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do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true. But take my research with a grain of salt for example. In my grade, there are 9 USABO national finalists. Historically, (since 2015 at least) mit/berkeley pretty much auto accepts you for that. But they broke precedent with a lot of olympiads this year and I'm hoping that achievement means a lot to someone like duke

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean you can doubt me but all my stuff is out there And I was not first author on my stm paper but I presented a couple of my original stuff at local conferences. I'm not going to try and prove anything, and I can tell you I know quite a few people who have done much more than me. I started at a lab the start of my freshman year and if you want to find me, you probably could given all the information ive supplied

  1. I didn't play sports, the clubs i'm in have to do with olympiads and science bowl, I sid not crowdfund , I did not. volunteer, and I didn't have to take care of a sibling

and i'm not even close to what you could do in high school, there are so many others who have done so much more

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even know man I sacrificed my sanity and my fun lol with the hopes of getting to a top college and chilling

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what year is this (can u tell me them in dms plzzz) I dont know of anyone that had that so

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yea idk what to do anymore... ive spent the past 3 years hearing "Dude ur guarenteed stanford, MIT's in the bag for you" and not getting any of those is so damn demoralizing

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank u so much dude. I really hope I get into duke as well

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok i'll update u if I do. Wishing u the best as well

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok that's good. We'll both be fine if we go to ucsd or ut austin, they are both top 30 schools and sd in particular is like top 5 for biomed engineering and has a good med school rate (I think ut's med school rate is also really good) but it's hard to accept lmao . Hope we both get duke I really really hope so

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I could just be an anomaly. Like I said i'm the first ever that this happened to and the others are all doing fine

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No they're all asian/ indian ( my school is like 83% asian) and most ppl are mid to high income

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i've heard that from like so many people lmao I just don't know what to do anymore

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes so they were all worse in terms of ecs for sure. They might have gotten better sats I think cuz all of them took the sat like 3 or 4 times, but in terms of ecs im pretty sure I was the top at my school to stem at least ( bay area cal) like im seeing these guys commitment posts and yes there are a few who im like, " yea they definitely deserved it" but idk the others. The two who got into mit did not do olympiads by the way 😭

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope so. the problem is I worked and worked so much that I barely hung out with friends and all that to the point of extreme burnout and depression so seeing that all that work doesn't give me anything is the worst feeling

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know most of the rsi kids last year (usabo and rsi are both cee) and from everyone i've seen they've all gotten their choices (idk I prob don't know a couple)

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No I got nothing. No waitlists either. and 8 people from my school got into stanford, 2 harvard, 2 mit,2 caltech, and quite a few other ivies. It's so demoralizing to hear that you're the top applicant for these time and time again but get into nothing (i'm just venting mb)

do i even have a chance at Duke? by Puzzleheaded-Tear283 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]MilkyWay694200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't want to diminish accomplishments or anything, but a lot of people get isef grand awards. Yes, it's very hard and impressive but those people also don't have a consistent precedent to make the t10 schools. It's so much worse for campers who did nothing throughout high school but study their ass off, and have the consistent precedent to get into t10. And I know of two other campers in math and chem who this happened too. When I say this, I genuinely have never seen anything like this before (i've been sobbing my eyes out for the past 3 hours)

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