***Official Duke 2016 ED Results Thread***

mookletron
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:10:05 +0000

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 writing 700 math 800 reading
[] ACT: never took it
[] SAT II: 730 math I 750 literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m not sure but I think around 3.7?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Somewhere in the top 30-ish percent of the class
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Biology (4), English Literature (4), English Language (5), Latin Vergil (3), Comp Sci (no score yet), US History (no score yet), Studio Art (no score yet)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, AP Comp Sci, AP Studio Art, AP English, New Testament Bible
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Latin Exam Silver Medal, National Honors Society, school awards for English and Latin, AP Scholar with Distinction, nationally published writing [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (group leader/varsity letter, team won state 2 years in a row), Quiz Bowl (captain, won JV state), tech crew/radio broadcasting, news editor for school newspaper, swim team (varsity letter) for school and on a regional team, founded a philosophy club at school, taught myself Swedish on my own
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Trinity Community Ministries, charity runs, food bank volunteering
[] Summer Activities: took an intensive language/history course at Sweden’s leading boarding school, got college credit for intensive German at Uchicago, training for cross country
[] Essays: really really awesome because I have tons of personal experience with Duke, pretty much my entire family went there, etc
[] Teacher Recommendation: really awesome
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] Additional Rec:none officially but my family is friends with a couple of people on the board
[li] Interview: really awesome, we ended up talking for an hour and a half about constitutional law and stuff like that [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private/College Prep
[] Ethnicity: Swedish/German
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: around $600,000 per year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]8-count Legacy, overcame difficult life circumstances (victim of a serious felony crime), real passion for poetry, law, and Scandinavian culture

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: writing, teacher recs, interview, SAT, diverse extraurriculars
[] Weaknesses: didn’t take math in 12th grade, low math and science grades in general, no work experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li]I have fairly intense and unique interests, I’ve been told by a lot of people that I’m a talented writer, legacy status – but mostly I think it’s because I displayed a really serious interest in Duke through my essay