Duke, How do I stand?

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>Applying RD to Duke.</p>

<p>Prospective Major: Aeronautical Engineering
Stats:</p>

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<li>SAT: 1490/2200, M:780 V:710 W:710</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIC:770 Physics: 740 Biology E:740</li>
<li>GPA: 3.96 UW 6.5 W</li>
<li>Rank: 2/138, 14/9755 county</li>
<li>Other stats: 9 AP exams, 4 5s and 5 4s. IB Diploma Candidate.</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Above average maybe 8-9/10. For the main essay im writing about the rocketry club I started. Essay is a mix of humor, personality, and coolness.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: 1 Absolutely Amazing, 1 Good but not outstanding</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Amazing</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I started my own high powered rocketry club and business to fund it. We have 100 members, high power certification, HAM radio license, have broken the sound barrier, gone a mile high, and also have a community outreach project at a camp for underpriveledged kids.</li>
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<p>ECs: High Power Rocketry Founder and President of club plus everything mentioned above
Guitar/Garage Band
Teach 2nd grade sunday school
Tutor at Middle School
Stat Team captain for Mu Alpha Theta with various place awards
Science Fair - 2 1st place county, 3rd state physics, plus about 12 corporate awards. Aeronautical Engineering research for two years.
Science Bowl Co-Captain and Co-Founder, 2nd state division, National Invitational finalist
Science National Honors Society Vice President
Summer Science Training Program - I worked in a lab for Motorola over the summer developing an algorithm to reduce noise in cell phone speech signals
National AP Scholar</p>

<p>About 5 other awards, dont feel like listing them. I listed the main ones.</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: FL</li>
<li>School Type: Public - IB</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White Jewish</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
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<p>Duke has Aeronautical Engineering?</p>

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<p>Well mechanical</p>

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<p>You sound like you have a really good chance. Make sure that when your fill out your application that you make it very clear that you intend on and have a strong interest in Mech. Engineering so you don’t end up as just another BME person. That’s what I had to since I’m applying for Civil Engineering.</p>

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<p>I am still not used to the new SAT… When I saw “SAT: 1490/2200” I thought - that’s kinda low… Then I thought “Since when did the SAT start being scored out of 2200?”</p>

<p>I do think the question above stands, which is, will you be happy at a school that does not have an undergraduate aero program. Be sure to look at the works of MEMS Professors Don Bliss, Earl Dowell, Kenneth Hall, and Jonathan Protz if you end up wanting to do aero research as an undergrad here.</p>