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What are my chances? Thanks!
I am from Texas...I'm in a prep school

SAT I: 1380, 1370
SAT II: 710 math iic, 710 physics, 650 writing
GPA: 3.74 unweighted

AP:
AB Calculus - 5
BC Calculus
Statistics
Physics C
Spanish Language

ECs:
PALS
SADD
Baseball
Ambassadors
Choir
NHS

Community Service: 75+ hours

By Catcher070 (Catcher070) on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:33 pm: Edit

bump

By Catcher070 (Catcher070) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 01:50 pm: Edit

bump...please, thanks.

By Dandaman7188 (Dandaman7188) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 09:31 pm: Edit

I recently read a book about college admission written from a women who was an admissions officer at Duke for 3 years. Excellent book, you should look into it: Admissions Confidential. Anyway, she said when she was reading engineering applications TEST SCORES were extremely important, so, just to be safe you might want to retake your sat and aim for a 1400+ and you're in! She said EC's didn't matter that much if you were a strong tester.

Glad I could help!

By Catcher070 (Catcher070) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 03:42 pm: Edit

bump

By Fresca (Fresca) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 03:52 pm: Edit

What is your SATI breakdown? They'll want to see a strong math score.

By Catcher070 (Catcher070) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 10:50 pm: Edit

on the 1380...730 math and 650 verbal
on the 1370...760 math and 610 verbal

By R2005 (R2005) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 01:42 am: Edit

...so your composite would be 1410.

Nice math score, btw.

By Want_1600 (Want_1600) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 03:18 am: Edit

but what about Duke's reputation for engineering?
I also plan to apply to Duke... since you're talking about scores, will I get in?
SAT verbal 670
math 790
math iic predicted:800
physics 800
chem predicted:800

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 03:31 am: Edit

CATCHER, you have a shot at Duke. It is a bit of a reach, but you are certainly going to be considered.


WANT, Duke is good but not great in Engineering...unless you are interested in Bioengineering, in which case, they are awesome. In specialties, like Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical etc...Duke is not that great. But they are still good. One of my best friends got his BS in Electrical at Duke and is now getting his PhD at Stanford, so they are certainly respected.

By Bellevueteen (Bellevueteen) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 08:42 pm: Edit

Duke doesnt have chemical engineering, which would explain their relatively low reputation there. They have Biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Half of the engineers do BME or a BME-something else double major.

By Toblin (Toblin) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 09:59 pm: Edit

"Duke doesnt have chemical engineering, which would explain their relatively low reputation there. They have Biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Half of the engineers do BME or a BME-something else double major."

Many well-regarded engineering programs do not offer Chemical Engineering because ChemE is by far the MOST expensive engineering major to fund. ChemE majors need big, expensive to acquire and operate process devices that require big and expensive spaces to house them. But that’s why ChemE is SO COOL! The TOYS!!!

By Vex119 (Vex119) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 12:08 pm: Edit

What do you think are my chances at Duke engineering?

SAT-1470
V-690
M-780

SAT II -
WR- 770
CII-750
PH-700

A- average unweighted

Great EC, Essay, and Recs.

any thoughts would be much appreciated?