Duke RD- Worth a shot?

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Schools applied to:
**Early Decision/Action Schools: None **
**Regular Decision Schools:
UCLA
UC Berkeley (Social Work)
Amherst
Cornell (CAS)
Columbia (CC)
Northwestern (Weinberg)
Harvard
University of Chicago
UPenn (CAS)
Yale
Princeton
Duke (Trinity)
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins University
Washington University at St. Louis
Williams
**
Rolling Schools:
Michigan at Ann Arbor
Demographics:
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): International
[] School Type: Admissions-based prep school
[] Ethnicity: Yellow
[] Gender: M
[] Did you apply for financial aid? No
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really[/li][/ul]

Academic Profile:

Standardized Tests
[ul]
[] SAT I (Please List Breakdown) 2390
[] ACT (Please List Breakdown)
[] SAT II: 790 790
[] AP Scores: 5544
[/ul]

Courseload and Transcript
[ul]
[] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86/4.0+ (school only does W GPA)
[] Briefly describe any upward/downward trends: None
[] Freshman year courses (only list honors/AP) 11 courses (No APs allowed)
[] Sophomore year courses (only list honors/AP) 12 courses (No APs allowed)
[] Junior year courses (only list honors/AP) 5
[] Senior year courses (only list honors/AP) 8
[li] Rank: Top 5% (School does not give exact rank. On Common App, as top 10%)[/li][/ul]

Awards and honors
[ul]
[] Major Awards: Won an international economics award
[] School Awards: Various Leadership Awards
[li] Other Awards: Math Olympiad, National Honor Society Induction[/li][/ul]

Calculate your academic index:
[Academic Index3 - College Confidential](http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index3.htm)

Your Academic Index: 224
AI Rank * : 7 out of 9

Subjective factors:
*Extracurricular Pursuits:/i
[ul]
[]1. Student Body President
[]2. School Ambassador
[]3. FBLA President
[]4. Student-teacher of an AP class
[]5. Founder of a humanitarian organization and president
[]6. School Model United Nations Director+ President of the General Assembly+ Secretary General+ Founder of a Conference
[/ul]
*Job/Work Experience:/i
[ul]
[]1. Tutoring
[]2.
[li]3.[/li][/ul]

*Volunteer/Community service:/i
[ul]
[]1. Regular volunteer at a welfare center
[]2. Founder of a humanitarian organization
[li]3. Founder of a non-profit global volunteer movement[/li][/ul]

Essays:
[ul]
[]1. Common Application Essay Topic: Wrote about social welfare and my interest in the major
[]2. Supplementary Essay Topic 1: Liberal Arts education
[li]3. Supplementary Essay Topic 2: Humorous essay, an interview with myself[/li][/ul]

Recommendation Letters:
[ul]
I did not see them, but they gave me brief descriptions.
[] Teacher Recommendations: One teacher called me a genius and my other teacher explained my work ethic.
[] Counselor Recommendation: Counselor mentioned the difficulty of our school and how I have the single most challenging course load of the entire school community.
[li] Additional Recommendations: My principal mentioned the various leadership awards and called me a ‘once-in-a-career’ applicant.[/li][/ul]

Interviews
I had a bunch. They all went well.