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- Hi, I'm Allie.
I'm heading to Duke University.
I went to Abbottsleigh School
for Girls in Wahroonga.
And I'm intending on studying
probably political science.
I think I chose to study at Duke,
because it really ticked all of my boxes.
Stuff like architecture, the campus,
the location of it, the social life,
and also the academics.
It really just evened out and
was very all around for me
which is something that I think I needed.
When I found out I was accepted to Duke,
I was overjoyed.
I was screaming, I was crying,
because Duke was my dream school.
It was the place where I saw myself being
and it was so amazing knowing that
I was actually gonna have the opportunity
to attend such an amazing school.
I'm thinking I'm gonna
study political science
while I'm at Duke,
but honestly, I'm just not 100% sure.
I'm also interested in stuff
like classics and pre-law,
that's why I think Duke
and the American system
is such a good fit for me
because of the liberal arts education.
So I worked really
closely with Brian Moore
and also Caitlyn Chiswell,
Caitlyn was my essay tutor
and Brian was my strategiest.
And I think that they
really, really helped me
understand the application
process in more depth.
Caitlyn was absolutely amazing
at helping me with my essays
while still maintaining my authentic voice
and helping me get through
what I wanted to say.
And Brian was really, really helpful with
narrowing down the schools for me
and helping me understand what schools
I did really want to go to,
and eliminating those that
weren't a right fit for me.
I brought Crimson on board,
probably it was at the
beginning of year 12 for me.
I brought them on when I
needed help with my preparation
for my SAT subject tests,
which I sat the literature
and math level two.
And one of my tutors, May
Ephilet was so, so helpful.
She was amazing at helping
me really understand the test
and actually pulled up
my score a whole lot.
After that it was just a process of
bringing my other strategist
and my essay tutor on board
and I really realized
how amazing Crimson was
and they really helped me
streamline the whole process.
I think a tip that I'd
definitely give to students
going through the application process
is be authentic.
There's not point in
writing about what you think
the admission officers want to hear
or what you think the most,
you know, strategic way
it is to get into uni.
It's about being authentic and genuine
and trying to translate the
real person that you are
onto a piece of paper.
