My son interviewed with a Duke alumini on Sunday. He does not have high test scores and high GPAs. We did not have much hope to get in Duke at all.
However, the following cases may indicate that the scores may not be the most important factors in Admission. Any comments?
Decision: Rejected
Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 750 M, 800 WR)
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 US Hist.
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/213
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (4), Chem (5), US Hist (5), Language and Comp (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Honors Philosophy
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball (Captain, All state), Math Team (Captain), Academic Decathlon (State Champions), Special Olympics volunteer
- Job/Work Experience: Hospital internship, caddy, babysitter, Tutor
- Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours
- Summer Activities: Golf
- Essays: Solid Common App, Duke one probably could've been better.
- Teacher Recommendation: One very good, other didn't see
- Counselor Rec: One of best he's written
- Additional Rec: N/A
- Interview: Solid, not the best, but I don't think it made or broke my admission.
- Intended Major(s): Chemistry
- State (if domestic applicant): RI
- Country (if international applicant): USA
- School Type: Private Religious
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: M
- Income bracket (if applicable): 200k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
- Strengths: Scores, grades, essays
- Weaknesses: White male from New England, interview
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not enough interest, it's a great school that's very hard to get into
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UPenn (likelied), UVA, UNC, Vanderbilt, Tulane, Northeastern
Rejected: MIT, Duke
Waiting: Harvard
General Comments: Not really surprised here, congrats to everyone who got in!
Decision: Accepted
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 1910 (680 CR, 590 M, 640 W)
- ACT: 30
- SAT II: 700 Literature, 730 US History
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/95
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Language and Composition (5), US History (5), European History (5) and World History (3)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Art History, AP Literature and Composition, Honors Gov/Econ (school doesn't offer AP), Honors Physics, as well as some honors-level writing classes
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominee, National Achievement finalist, numerous regional and national writing awards
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Senior Hall Executive), Student Ambassador
- Job/Work Experience: Intern at a law firm for one of my state's representatives
- Volunteer/Community service: Children's Museum, soup kitchen, Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Essays: Good, I assume. I wrote the "Why Duke?" supplement and talked about the Focus program and DukeENGAGE. I wrote about the need for diversity on not only college campuses but in ethnic communities as well based on an anecdote.
- Teacher Recommendation: Like everything else, good, I assume.
- Counselor Rec: Generically good
- Additional Rec: Got my US History teacher who for some reason likes me a lot (even though I barely spoke in his class) to write it.
- Interview: As soon as it finished, I thought it went horribly. But I guess something might have worked.
- Intended Major(s): Double major in English and Linguistics with certificate in Art in the Moving Image
- State (if domestic applicant): SC
- School Type: Public residential high school
- Ethnicity: Black/African-American
- Gender: F
- Income bracket (if applicable): Less than $10,000 in my mom's household
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
- Strengths: Love for Duke that I showed in my essays, hooks, writing, internship, community service, SAT II scores, and teacher recs
- Weaknesses: SAT I scores, ACT score (depending on how you look at it)
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Putting aside a hook, I think my genuine love for Duke not only in my essays but in my interview, really helped
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Williams College, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, University of Pitt*****urgh, USC-Columbia, Wofford College, CofC, Loyola University New Orleans. Waitlisted: Tulane and Brown. Rejected: Nowhere
When I went to BSAI, the dean of admissions told us that (unless we did something stupid while there) we were accepted. It's nice making it official. I couldn't be happier! GO BLUE DEVILS!
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