<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
SAT I (breakdown): V640 M790 W670
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math2 730 BioM 790 780 on 2 more subject
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.985
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(3) Bio (4) CalcAB(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: All AP: Engl,CalcBC, Statistics,Economy,Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):lots of good stuff.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:NONE
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:a crap load.
[ *] Summer Activities:volunteered at a 3rd world country.
[ *] Essays:great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:dont know
[ *] Counselor Rec:decent, hopefully
[ *] Additional Rec:one from a university professor
[ *] Interview:ok
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yea
[ *] Intended Major:Physiology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket:$100,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:GREAT essays.
[ *] Weaknesses:a D+ on my 12th quarter grade due to little assignment…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:the D+
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: a few UC’s through ELC.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] that stupid D+ my teacher gave me… i had straight A w/1B through out my years… my first quater grade report had 1 D. i think if i fix it, i might get in… who knows…
i WANTED DUKE!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 - 680 CR / 800 M / 730 W (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 35 - 35 R / 34 E / 36 M / 35 S
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.984
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: College Calculus, AP Biology, Newspaper, AP English Language, Honors Chemistry, Sociology / American Gov’t
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student and some school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (10-Staff Writer, 11-Page Editor, 12-Head Copy Editor); Baseball (9-Freshmen Team, 10-JV Team, 11-Varsity Team, 12-Varsity Team); Ping-Pong Club (9-Freshman Representative, 10-Sophomore Representative, 11 and 12-Did not exist); Calculus Tutoring (11 and 12-Peer Calculus Tutor); Fall Baseball (10 and 11-First Baseman and Left-handed Pitcher)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours over summer at local hospital’s Radiology Department; Calculus Tutoring could probably fit down here, too
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer Baseball (9 and 10-First Baseman and Left-handed Pitcher); Hospital Volunteering could probably fit down here, too
[</em>] Essays: I’d give them an 8 out of 10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Better than most, I imagine; I think she knows me pretty well
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Qualified for one, but was never contacted
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: BME / Math
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$100K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Midwest is the most underrepresented region of the US at Duke
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Rank, Recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, Rigor (however, my school doesn’t offer many APs in my fields of interest)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pratt admissions are likely less holistic and more objective than Trinity admissions, which is good for someone like me
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University (EA)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty relieved. Good luck to everyone else, and congrats to the Class of 2014!</p>
<p>can everyone who gets accepted continue to post their stats (at least their general stats if not the whole list from the first poster)? I’m sure that all of us who are applying RD will appreciate it!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 R / 720 W / 780 M
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35,35,34,34)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M2 / 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/900
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,4,3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess, Lax, Tennis, S&D captain, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Chess instructor for 6 yrs, Deli counter worker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal… about 50 hrs total
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lots of chess/work/etc
[<em>] Essays: Very strong, I thought
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Who knows, I had really good relationships w/teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Standard, large public school w/o much interaction btwn counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: '13 UNC student, accepted to Duke last year
[<em>] Interview: Strong
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup…
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (sigh)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: need-blind, doesnt matter
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Double leg
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Pretty all around solid I think
[<em>] Weaknesses: White boy
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Double leg, chess (I’m 3-time national champ and 8-time state champ)
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Good luck to all future applicants, I hope it goes well. We all need to take a step back and breathe sometimes. The app process is very rewarding when you are enthusiastic about what you do… I think a lot of people struggle w/putting their eggs in the right baskets. Thanks to everyone on CC for making this an interesting place to hang out. Go Duke!</p>
<p>****. I got deferred. 2350 SAT, 4.0 gpa. 7 APs taken, 5s in the three I’ve taken now. All A’s this year. In Marching band, jazz band, NHS, 200 hours of hospital volunteering, compose record and produce music independently.</p>
<p>Basically grades and scores don’t matter that much. Don’t bother getting your hopes up if you don’t have tons of leadership positions or cure cancer. Looks like it’s BU for me</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 760 M 600 W 600
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9 (4.43 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/560
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Eng Lang 4, taking this year- lit, chem, bio, us gov, microecon, macroecon, and maybe psych
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: in school: AP Chem, AP Bio, Student government/leadership skills development, AP Lit, Philosophy, AP US Gov/Macroecon. Online: Spanish 3 honors, AP Microecon
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Travel Soccer Captain, Varsity Soccer Captain, NHS Officer, Senior Class Senator, Spanish Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Moms office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Coached kids soccer, some various things
[ *] Summer Activities: Held a comedy benefit for a friend that had a stroke, raised $5000 for his medical bills
[ *] Essays: Awesome. Did the optional essay for why Duke and killed it, managed to show how I am a Duke student.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read em but I’m guessing great. Used my APUSH/Psych teacher and my AP Lang teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I gave her a skeleton of what to write since my schools too big for her to remember individual details
[ *] Additional Rec: The Dean from my highschool. He’s known me for a long time and wrote an incredible rec
[ *] Interview: N/A in my area
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Didn’t list it
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Lowest
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: My extracurricular activites and schedule. I also listed “Endurance Week” that me and student government planned which was a week dedicated to the 70+ handicapped students at my school. All and all my impact on things i was involved in looked great. My schedule is pretty ridiculous too, I had all A’s and a B in AP Chem when I applied.
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed how I belonged at Duke as a student, showed my impact in my community, had a tough schedule.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Congrats to everyone that got accepted! As soon as I saw the video of the interview with the Dean I thought my chances were really good. If you’re planning on applying still take a look at that video! Seriously, he mentions the 6 factors that they score you on, and without looking at all of them individually and weighting them the same I don’t look very impressive. But once you consider it all, only my SAT is week while everything else is solid.</p>
<p>BTW, i don’t know all this code stuff so this isn’t going to read nice and pretty</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading- 740 Math- 760 Writing- 740 2240/2400
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t Take.
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 800 Chemistry- 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 / ~550
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Environmental Science (5), English Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP European History, AP Microeconomics, Latin III, AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 2 years, Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Science Club (President), National Honor Society (Officer), Key Club, Knowledge Master (Science Captain). Good accomplishments in several clubs.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Minimal
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: around 100 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Dual Enrollment Courses at local college
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I never read them, probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it either, but probably good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my cousin (Duke Alum)
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: pretty high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Overall well rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: No huge awards?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated a high level of interest in attending Duke and a strong passion for academics.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED, so nowhere
[/ul]General Comments: YAYYY!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290: 770 math, 740 crit. reading, 780 writing (9 on essay)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math ii, 700 latin, 720 u.s. history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.68 weighted - brought down by band)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (we don’t find out rank until end of year)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - Calc. AB, 5 - U.S. History, 5 - English Lang.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc. BC, Wind Ensemble (1st chair clarinet), Hon. Latin IV (combined with Latin V class so it’s AP level), AP Gov’t, AP English Lit., AP Psych., AP Physics-B
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): grand award from johns hopkins cty, some summa cum laude’s on NLE’s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a ton…Math honor society vice president, English honor society secretary, Science honor society, National honor society, Junior classical league, beta club, Tri-M honor society, school’s first freelancer for school paper, maybe some other stuff i can’t think of right now
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: can’t find a job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 160 hours+ over summer at UVA hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: see above
[</em>] Essays: good i guess
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: three from teachers that really care about what they write…one actually got into duke but turned it down for uva
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good i’m pretty sure, he knows me pretty well
[<em>] Additional Rec: no others
[</em>] Interview: so great, my interviewer was so down to earth; gave her a box of chocolates
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Duh, we make like $70k at most
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology w/ a pre-med curriculum
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: 2000 kids or so, higher expectations and performance than average
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $65-$70k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM i guess at duke, first gen from my personal family, vegetarian?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
sorry, too much hw to do this right now
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
reading some of the other comments I am SUCH a lucky man.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 - 690 CR 770 M 740 W (12e) 1sitting/no prep
[</em>] SAT II:760 Math II/750 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7-9/325, class 5 or 6 accepted too
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): CalcAB (5) English Language (5) Chemistry (5) Spanish Language (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP CalcBC, AP English Lit, AP Econ(s), AP Physics C, AP Biology, Ethics (s1)/Western Philosophy (s2)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commended, AP Scholar w/ honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Spanish NHS, Environmental Club, Prep Pride club, extensive intramurals (7on7 football/3on3 +5on5 basketball), Freshman Orientation group leader, D1 Indoor/Outdoor track and field (captain - we are top 3-4 team in the state easy; may try to walk on at Duke)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Boston MoS SciCORE intern, incredibly competitive for non Boston youth foundation employees (me- city pays most interns). Office assistant at father’s work
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours, NHS stuff, Boston MoS exhibit hall interpreter volunteer (250 hrs)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship, lots of golf
[<em>] Essays: Exceptional, my best work to date
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great/stellar from English and math teachers respectively
[<em>] Counselor Rec: stellar, had as a coach for JV lacrosse freshman/soph year…very close
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: BME/Econ major/minor or management studies cert
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Large competitive Private. ~1200 boys.
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:100k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Internship maybe -subject of my commonapp essay
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Essays, Rigor, Grades, Recs, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lac of effort on SATs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays were brilliant IMHO (bias is a given here)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Got a likely letter from Purdue last week, decision tomorrow.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 710 Reading: 690 Writing: 640
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: U.S. History - 690 Math II - 640
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):12/390
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP Language (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, APES, AP Bio, Honors Chemistry, Spanish III, Honors Physics, Honors English IV
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Class VP), Green Team, Global Visions, Interact, Teen Dems (Treasurer), Soccer (Captain), Tennis, Interviewed a child slave for my senior project, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Sailing Staff, Retreat Staff
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 weeks at a summer camp, After-School program every week.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State, Leader In Training program at Camp Don Lee, Sailing Staff, Haiti mission trip.
[<em>] Essays: Awesome (about when I interviewed a child slave)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Above average.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Below average.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Doctor with 4 kids at or graduated from Duke, 1 child at Yale, alumni of Duke.
[<em>] Interview: Yes, good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000 +
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Granddad is an alumni.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Character, Leadership.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Class rigor.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay was outstanding, my ACT was great, etc.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m still in shock.</p>
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