<p>I am currently a Junior in high school and need help in admissions in college.</p>
<p>Currently my only “extra curriculars” are: VASTS Program (Virginia Aerospace and Technology Scholar), A award for 3rd place in Science Fair (Districts), a summer internship at NASA Langley and mostly a internship for engineering at a local college for the summer. In addition, I have the typical academic awards (AP Scholar w/ Honors, NHS, honor role, and other small school academic awards) and I also have the usual volunteering at local hospital (100+ hours so far).</p>
<p>Other than those mentioned above I don’t have the “blow you away extra curricular”…so I was wondering if those activities mentioned above with a 4.1 weighted GPA (3.4-3.5 unweighted), and a 6 AP and all honors course load up till now, and a SAT score of 2100+ or a ACT score of 31+ will put me in good shape next year for admissions at Duke (ED) ???</p>
<p>You don’t need a “blow you away extracurricular.” Btw, if you applied Duke ED, wouldn’t you have known by now if you were accepted?</p>
<p>Anyways, half of those listed honors were extracurriculars. Your focus in high school seems to have been science. Your list of extracurriculars shows your focus, and your list of honors shows your achievement in that focus. You’ve done plenty of science-related activities, and you have a couple awards to show for it.</p>
<p>That said, I honestly don’t know that much about ED admissions. For RD, I think your GPA and standardized test scores would’ve been a tad bit lower than the median, but if you still within the 50% range of scores (check, I’m not exactly sure what the range is), then you’ve still got a decent shot.</p>
<p>First of all, the OP said next year’s ED. And to the OP, I had similar stats to yours, but with a 2350 SAT score and very very similar ECs…and was deferred ED. Take that for what you will: this year’s ED round was based very little on academic prestige and test scores, and mostly on how your writing/extra-curriculars set you apart. Also, a lot of people accepted did have lots of leadership roles in clubs and sports.
You’re in “good standing” as far as grades and scores go, now don’t worry about all that and go and try to make yourself stand out, be it through writing or some creative activity!</p>