<p>Applying RD to trinity. will need financial aid
GPA weighted: 3.7/4.0
Class Rank: Top 10% (ranked #13 in school) among 141 students
SAT: 1850 (one sitting)
Math: 680
Reading: 630
Writing: 540 (7 essay)
Subject Tests: U.S. History: 610.
APs: five ap classes completed by graduation</p>
<p>ECs.
Teacher assistant(4 yrs) Won “Outstanding TA Award” (2013) teaching under privileged and economically deprived students in a very rough neighborhood.
Varsity Baseball(4 yrs) won “most improved player” and “most hustle award” for 1 year
Varsity Cross Country (3 yrs) Team won numerous awards including third place in city championships this year
Bass guitarist since the age of 10. Currently in Church Youth Group Band. public performances every sunday and holidays
Model UN club president (been in club since soph. year) president sr year.
Church Youth Group President (since jr. year)
volunteered in a soup kitchen (for 1 yr)
volunteered as a librarian (for 2 yrs)
Missionary with church working with Native Americans in reservations (every summer)
Baseball camps during the fall and summer
National Honors Society member
very good looking jk </p>
<p>Common App essay: good
Supplementals: excellent
Recommendations: excellent
First generation Asian American born in the U.S. </p>
<p>i know im well below the average academically, but i think my EC’s and essays will make up for some of that. i dont plan on being recruited or anything.
its ok if ur honest and tell me i suck. kk i need a realistic standpoint. thanks!</p>
<p>can u guys also recommend me some other colleges ill have a better shot at?</p>
<p>Did you apply ED, or do you plan on applying RD? Are you applying to Pratt or Trinity? Are you male or female (this is relevant depending on your school of choice)</p>
<p>There’s a lot of factors we need to know first before anyone can chance you. Overall, your GPA is not that bad but your SATs alongside your ORM status will most likely hurt you. Duke would be a reach, sorry man Other great schools for which you would be a better fit would be possibly UCLA, Michigan, and Purdue (this is still iffy). Really try and bring that SAT up, and your chances will increase drastically for many schools.</p>
<p>With respect, I believe your chances are not good, especially due to your current standardized test scores. Were you to increase your SAT results appreciably, your possibility of acceptance would significantly increase.</p>
<p>Duke may receive about 33,000 applications this year and its aggregate acceptance rate is likely to approximate 10 or 11 percent (I base these projections on the applicable trends during the last several admissions cycles plus the 26 percent increase in ED candidates this year). Obviously, that makes Duke a substantial stretch for almost every applicant.</p>
<p>You’ve not provided us with any geographic, school-type and -size, or field of concentration information. I suggest you’ll get more and better recommendations if you do so.</p>
<p>@nemesis55 - OP clearly stated RD application to Trinity. I am curious about the source for your implication that Duke’s adcoms will consider gender and “ORM” status. I also wonder about your basis for concluding that a Weighted GPA of 3.7 is competitive for a Duke applicant. OP stated that Financial Aid is a necessity but UCLA, Purdue and Michigan are all notorious for high Out-Of-State tuition but offering little, if any, FA to OOS applicants.</p>
<p>If you are looking for private, Southern universities with reputations for good FA packages and more in line with your academic profile, I would suggest you consider: Tulane, Rhodes, Furman and Suwanee. Even more importantly, I would encourage you to consider your state’s flagship, especially if it offers an honors college. For more suggestions, you should post on the College Search board ([College</a> Search & Selection - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/]College”>College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums)) and include more details about what criteria are important to you.</p>
<p>rmldad: You are entirely correct to question nemesis re the applicability of gender and “ORM” (whatever that may be) to Undergraduate Admissions Officers and the Admissions Committee. Year after year, Duke matriculates a near 50:50 gender mix; therefore, I strongly doubt if gender has any admissions influence.</p>
<p>Again nemesis55, I am curious as to your source of information about “ORM” and gender being considered in admissions at Duke.</p>
<p>Duke’s Admissions offers transparency in how they include advocates for: minority applicants, alumni children, and recruited athletes. I can provide links demonstrating how Duke handles these situations. </p>
<p>I have never heard of an advocate for women applying to Pratt, not have I heard any Duke adcom state such a preference exists. To the contrary, during a Duke regional presentation three years ago, the adcom explicitly stated that gender is not considered at any point during the admissions process - Pratt’s female applicants are typically more qualified than their male peers simply due to self-selection.</p>
<p>Similarly, I cannot imagine anyone advocating against asian or white candidates. What kind of a system would be used? Deduct a standard number of points from test scores? Establish a quota for a maximum number of whites and asians? Perhaps you could argue that since no one advocates for your “ORM” they are effectively harming the applicants. However, this would reflect a poor understanding of how applications are recruited and considered (and how special cases receive advocate assistance).</p>
<p>It is irresponsible to propogate myths and pass them off as facts. If you have evidence of either being considered, I am willing to modify my position.</p>
<p>rmldad’s latest post is absolutely correct and entirely civil, nemesis. I believe your repeated suggestions re Pratt’s undergraduate admissions processes incorporating both a gender-based admissions advantage and an ORM acceptance penalty are inaccurate and unsubstantiated . . . and I have many decades of experience at Duke – including Undergraduate Admissions – as a student, alumni, senior volunteer leader, Executive Education instructor, and member of several major Boards and Executive Committees. Therefore, I respectfully request, nemesis, that you either document your assertions or indicate that they are speculative.</p>
jk </p>
Other great schools for which you would be a better fit would be possibly UCLA, Michigan, and Purdue (this is still iffy). Really try and bring that SAT up, and your chances will increase drastically for many schools.</p>