<p>Gpa: 3.85 on the rise, should be 3.89by the graduation
Rank: N/A
Elite top 100 public school known for scholars
State: MN
Gender: Male
Race: white
Act: 35C, 34E, 36M, 36R, 34S
AP: Euro 4, stats 4, us history not taken, am lit not taken
Senior load:
AP: Econ, Bio, calc bc
Art of film, concert band, Spanish 5
Recs: none yet, but I'm in tight with my counselor and several teachers so fingers crossed
Ecs: 4 years football (2 letters, 2 year starter)
3 years basketball
Community service letter (3 letters by grad)
4 years of being a church leader for middle schoolers
Several mission trips
240 hours of comm service by graduation
3 years of student leadership team
3 summers of umping little leaguers</p>
<p>I think I'm a strong candidate but does anyone have any suggestions for my future? What am I missing?</p>
<p>A letter for community service? I never heard of that. You look good. Your ACT is great and your grades may be a shade low but I don’t think that would hurt you really. You need to write really great essays that let your personality come through. My daughter got in EA and her essays were very unique and I think the readers picked up on that (a card she received during the holidays told her that they liked her essays). Good luck and don’t underestimated the power of the essays.</p>
<p>Thank you! The general theme I get is essays are important. And the community service letter is for 80 hours in a year, it is an official letter of my school. Maybe motivation for good works? Not that I need it, but it helps!</p>
<p>eagle69, I am curious do you go to a Catholic high school or public? My daughter’s hs which is Catholic mandates a certain number of community service hours per year but really with all of the service groups at school it isn’t too hard to do, but it is no where near 80 hours. Is the service letter just like an athletic letter at your school?</p>
<p>I go to a public school. It is equivalent to an athletic letter, which you can get a letter jacket for and put on it (no one does though cause its kinda lame to wear… Like a band letter) Oh I’d also like to add that I have a weight lifting letter as well.</p>
<p>Notre Dame really likes to see you involved in activities aside from your academics. And it seems like you are in good shape with respect to both your academic scores as well as involvement in athletics and community service. Given your facts, I think you are a good match for Notre Dame and vice versa.</p>
<p>Thank you! My mom is concerned slightly because I’m not catholic, but I have been to notre dame several times and really like the feel, and don’t mind attending catholic services and exploring my faith, so I really like notre dame!!</p>