/or math, so if anyone has done comp. sci., how would you evaluate the program?</p>
<p>Also, If you don’t mind the long post that follows, what are my chances RD?</p>
<p>Standardized Tests:
SAT I: 2330</p>
<p>Verbal: 800
Math: 740
Writing: 790</p>
<p>SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 750, Physics 730 </p>
<p>GPA: 97.7/100 (Unweighted – my school does not weigh)
4.0 i guess?(NY doesnt use the 4.0 scale) I’ve only gotten A’s</p>
<p>Rank: no rank available but I’m definitely top 10 or 15/750 students. </p>
<p>AMC 10 or 12 (4 years)
AIME 11th and 12th </p>
<p>10th grade
-Gymnastics Team
-Columbia University Advanced Seminar Series in
Mathematics (Number Theory)
-Slavic Club Secretary
-Art Portfolio Club (3 years) </p>
<p>11th Grade
-Morgan Stanley Mentoring Program (for the 10 best
juniors in computer science) </p>
<p>-Morgan Stanley Summer Internship - research in computational linguistics/information retrieval.</p>
<p>-European Community Forum co-founder and vice-president
-Slavic Club President
-Gymnastics Team
-Artwork for Stuyvesant Indicator (yearbook)
-Artwork for Stuyesant Standard (school newspaper)
-Won and took a free art Portfolio Class at Fashion Institute of Technology</p>
<p>Expected 12th grade
-Morgan Stanley Mentoring Program
-Gymnastics Team (captain)
-European Community Forum vice-president
-Slavic Club President
-If I work my ass off preparing, maybe USAMO
-USACO and associated competitions
-USAMTS </p>
<p>Awards and Recognitions: Don’t really have any science/math awards (hoping for
next year) </p>
<li><p>AATG German National Exam — #1 in NYC out of around 100-150 people, for two years (probably 3, we’ll see next year)</p></li>
<li><p>ArtsConnection Contest Winner (my artworks were
chosen for display in the Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein,
and PriceWaterhouse Cooper buildings. I was given a free
art course at FIT and a gift certificate to Pearl
Paint</p></li>
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<p>the following are just possibilities, so make what you want of them</p>
<li>I am entering New York City Science and Engineering
Fair next year, hoping to make it to ISEF </li>
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<p>Also planning on submitting my project to intel and
siemens westinghouse. </p>
<li>I will also have participated in USACO and USAMTS,
in beginning of senior year, but don’t know if there would be room for that on the the ECs, since I other stuff will take up the limited slots.</li>
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<p>Interests/General Essay Topics</p>
<p>As you can probably tell, I have a passion for art. I love
to draw, paint, sculpt and just to create in general. </p>
<p>I also have a passion for computer science and computational/mathematical modeling.</p>
<p>Advanced courses </p>
<p>AP BC Calculus
AP European History
AP US History
AP Computer Science
AP Economics (Macro and Micro)
AP English
AP Physics C </p>
<p>Honors Math (2 years)
Multivariate Calculus
Differential Equations
Introduction to Plasma Physics
System Level Programming (post AP comp sci)
Computer Graphics (post AP comp. sci)</p>