Chance me? EA

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>I will flat out say my biggest down falls are my test scores but they're consistently above average just not exceptional like other ND applicants. Anyways:</p>

<p>White, female, Roman Catholic, New Jersey
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering (girl in engineering a possible advantage?)
4 out of 157 in small Catholic High School
4.103 weighted GPA (All A's and only 4 B+'s in extremely hard courses)
28 ACT (11 on essay), 1280/1600 or 1970/2400 SAT superscored, 600 Physics 620 Bio 640 Math 2 SAT Subject Tests
9 AP Classes throughout Junior/Senior Year (Bio, Lang Comp, APUSH [divided into two years at my school], Calc AB, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, Chemistry, Lit Comp) with 4 on Bio and 3 on Lang Comp
National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society Member
International Thespian Society Double Bar Member (over 2400+ hours of Service to the Performing Arts)
National Spanish Exam Participant with Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention honors
Several Olympiad Certifications from school
Honor Roll Student throughout high school
President of Performing Arts Company
Ambassador Girl Scout (Gold Award in progress)
Co-Captain of Forensics (Speech & Debate) Team, Captain of Speech, 2 time national qualifier for National Catholic Forensics League Grand National Tournament, Semi-Finalist at Princeton Invitational and UPenn Liberty Bell Classic
Co-Captain of Academic Team, Participant in BRITE and Knowledge Masters competitions
Secretary of Raising Awareness for the Causes of HIV/AIDs club
Volunteer at St. James Food Pantry (location of my Gold Award Project)
Volunteer at local Hospital
Member of Big Brother/ Big Sister freshmen mentoring program
Member of high school service club
member of the environmental club
My essays have been read and reviewed by several of my peers and teachers so I think they're pretty good
I sent in letters of recommendation from 2 teachers and I think my guidance counselor.
I attended the Introduction to Engineering Program at ND this summer as well</p>

<p>I don't have a legacy at ND but I hope to make one in the fall. Chance me!</p>

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<p>Test scores seems pretty average. The average of the middle 50% ACT at ND is a 33.</p>

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<p>Can you explain your “legacy” comment?</p>

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<p>Your GPA and 9 AP classes are right around the average for ND freshmen. Your ECs and test scores are below average for ND.</p>

<p>Hopefully you only submitted your SAT scores since they are much better than your ACT. I would suggest that you study hard and retake the SAT in January for the RD round if deferred.</p>

<p>Notre Dame tends to admit only their strongest candidates through the EA program, so I don’t think your chances are good there. If you get deferred, it would be an encouraging sign for your chances in the RD pool.</p>

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<p>Newdomer93, I think she means that she doesn’t have legacy, but hopes to begin one when she gets accepted and goes there next fall.</p>