i guess i can’t find out cause i’m international. anyways, congrats
Omg I actually think this is for real now. Just gotta wait for 1pm to come to get outta school and check my mail @2pm I live in NYC so most likely I got it in the mail if this is true. Hoping 
@harvard2020babe best luck
Same to you
These next 2 periods of AP Spanish and AP Bio are gonna go by longg 
I needa know already.
@harvard2020babe skip it. we’re all seniors anyway lol
Lol if only :)) my teachers would narc to my mom gotta wait till 1pm.
ppl that have been getting in: did they mail it directly to your front porch or did you have to check your mail box???
I’m also wondering: Has Duke EVER sent decisions via mail before they came out online before? You’d think adcoms would know that if you send mail out early, it’s going to arrive before the portal posting
@limitdoesntexist where in India are you from? And if you hear from Duke anytime soon, let me know. Thanks in advance.
Probably more of determination for each individual mailman, but usually if its package they ring in the bell. If not, its in the box. Sends an envelope so its in the mailbox.
I’d bet that @physicscmaster got his likely letter in the mail. There’s no way official admissions packets made it across the country before decisions came out online.
Do you think Duke will give me a chance?
3.4 weighted GPA
SAT-1500/2400
I took 10 AP Classes All in total
I am a black male from the hood, who watched his cousin get shot by gang members, and has had to take care of a mom who had a stroke. I am extremely underprivileged, but I have some very awesome extra curricular activities. I am president of my school’s debate team, and I’ve had to be the coach and president because our school couldn’t afford a coach. I am ranked as the best teenage orator in my city, and one of the top 80 orators in the nation. I started a tutoring program for black students at my school, because blacks were performing way lower than other ethnic groups. And because of that program, all of the failing black students who participated in the program ended up passing. I interned for a state senator, and when interning for him I hosted a debate tournament for inner-city youth. In addition, I wrote a bill called AB 672 which gives assistance to prisoners who are wrongfully convicted. The bill that I wrote was actually voted by the California State senate and signed by the state governor, and now the bill I wrote is now in effect. I also have won several awards for Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon, and I am a columnist for a local newspaper. I also have stopped a lot of peers in my neighborhood from joining gangs and getting addicted to drugs. My grades are low, but I’ve done amazing things and my interviewer loved me. Do you think that they’ll look past my low gpa and give me a chance?
cries silently in a corner bc Duke and Berkeley
@GreenSweetness I am from Pune! We will be getting our decisions through the online portal at 4:30am our time tomorrow.
My enthusiasm for this Duke vs. Oregon game could turn 180 degrees depending on my decision later today.
Thanks @limitdoesntexist Good luck to you. Hoping and praying for the best. Any chance of getting the much awaited mail a little earlier than 4.30 AM?
@amoore001 hey! I saw you on the Vanderbilt page, did you get in (if you don’t mind me asking)?!
@amoore001 depends on how well you put your situation in the application and which admissions officer looked at your application. I mean, frankly, your SAT and GPA is quite low for duke level. but being black and being so underprivileged will increase your chances. I can’t really say for sure. but, hey, good luck
@GreenSweetness Good luck to your son too! For a lot of universities, decisions have been coming out 10-15 minutes earlier than the stated time so that could happen with Duke as well.