Chance me for Duke, Northwestern, Notre Dame!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for Duke, Northwestern, and Notre Dame!</p>

<p>I am 15, finishing up my junior year this week (Yes, 15; I skipped 4th and 7th grade). I am hoping to apply ED to Duke and RD to the other two.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) ; ?? (weighted)</p>

<p>Pre-9th Grade:</p>

<p>English I: A+
Physical Science: A+
Algebra I: A+
Algebra II: A+</p>

<p>Freshman: </p>

<p>Biology: A
Geometry: A+
Math Lab: A+
Pre-Calculus: A+
English II: A+
World History: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>English III: A+
US History I: A+
Environmental Science: A+
Spanish I: A+
SAT Prep: A+
Calculus: A+</p>

<p>Junior: </p>

<p>English IV: A+
College Math: A+
Spanish II: A+
Art History: A+
Chemistry: A+
US History II: A+</p>

<p>Senior(Scheduled):</p>

<p>Physics
Government/Economics
Spanish III
Journalism</p>

<p>These were the toughest available courses for my schedule; I go to a very small private school in SC of about 300 kids. I am #1 in my class.</p>

<p>SAT: 2100
CR: 620
MATH: 680
WRITING: 800</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests: Have taken them, don't have scores yet.</p>

<p>National Merit Scholar Semifinalist after 208 PSAT Score (Only NMS at my school; one of two in my county)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:</p>

<p>-120+ Community Service Hours volunteering for local youth sports league
-Varsity Football for two years
-School sportswriter for Junior Year- all sports
-Elected Student Body Treasurer for Junior year; running for Vice President Senior year
-Elected Editor of Student Newspaper for Senior year
-3rd place in state private school chess tournament; aiming for 1st next year.
-Varsity Golf for 1 year
-2 years summer golf league
-Summer internship at local newspaper (this summer)
-Summer job at Chick-fil-A (this summer)</p>

<p>I believe that is all.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump… come on guys! 42 views and no replies! I am really nervous about this so any input would be helpful!</p>

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<p>Duke: Reach, ED will improve your chances there by a lot though.
NW: Low reach / high match
ND: high match</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Notre Dame is a reach with those test scores; they don’t consider writing, so it’s a 1300 out of 1600. If you get that up, though, you’ll have a better shot.</p>

<p>Edit: Correction. They will “see” writing and a high score “may help” but their primary concern is CR+M.</p>

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<p>I just wanted to say that Northwestern might be a little bit difficult to predict in terms of high/low match/reach that kinda stuff. Lots of stories in the Northwestern 2015 Facebook group about how perfect GPA, high test scores, etc. were outright rejected (including my valedictorian who got into every Ivy minus Columbia). Pour your heart and soul into the essay and things will work out. Otherwise…</p>

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<p>All three are very difficult to predict and regularly turn down students with perfect stats due to holistic admissions. I know the essays at Notre Dame matter for a particularly large amount. This year, they turned down 70% of valedictorian applicants and 50% of 2400SAT applicants, so it really isn’t all about stats.</p>

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<p>Notre Dame is very big on test scores and they’re not shy about saying so. They want 1400s. Your test scores won’t cut it.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for your thoughts. What do you guys think about Duke? Most of the feedback seems to be about Notre Dame and Northwestern.</p>