Thank you so much. Every other "how I got into ______" video says how they got a 1550+ on the SAT and a 4.5 gpa. It was really reassuring to hear that it's still possible to be accepted without having insane grades!

I’m in a similar boat. Duke is one of my dream schools. Hope to join you in a couple years!

You were my tour guide on ED blue devil day this year :) everyone recognized you from your videos, absolute legend. See you there 💙😈

Dan, this is very insightful and I totally agree with you. I am one of the scholars here at Duke and I must say that there is a wide spectrum of students; however, it is important to remember that even if someone gets into a college they might not want to go. I have had so many friends who have had their dreams and aspirations destroyed because they just couldn't tolerate how much they had to do (I'm premed). Thus, I say go to a school that suits you and your personality, habits, etc. id rather go into a lower tier school and succeed there than go to an upper tier school and be defeated. Just some thoughts my man

I'm a sophomore in highschool and Duke is my dream college. Thank you for sharing this!

omy just as I was about to give up applying to Duke, this channel pop-up out of nowhere! I guess this is it! thank you so much for this video, its really a reassurance that I have a chance at Duke

very nice honest video man, thank you

This was very helpful, thank you!

So I’m in my freshman year at M.I.T and I definitely will say that a big part of getting into a good college are the extracurriculars. Your GPA and SAT scores do matter for sure. However, you can get a perfect GPA and SAT score and still not get in if you’ve got no extracurriculars. Schools love to see that!

Hey Dan, nice to see you here, lol ^^ Some impressive stats there, too

dude this was great

Hey Dan! You mentioned in one of your videos a blog, "The Brown Republican" if I recall correctly, are you able to share more about that in another video?

Great video Dan! as a junior in highschool i'm starting to worry about all the college stuff, but your video really was informative and great. Hope you have a great time at Duke! and if you don't mind sharing, about how many total B's did you get?

Good evening! I just watched your video since last year. You did a great job with your video. Congratulations on your achievements. Including with your extracurriculars. I will be completing with my AA degree from a community college this year in December. After I complete with my AA degree in general studies, I will be taking my semester off from university to do acting and music studio for receiving training that relates to television. Then, I will be back to university for my BA degree in journalism or communication in the fall of 2023. I graduated from high school in 6 years ago. I am a military child, so I traveled all over the states because I have a parent who is military. Television has always been my dream career at a younger age. I am working on my own book for right now. I have worked on it for 2 years during the pandemic. Everyone has their own pace. I have been a part time student from a community college for 6.5 years of working for my AA degree. Again, I really enjoyed your video because you have great contents. Best of luck at everything you do. My name is Andres by the way. It is pleasure to meet you. I am bilingual. I am Hispanic because my family are from Colombia and Puerto Rico. I was born in the western of New York. I lived there for 5.5 years. If you want to know which states that I lived in before, my book will be ready to finish sometime next year. God bless you and your family. 🙏

hey, did you apply regular decision or early decision? btw, this is a great, reassuring video. Thanks for making it

Hi Dan. I plan to apply ED to Duke but am really struggling as I don't have the highest stats. I would love to discuss how to address this or compensate when it comes to the CommonApp.

Congrats

What can I do to help me get into Duke? I'm currently a CC outside of North Carolina, not sure if that matters. And it is my first semester.

Did you have to request your letters of recommendation from your High School teachers yourself?

Hey Dan I'm a student from Latin America. What do you think my probabilities of getting in are if I didn't take AP or IB ( because my school don't offer neither) classes? I feel that I shouldn't even try to apply.

i dont take that much aps do i have a good chance of getting into duke🥺

This video was amazing! Can you describe how you were able to get a congressional internship?

Do you remember how many letters of recommendation you sent? If so, what was the number (if you don’t mind)?

Should we submit a resume too?

Hi Dan, It looks like you are the only person in your room. Did you get to select your room without any roommate? If so, how did you get to choose? Thanks.

I wanna go to duke sooo bad 👁💧👄💧👁

Are you Hispanic ? May be that helps with less than perfect store! Be an asian we get kicked lot more harder. This video was very helpful and thanks for sharing the message

Hey are you an international student? And do you have financial aid/scholarship?

Hi Dan, My son is a junior and wants to apply to Duke. Thanks for your videos. He has a couple more questions, is there a DM you have?

So I am a sophomore at my high school and I was concerned about my GPA situation. As a freshmen I kinda messed up and ended with a 4.0 (weighted). This year first semester I am gonna be getting a 4.6. I was just concerned about how much I can bring my GPA up. My goal is a 4.5. Any advice?

Hi Dan I love you

What if I don't take any ap class?

Chances of me going into Duke *1%* I’m in 8th Grade Positive Facts about me: Straight A’s occasionally one B. A student who doesn’t focus on having fun too much Playing Golf lessons during Saturday Negative Facts about me: Few grammar mistakes. Don’t read a lot of books. Only read comic books Time ran out and didn’t answer a lot of questions during my PSAT 8th grade. Possible (Don’t know what GPA) - I’m only between a GPA of 3.0 - 4.0 I mess up some classes even when I tried my best Play games too much (6 hours a day) Sometimes forget to charge my chrome book (I charge my chrome book most of the time) Not in honors class (even though I wish) Mess up in mathematical problems (Most of the time I don’t mess up but when it comes to simplifying) I don’t play football nor basketball. I make mistake easily When someone asks me a question I don’t know, I don’t know what to say. I talk weird when I don’t know what to say. Shy Embarrassed of doing something special Gets irritated when someone annoys me. Even though I’m not capable of going to duke is there any good colleges that will accept me even though, I make mistakes?

Dude you are on this video lying to people. On your Linkedin page you clearing say you were the Valedictorian of your high school with a 4.7 GPA. So why are you lying to people? What's the purpose?

I’m in 7th grade, but Duke is my dream school so if anyone could tell me what I could do to improve my chances of getting in: Good things about me: -A+ student (lowest grade right now is 95) -1 preAP class, one math class one year ahead (testing into geometry next year instead of algebra) -I play sports -I started community service -I take Spanish class (taking it throughout high school and doing AP once it’s possible) -I’m a good test taker -I’m doing 2.00 credits worth of classes my 8th grade year Negative things: -I tend to compare myself to others -sometimes I procrastinate I know I have a while, but am I on the right track? I feel like everyone’s smarter than me

3000 students? 3000?

Man please make a video for an international student 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 I'm from India please help me 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Why does this vid seem like your just packing on yourself, “no teacher really liked me”, “I had no county awards, regional awards, and state awards”