My Chances, Your Suggestions

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>-white male</p>

<p>Awards:
• Maryland Distinguished Scholar Nominee
• National Honor Society 2007, 2008.
• First Place Intel Award of Excellence in Computer Science, 2007 (my project was a Computer simulation: application of evolutionary principles to non-biological problems; programmed genetic algorithms to simulate decision making based on heuristic systems).
• First Place Montgomery County Science Fair (Computer Science) 2007
• ACM (Association of Computing Machines) Award, (involved a t.v. interview) 2007
• Capital PC Users Group, Award for Special Achievement, Montgomery Area Science and Engineering Fair, 2005 and 2007
• Wrestling: Lettered in Wrestling, BCC High School, 2005-07. Varsity Wrestling Sportsmanship Award Winter 2007. Scholar/Athlete Award 2007. 7th Place (142 LBS) Delmarva Classic (Tri-State Tournament, 22 Teams from Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) 2007.</p>

<p>Work Experience:
• Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) internship through the Office of Naval Research, summer 2007. Eight-week internship in Dept. of Biochemistry, working in computational biophysics and informatics and performing calculations on peptides that will lead to better force fields for the intelligent design of pharmaceuticals.</p>

<p>• Systems Support (Part Time), BPM Inc, 2005-06. Assisted local business in PC trouble
shooting, network set-up and administration. </p>

<p>• Conducted controlled performance tests to assist in response time measurements of a commercial Internet site for distribution of Pharmaceutical products. Researched performance optimization techniques affecting PC and Internet configuration parameters and measured their effect on end user performance.</p>

<p>Education:
• Enrolled in Academy of Technology, Math, and Science (ATMS), BCC High School
• GPA: 3.85 out of 4.0 (un-weighted), 4.54 weighted
• PSAT/NMSQT 2006 placed in top 99th percentile (212 Raw Score)
• SAT: 2080 – 690 Math, 690 Reading, 700 Writing (10 Essay)
• SATIIs: MathII-770, World History-650
• APs: US Government, Computer Programming levels 2 and 3, World History, Physics BC, Environmental Science, Calculus
• IB English 11, IB English 12, Investigations in Technology in a Global Society (ITGS)
• Summer course in computer animation, American University, summer 2004
• Lead America Institute for Engineering, Science and Robotics, Certificate of Completion, Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA 2006.</p>

<p>Community Service (114 hours):
• Tutoring of elementary school students school years 2004, 2005
• Recycling committee, NHS 2007, 2008
• Co-creator and webmaster of BCClassifieds, a popular community classifieds website for the Bethesda Chevy Chase community (time invested not included in above ssl hours)</p>

<p>any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>

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<p>Write about your work experience and your chances will be pretty good!</p>

<p>Also you may want to take a Physics or Chem SAT II… I have a feeling you will do better on one of those than World History. Duke (along with Dartmouth, Amherst, and Pomona)… greatly emphasize test scores… and another 770 will help you greatly.</p>

<p>Or you could do what I did and take 7 SAT II’s… haha! But if your are now a senior… you won’t have time for that.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you on th SATIIs, but the last time i took chemistry was honors chemistry in 10th grade and im not sure that will be enough to do well on the Chemistry SATII. I did take ap physics in 11th grade (im going into 12th grade now) but my teacher was completely terrible at teaching the subject well enough for me to do well on the SATII for Physics. I’m thinking of maybe taking the Biology one…with some studying on my own first.</p>

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<p>If you think you can get 700+ on Bio… I would say go for it.</p>

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<p>Can you take the ACT still? Might be a good idea as your SAT1s are not as high as your SAT2s.</p>

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<p>I think i might have time to take the ACT, but I never really knew much about it so i didnt put much thought into it. I will be retaking the SAT this october, however, to attempt to raise my scores somewhat.</p>

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<p>There are only Physics B and C, There exists no Physics BC. I think your chances are good, If its not too late I’d suggest retaking your SAT’s Try for solid 750+'s. But if you’re a senior, might be too late already</p>