<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 critical reading, 670 math, 720 writing
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 700 literature, 660 history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I only know weighted, which is 3.95
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As in all of my classes and Bs in math every year, (A B- in Honors Analysis last year… )
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesnt rank but at the very least Im in the top 25%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 in APUSH, 4 in APES, 4 in Biology, 5 in US Government and politics
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB program at my school
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government and Politics, Honors Biotechnology, AP European History, AP Chemistry, AP English, AP AB Calculus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:
[ul] 9th grade-Biology Award, 10th grade-Virginia Pilot Scholastic Achievement team, Some award English award, 11th grade-UVA Book award, Biology Award, 12th grade-National Commended NMSQT PSAT scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, Senior Superlative Class Clown
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): President and founder of a club for autism awareness at my school since junior year, secretary of the French club senior year, (member for four years) member of operation smile 4 years, secretary of my class 9-11 grade, vice president of my class 12th grade, 9-10th grade JV Field hockey, (captain both years), 11-12th grade, Fall play, 9-10th grade, JV Lacrosse, 9-10th grade JV Cheerleading, 11th grade Varsity Cheerleading, 9-12 member of the judiciary council, 9-12th grade I raised monarch butterflies and tagged them for the University of Kansas, (I feel like Im forgetting some activities but thats the gist of it)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I worked at a camp as a counselor in training for autistic children in the summer and got paid the summer before 12th grade for 1 week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I worked as an unpaid junior counselor the summer before 10th grade
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):I just talked about cheerleading, I dont think it was that great but it wasnt awful.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):It was about my disabled twin brother and how he cant talk, but I did it through talking about my response to this one event when I was a little kid watching this Christmas movie. Its hard to describe but I promise it wasnt cliché. It focused on a single event and didnt turn into a sob story
although it made my mom and chemistry teacher cry when they read it.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):My why Duke essay was pretty specific and my second essay was a fairly short description of my research experience. I talked about how I worked as an intern the summer before senior year at Old Dominion University focusing on algal biodiesel and how I wanted to continue research at Duke as an undergrad.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):I did not see my recommendations from my English teacher or Biology teacher, but my counselor said they were incredible.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):I didnt see it but Im sure it was good.
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): I asked my chemistry teacher to write the additional optional letter that Duke asks for in the supplement, and I think that letter was very good.
[</em>] Interview:[/ul] It literally could not have gone better. The guy was really cool and really nice and we had a really great conversation about a bunch of random things.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia Beach, Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] My Mom did her neonatal fellowship at Duke.</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>[ul][ <em>]Strengths: I took an extremely difficult course load, I never took a study hall until senior year and instead replaced my study hall with Music Technology in 9th grade, Marine Biology in 10th grade, and AP Environmental science in 11th grade.
[</em>] Weaknesses:My Bs in math.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Im still so shocked I got in
I think they must have liked my essay, recommendations, and my difficult course load.</p>