<p>Hi my name is Christian and I go to one of the most academically competitive private high schools in the state. I am Latino (Nicaraguan), Catholic, and I am the second generation of my family to go to college (dad and mom immigrated from Nicaragua about 20 years ago, dad went to UC Davis and mom never attended college). It has always been my dream to attend a prestigious university like Notre Dame where I can flourish academically, have great sports surrounding me, grow spiritually with God, and help others with need in order to bring God's kingdom here on earth. Just wanted to see what CC thought about my chances getting in. I have great ecs and leadership in them, including pretty high gpa, only weak spot is my act which you can see below. I have kept in contact with my admissions rep a lot telling her how much I love the school, as well made a special project which I don't want to mention just yet. </p>
<p>Academics:
4.15 (Honors GPA out of 5.0)
3.7 (Regular GPA out of 4.0)*
1st honors all 4 years in HS except for sophomore year where I received 2nd honors (3.7 GPA above)
Elected member of National Honor Society
Class Rank: N/A
Have taken the most rigorous path at my HS in every subject except for English
AP/H/XL- US History, Pre-Calc, Algebra 2, Geometry, Biology, Spanish 2 & 3 & 4, Economics, Physics
*GPA would be higher but took Geometry XL over the summer in the middle of freshman and sophomore year in order to finish my senior year with AP Calculus, hopefully ND can see that I took the initiative to get ahead in my studies and into further subjects.</p>
<p>Test Scores/ Essays:
ACT:26....my weak spot, and its not that I didn't try, I tried...but hopefully ND can look past this and see all the other great things I have done </p>
<p>Essays: positive that I wrote a good essay and short question answers, my personal essay had to do with my service immersion trip (somewhat of a reflection), and the short answers had to do with me being bullied most of my life, why I love ND, and my experience working with Student for Others (service club at my school) </p>
<p>Co-Curricular Involvement:
Football (4 years)(Team Captain)
Rugby (4 years)(Team Captain)
Student for Others (4 years) ( have made my way to the top from sophomore rep. to vice president)
FBLA (3 years)(Future Business Leaders of America)
STAR (Student Team Admissions Recruitment for my HS) (3 years)
Student Alumni Organization (2 years)(rep)
Kairos Leader- For any who don't know it's a spiritual retreat which is usually only for seniors and I had the great opportunity to lead it.
Big Brother- Help freshman adjust to High School, and led their Freshman retreat.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Work-Study (4 years) (work at HS to pay my financial aid)
Community Service:
Founded the Nicaragua Immersion Trip at HS where we went to Nicaragua and helped out in 2 different orphanages as part of our Senior Community Service
Pioneer House Retirement Homes: 9-12AM Saturdays and Sundays Volunteer</p>
<p>Hooks: Latino, kept close contact with admissions rep., met her</p>
<p>Sorry it this was such a long post I just wanted to show everything I have done over the years in order to get an accurate assessment from you, the viewers. Hopefully I will get into ND, according to my counselor she talked to the ND admissions representative and my counselor was told that they love the students they have accepted from our school and have gone off to do great things at ND. Hopefully I will be one of them. Thank you for reading my post and God Bless!</p>