Official Duke Class of 2013 RD Decisions

4oh7 · March 26, 2009, 6:38pm

Trinity - Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (750 math, 720 reading, 680 writing)
[] ACT: 35 (36 science, reading, 35 math, 33 writing)
[] SAT II: 750 physics, 720 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 5, American History - 4, Language and Comp - 5, Chemistry - 2
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 3 Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commended

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): engineering team, trivia team, national honor society, weightlifting
[] Job/Work Experience: Manual Labor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a summer camp for kids
[] Summer Activities: Work, volunteer
[] Essays: Decent I thought
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good I think
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):Fl
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public (600 students in senior class)
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:10,000-15,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, Low income[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score, hooks
[] Weaknesses: extra curriculars, GPA, AP scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: GPA, Extra Curriculars, AP Scores, not a “wanted” minority[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m dissapointed, it doesn’t look like I will get into Cornell if Duke rejected me, state school it is.

oreogasms · March 26, 2009, 6:44pm

Trinity

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math II 800; Chem 780; Latin 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 something? rounds to 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, guessing at least top 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang 5; Chem 5; Latin Vergil 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, no free periods/lunch, etc.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some good awards, but no crazy huge national ones.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots, including varsity sport, band, piano, chinese school, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: freelance graphic design, attached a couple samples
[] Volunteer/Community service: weekly
[] Summer Activities: vol. at political office, huge cultural stuff
[] Essays: didn’t do the optional why duke one, main one was alright
[] Teacher Recommendation: good, but not sure if exceptional
[] Counselor Rec: eh, so so
[] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: pretty good, nothing bad, nothing amazing[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: large public, but very prestigious
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): zero

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: never gotten anything below a- and extracurriculars?
[] Weaknesses: slacker who tends to bs things a lot
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: because college is a crapshoot and I was lucky this one time.[/li][/ul]General Comments: i love duke.

rentastrawberry · March 26, 2009, 6:45pm

Trinity

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 M:780 CR: 760 W: 670
[] ACT: not submitted
[] SAT II: M2: 800 UShist: 760 Chem: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): world hist:5 us hist:5 lang:4 chem:4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: hard
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not sure[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): done a lot of different things that all are related in politcal field that shows my central interests i guess.
[] Job/Work Experience: not important
[] Volunteer/Community service: 40 h a year?
[] Summer Activities: Oxford program, Georgetown program
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity:white
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket:middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: when do we get financial aid info?

hitsbigshot · March 26, 2009, 6:45pm

** Trinity**

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (Math: 800, CR: 700, Writing: 760)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Chem 790, Spanish 790, Math II 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know, my school give our GPA out of 100 and mine was 96.65.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank, I’d say about top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Spanish Language (5), taking 6 more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro Economics, Advanced Art History, Advanced Logic and Composition (goes with the AP english language test), AP BC Calc, AP Physics C
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I’ve been bowling since I was like 4, and I’m in my grade’s term council, along with being a big sib (go to lower termers homerooms, help them adjust to life at school, etc.)
[] Job/Work Experience: I’ve been a waiter at my dad’s diner since the summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 50 hours at a public library.
[] Summer Activities: Mostly just work.
[] Essays: I wasn’t crazy about them, but I wrote about bowling in my commonapp essay, so I guess it emphasized my biggest activity.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both of mine were probably very good. One teacher I had had for two years and she loved me, and the other teacher I had heard wrote amazing recs.
[] Counselor Rec: She loves me, too. She just had a baby recently, and when she met my parents she asked them what they did when I was younger so that she could replicate it so that her baby can turn out just like me. So I’m sure her rec was good.
[] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: It went fine. Really quick and casual. She said she’d write me a good report.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, but very selective
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: like…70-100K i’d say. But honestly I don’t know.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely my transcript, and my test scores are pretty good (especially my sat2s)
[] Weaknesses: Maybe my extracurriculars, but they’re not terrible.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: My grades lol[/li][/ul]General Comments: I kind of expected to get in until I found out about the huge increase in applications. But still, I’m really happy and it’s one of my top choices!

antsofthesky · March 26, 2009, 6:46pm

(Trinity)

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2279 (800R, 790M, 680W) Superscored

ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 770BioM, 800Math2, 720 Physics, 740 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/~540
AP (place score in parenthesis):5,5,5,4,4,3,
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s and 1 honors, all academic courses (no electives)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 6 MAO awards
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 5ish clubs

Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: hospital ~700 hours
Summer Activities: Nothing major
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Good I guess
Counselor Rec:Good if generic
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Good
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Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):Florida

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public HS
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
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Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: SAT

Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Too many asians lol
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General Comments: Not too disappointed, I wouldn’t have been able to attend anyway due to financial constraints.

Legendofthe7seas · March 26, 2009, 6:48pm

** Trinity**

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2250 (780CR, 750M, 720W, 11E)
[] SAT II:800 Math II, 770 BioE, 700 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):33
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):APUSH (4), AP English Language (4),AP Macroeconomics (5), AP European History (5), AP Biology (5), AP Spanish Language (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (5), Spanish SL (5)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist, 2nd place Regional Science Fair,and AP Scholar with Distinction [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Service with Mountain View Recreational Project (founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Internship at UTSA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Camp C.A.M.P. (396 hrs), Mountain View Recreational Project (2000+ hrs)
[] Essays: ok
[] Teacher Recommendation: history teacher probably good but bio teacher may have been just ok
[] Counselor Rec: ok
[li] Interview: good [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Maybe my research internship with local university
[] Weaknesses: a lot of people from school applied, rank, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Duke beat UT 74 to 69…no, probably, I got lucky.[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:**

Astonisher · March 26, 2009, 6:49pm

** Pratt**

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 Physics, 710 Bio-M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not going to list all, but I had 11 by the end of junior year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, #2 Varsity, Self-started/teach music class, volunteer work at hospital and India, piano (11 years), drama (secretary), TSA, extreme active involvement in church
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Offer free music classes, volunteered at hospital (100+ hours), volunteered at India as a tour guide for a cultural complex on Hinduism.
[] Summer Activities: Went to India to learn Indian classical music in Mumbai
[] Essays: Pretty good I thought
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: APs, GPA possibly, SAT math/writing
[] Weaknesses: SAT CR, couple of the SAT IIs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: No clue[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m definitely bummed out for not making Duke, and even more so, I’m concerned about chances elsewhere (like ivies) :/

TheFutureIsHere · March 26, 2009, 6:54pm

<a href=“Trinity”>b</a>**

[ b]Decision:Accepted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800cr 750m 790w)
[] ACT: nott
[] SAT II: 780 math2, 770 chem, 790 us history
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.8-3.9?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): good
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: hard
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): i wish!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper, mock trial, academic decathlon, math club, etc. I paint and i sent in a portfolio for the supplement
[] Job/Work Experience: not much
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, teaching ESL, volunteer at psychiatric research institute, nature preserve near my house… etc.
[] Summer Activities: working, internships
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: dont know
[] Counselor Rec: never read it, but probably outstanding
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: only 15 minutes! The guy was in a rush to perform surgery but I think he liked me
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: average public
[] Ethnicity: whitey
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: stong academic
[] Weaknesses: not consistently focused in one area
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Luck?? or maybe because I’m awesome. Who knows?[/li][/ul]General Comments:

I am so happy! Congratulations, all. See you on Blue Devil Days!
I’ll be rooting for duke against villanova tonight

lolcats4 · March 26, 2009, 6:55pm

Accepted to Trinity

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
[] SAT II: 2400 + 780 (800 Literature, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math 2)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW for the 74 college credits I’ve taken (I’m home schooled)
[] Senior Year Course Load (College classes): Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, U.S. History, Honors Intro to Shakespeare, Honors Organic Chemistry I and II (with lab), World Politics
[] Senior Year Course Load (Home School): Western Literature, Philosophy, Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholar candidate (not really big unless I get Semifinalist or Scholar)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strategy game design, website management; Violin and Youth Orchestra; Boy Scout Venture Crew (Eagle Scout); Varsity Swim Team 
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, Venture Crew, Eagle Project
[] Summer Activities: Rayado program, major trips w/ Venture Crew, otherwise nothing major
[] Essays: Wrote it on my work in the video game industry (risk). “Why Duke” was ok, I think it could possibly have been a bit better
[] Teacher Recommendation: One stellar, one good (from college professors)
[] Counselor Rec: My dad wrote this (as I’m home schooled) and it was good in explaining my home school situation
[] Additional Rec: Had one written by my “boss” at the website I work for. He was an Oxford tutor and it was stellar.
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] School Type: Home School
[] Ethnicity: White (Caucasian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Below $60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy from Grandmother, Aunt and Cousin (haha I doubt the last two count)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores that validate my advanced college coursework, overall well-roundedness while having a very unique “edge” (video games)
[] Weaknesses: Video games are a risk, essays weren’t brilliant
[/ul]General Comments: Received a likely telling me I was among their top 350 applicants. Congrats to those accepted! To those rejected, I feel your pain. I experience the same when I was rejected from Stanford SCEA.

smeagz · March 26, 2009, 6:56pm

<a href=“Trinity”>b</a>**

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320, 800m, 780w, 740cr
[] SAT II: 800math2, 770chem, 730-bio-e
[] Weighted GPA: 98.139 (+5/honors, +8/AP)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/315 (not given)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Phys C Mech (5), Phys C E&M (4), US History (2)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, Self Study AP Psych, MAT 215 at Princeton University, Human Anatomy & Physiology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rutgers Astrophysics Research Institute, 2 years Varsity Tennis, 2 years JV Tennis, NHS (President), Math League (Captain), Science League, Peer Leadership, Prevention of Alcohol 'n Drug Abuse (President)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 350+ hours hospital volunteering, random tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Rutgers Astrophysics Research, Self Study Pre-Calculus and Discrete Math Honors, Vraj Youth Camp Counselor
[] Essays: Decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[li] Interview: Great[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Public, some grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: M

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, courses
[] Weaknesses: Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: Not really disappointed, likely going to UM 7 year med program

Dbate · March 26, 2009, 6:58pm

oooo major congrats!!!

lolabear · March 26, 2009, 6:59pm

rejected, oh well

sailingby · March 26, 2009, 6:59pm

Trinity–Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1570/2290 (770 M, 800 CR, 720 W, 8 Essay)
[] ACT: 34 (36 R, 35 E, 35 M, 28 S, 10 Essay)
[] SAT IIs: 780 USH, 770 Math II, 660 Spanish w/ Listening (64 subscore in Reading), 730 Lit, 780 Spanish (I took the last two of these in January. The Lit was supposed to be there just in case I didn’t do too well on Spanish, but clearly I judged wrong. There’s a chance they didn’t even consider these last two scores, though…)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.000 (All A’s)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Stats (4), Euro (5), USH (5), English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP BC Calc, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP U.S. Gov’t, Physics honors, French 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist at the time), AP Scholar with Distinction, awards for Model UN (not sure if they are necessarily considered “major”)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Model UN (officer), school service club (president), Varsity Swimming, and some other ones that are not nearly as time-consuming and/or important.
[] Job/Work Experience: had one this past summer (11 hrs/week, I think?)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 230+ hours of community service, about 2/3rds of which was done at a local food bank
[] Summer Activities: not sure I put this on the app and/or supplement
[] Essays: apparently good enough–I tried to write the Common App one so that it couldn’t possibly be about anyone else. My “Why Duke” essay wasn’t anything mindblowing, though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[] Interview: N/A. I sortof thought this was a bit weird, though, considering at least two others at my school got interviews.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I probably won’t end up geting any FA, as I didn’t from Rice…
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): SC residency, possibly? I thought Duke tried to keep 15% of the student body from NC or SC because that’s where the Duke family was from, but a gander at this ([Quick</a> Facts about Duke](<a href=“http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html]Quick”>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html)) makes me think that I’m wrong about the SC part. Still, the Duke rep who came to our school gave a specific sheet or two just for NC/SC applicants.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m very dedicated to my extracurriculars, and I drastically improved my Spanish SAT. Also, I will graduate with 6 language credits (Spanish 1-4 and French 1-2).
[] Weaknesses: My ACT Science score, and I’m not in student gov’t. Plus, you never know what others are going to think of your essay…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Hard work throughout high school, luck, recommendations that I didn’t read that apparently were good, etc.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I have no idea if this affects anything at all, but I turned in my RD app and supplement super early–as in the first week of November early. I’m really blown away by this acceptance. Congrats to everyone who’s gotten in, and good luck to those waitlisted and/or rejected. I’m willing to bet you’ll be getting into/have already gotten into other amazing schools.

LaVieEnChocolat · March 26, 2009, 7:02pm

my D didn’t check yet!!! but it’s a massacre! people with 2300… rejected??? how?? this confirm that she must be prepare for a rejection! so sad!! Duke is a wonderful college! now she’ll be waiting for Brown , Emory, and Georgetown!!

Midaji · March 26, 2009, 7:10pm

Trinity
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2260: 800 M, 740 CR, 720 WR

ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II: 790, US History: 800, Chinese with Listening: 800, Physics: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/850
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc 5, World History 5, Psych 5, Computer Science 5, English Comp. 4, US History 4, Spanish Lang. 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Eng Lit, AP Chem
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, AP Scholar Distinction/Honor (forgot which one), 4-5 Science Olympiad Medals (one at States level), Euro-Challenge semi-finalist, ThinkQuest Semi-finalist
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (3 years, group leader–>captain), Key Club (3 years, secretary–>captain), Euro-challenge (sophomore year), Fed Challenge(senior year), Track (sophomore year, gave up to focus more on my other activities)

Job/Work Experience: cashier
Volunteer/Community service: Numerous projects through Key Club, including large scale carnivals
Summer Activities: working for family
Essays: About personal/family obstacle, fairly unusual; teachers and counselor liked it
Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing, one didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Didn’t get the chance to have one
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Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NY

Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sort of first gen? Mom finished HS in China, Dad went to college in China but never finished.
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Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: Recs, ranks, and scores.

Weaknesses: Nothing ground-breaking, Asian
Why you think you were waitlisted: Umm, don’t know. Apparently WL means I’m good enough to get in, but I don’t carry a special enough incentive with me.
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Other Comments: The whole thing seems pretty random to me. >.> Got a likely from Dartmouth, “likely email” and early write from Wesleyan, been told I was top 1% at Uni. of Rochester, and just got a letter saying top 5% at BC. But also got waitlisted by Wash U and now Duke. Can’t say how or why. But I must admit I’m disappointed.

skitter0538 · March 26, 2009, 7:12pm

TRINITY, WAITLISTED

Rank: 1/247
GPA: un - 3.9, weighted - 4.94
SAT: 2080
SAT II: 1970
APS: 8 (last year scores: 5 (USH), 4 (EUHIS), 4 (MUS THE), 3 (STAT)
ECs: classical piano, dance, food bank volunteer, varsity tennis, president NHS
Essays: person who has influenced you most - good. why duke - not so good.
Recs: history teacher called me best hes ever taught
Awards: won every academic one my school has to offer

Why Waitlisted? dunno…was very surprised, but it’s kind of worse than being rejected because I HATE WAITING!!!

sampole108 · March 26, 2009, 7:14pm

rejected from Trinity. Yay.

kjbtx456 · March 26, 2009, 7:14pm

Pratt, Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 R, 770 M, 720 W (2190)
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 760 Chem, 680 mol. bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i’m not sure, not too great. 4.0 weighted though
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/295 i think, just above top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio soph year, 5; english lang. junior year, 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap stat, ap chem, ap calc ab, ap english, spanish v honors, research in molecular biology honors (counts as ap)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): pah

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years varsity track, captain, school record holder since soph. year; 4 years basketball, captain, mip; area band, region band, filler…
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring since junior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: very little… oops
[] Summer Activities: nothing really. i went to cty before soph year and kinda tutored later
[] Essays: main one about working hard to break the school record after moving towns, the pratt one was pretty good i thought about why i wanted to do engineering
[] Teacher Recommendation: medium i guess, probably bad in comparison to others
[] Counselor Rec: i blame this. she loves me but i think she didn’t forgot to mention my moving/parents divorcing so my grades were lower than they should have been
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: i thought it went very well, the guy was really nice and we talked about duke and how much we both loved it and he was a basketball/track person also[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): morris county, nj
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, kinda competitive (like ten kids applied from my school and i think i had the lowest grades…)
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i guess not. i thought girl in engineering/asian in sports? [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: see hooks
[] Weaknesses: academics i suppose.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: i think because i was the least competitive out of my school/location. gc should have written a better letter now that i think about it, they probably just thought i was lazy[/li][/ul]General Comments: hopefully i’ll be accepted at columbia seas or penn seas on tuesday…

Galless · March 26, 2009, 7:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted for Trinity

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (750 CR, 690 M, 670 W)
ACT: 32
SAT II: 760 Chem, 770 French R, 710 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9? I’m from Quebec so grades are a bit different
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem Calc AB, Bio, Phys C
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Phys, AP English, Philosophy, 
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): non-really

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 9 years of swimming, track(team captain, MVP) Biochallenge, basketball, ball hockey, waterpolo, debating, learning guitar
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding for 3 years, swimteam coach, teach swimming lessons
Volunteer/Community service: marshalling little kids, timing at swimmeets, coached school swimteam
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding
Essays: Common App was good, don’t really remember duke essay
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read.
Counselor Rec: didn’t see it, but she’s really good and likes me
Additional Rec: didn’t read
Interview: no interview :(

Other
State (Province? lol): Quebec
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Private-sends a bunch of kids to good schools every year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really

Reflection
Strengths: good ecs, passion for the pool, decent essays
Weaknesses: SAT, no interview, strength of schedule?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: who knows?
General Comments:
Duke wasn’t really one of my top choices, but this still kinda stings. Still better than outright rejecton though. Congrats and good luck to the class of 2013.

word_to_your_mom · March 26, 2009, 7:23pm

** Trinity**

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (670 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Chem: 800, Math 2: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB: 5, Chemistry: 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Three AP’s, Three Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some school and state stuff but no recognizable awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): baseball (captain), football, basketball, tutor
[] Job/Work Experience: tutor, dont have much time
[] Volunteer/Community service: teach religious education
[] Summer Activities: baseball
[] Essays: im not much of a writer, but i thought they wee good
[] Teacher Recommendation: read both and they were great
[] Counselor Rec: dont know
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: short but i thought it went well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: rank, grades
[] Weaknesses: CR score, strength of hs.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: who knows. i knwo this was a reach, but i thought i would have made a good match for Duke. I really wanted to go, but now I dont really know[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in.

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