*Official Class of 2010 RD Decision Thread*

wannabazn88
Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:12:33 +0000

Decision: ACCEPTED!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1480 old, 2150 new (680 V, 800 M, 670 W-w/ 9 on essay =p)
[] SAT IIs: Math 2-800, Literature-730, US History-660
[] ACT: N/A
[] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.63 weighted
[] Rank: 1/592 unweighted, 9/592 weighted
[] Other stats: 10 total AP’s (5 this year), 8 honors
5-AP Statistics
4-AP US History, AP Eng Lang., AP Environmental
3-AP Biology
-2005: AMC 101.5, AIME 5
-2006: AMC 123, AIME 4
[] # of apps from your school: a lot
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Didn’t like it too much, didn’t really seem to show off my personality (wrote about mentoring at an elementary school), but it made my english teacher cry, so…
[] Teacher Recs: One from a teacher I had for 3 years in 4 classes so it better be good, and another from an english teacher that is an incredible writer
[] Counselor Rec: Probably really generic, I share her with about 500 other kids and met her on the day she wrote my rec…
[] Hook (if any): absolutely zero
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[] State or Country: FL
[] School Type: Large competitive public (~2600 kids, ranked 72nd in the nation)
[] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Math Team (4 yrs, 1st in state, 2nd in nation), President of Mu Alpha Theta, Vice President of Drafting Club, 2 yrs of JV Tennis, Teen Trendsetters (mentorig kids who can’t read good…), National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity, Student Senate, Walk for Cystic Fibrosis, lots of other fun stuff

[li] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Well, my interview was incredible, and my interviewer wrote a great rec, so that helped I think…other than that I don’t know…my SAT sucks as you can see (as do my APs), but I guess they liked my GPA? Also, I have a lot of volunteering hours and hopefully showed through my SAT II’s that I have a wide range of interests instead of being like other people who do all science etc… [/li]
[*] Other thoughts: I was so sad earlier when I was rejected from Yale, but now I could care less…I got into my #1 school, DUKE!!!