<p>I called admissions today to ask a few questions. The admission wanted to know whether I am still interested in the school and I said "Notre Dame is definitely still one of my top choices." instead of, "ND is my top choice." How screwed am I?</p>
<p>I dont think that bad, i think it was a small verbal slip they wont take into account. out of curiousity what did ur resume look like that you got deffered. If u dont mind. im just applying in the fall and want to get all the info i can on what recent applications look like</p>
<p>My stats:
GPA: 91 (Yes, it is super low. I had a 85 in freshmen term.)
SAT1: 2200
SAT2: Math2 780 Physics 700 Chinese 790
EC: NHS, president and vp of some clubs, Chinese Honor society, moot court team and robotics team(some sort of position), 5 jobs over 4 yrs(things like intern at firm, hospital), and some other minor stuff.
Go to a competitive high school that is considered to be a feeder school for top colleges so hopefully that helps.
That’s about it?</p>
<p>@monkeys12 - Is Chinese your first language? If not, your Chinese Language SAT score is impressive. However, your score of 790 incredibly puts you in the bottom half of those who took that test. FWIW, ND is a unique highly selective university where having Asian heritage might be helpful in terms of diversity and not a hindrance.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think you placed yourself at any disadvantage with your extemporaneous comment (unless you used ribald language such as “screwed”). First, I doubt the adcoms take notes from every phone call and second, they expect impressive applicants to have options - thus EA and not ED.</p>
<p>@rmldad,
Chinese(Cantonese) is actually my first language. My high school also kind of "forced“ me to take Chinese because it wasn’t able to offer me a spot in what I wanted: Japanese and French. I did try to overcome this disadvantage of me stuck in Chinese while everyone else actually learning something new by taking Spanish. So i took 2 languages. I hope this doesn’t place me in a “just take easy classes and get high grades” light. Should I attach an explanation for future applications?
An NYU admission officer told me as long as Chinese SAt2 is not to fill up the number of SAT2 requirements, it will show proficiently in a language which is an advantage regardless of whether it is my native language.
Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>I would definitely suggest including an explanation about why you “studied” Chinese language as a native speaker. I would also discourage you from sending the SAT II score for Chinese.</p>
<p>You would be expected to have mastered your native language and proficiency would be assumed.</p>