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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duke. Better chance there with ED and he loves it. Not sure what his national awards are (could be game changer depending on what they are) but sports that aren’t at recruitment level won’t be that helpful in admissions process.[/quote]

Some of his national awards are generic (like AP Scholar) but some are quite unique and competitive - his written award winning essays and entered national (maybe even international, not entirely sure) economics competitions and done well, among other things. He is not at the level of being recruited for sports, certainly not by Duke, but he still puts a lot of time into them.[/quote]

I would say follow up on the Duke interest by talking to everyone possible, looking at faculty/dept info, and doing every online tour. You want to be sure if committing to ED. Duke ED is the far better bet, but others have said, nothing is great bet.

I would not count AP Scholar as a national award, and if one of those national awards is nmsf, I would really not count that strongly as carrying the punch of a truly national award. Did he win a national competition? Unique ECs? That will help, but it's still a long shot unless those are really noteworthy national awards. It's a wild and woolly admissions world out there.  Good luck to him![/quote]

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