<p>Please chance me I'm new to CC.</p>
<p>Desired Major: Accounting </p>
<p>White Male</p>
<p>Junior </p>
<p>Competitive public school </p>
<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.9</p>
<p>ACT: 32 (First time)</p>
<p>PSAT: 196</p>
<p>Junior Year AP: Lit, Calc AB, Lang, Gov
Senior Year AP: Calc BC, Micro, Macro, Spanish
Accelerated/Honors Classes: More than 7</p>
<p>ECs: Baseball, Cross Country, Hockey 4 years
Orchestra Letter Winner 4 years
Chamber Orchestra Letter Winner 4 years
Won numerous solo/ensemble contests (More than 7)
State Spanish Champion 4 times
National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist
Member of Young Life and School's Praise and Worship</p>
<p>Volunteer: School Mentor
Tutor
NHS (Presidential candidate)
Raised $2000 for leukemia and lymphoma patients
Volunteer at local soup kitchen
250+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>Work: Caddy at golf club</p>
<p>Please tell me if it's a target, low reach, high reach, etc. If you have any info about the business school please let me know. Also, let me know if there is anything I can do to improve my chances. Thanks!</p>
<p>The stats look good though it’d be nice to bump up that ACT. Does it matter that it was your first attempt? </p>
<p>Anyways, you’ll probably get in even though it’s highly competitive this year. As for the business school, you don’t have to know much since you won’t have a major freshman year. You’ll find out all you need to know about it once your at Notre Dame. </p>
<p>Goodluck!</p>
<p>you’re definitely on the right track! notre dame is very unique. Rather than having to get into the business school seperately, you are able to enter any school within the University after the conclusion of your freshman year. Therefore, you will be able to study within the Mendoza school of business as long as you can get into the University. I have similar stats (3.8UW, 32, and 2120) and am waiting to hear back from regular decision within the next few weeks. good luck!</p>
<p>Did you get in texlonghorns555?</p>
<p>According to my son, this year, for the first time, ND’s Mendoza College of Business had to employ a rubric to assign majors within the college. The criteria used is listed on Mendoza’s website. While as far as we know, no one was kept out of Mendoza, not everyone got their first choice. There are waiting lists for finance and accounting, and perhaps others.
DS has been thrilled with the caliber of instruction in his business classes. The classes are vibrant and relevant, with attention to business ethics in all of his classes. His advisor has been engaged and available. In his intro classes to finance and accounting there have been presentations by major accounting and finance firms explaining career options for new grads and career paths.
To say we are happy with ND and Mendoza would be an understatement. Good luck.</p>
<p>^just a couple reasons why we are #1 … but I think in general ND does a great job with their career center and in general their ability to bring in top specialists to give talks - i know in civil engineering they bring a lot of great speakers too…</p>
<p>i applied regular decision. i haven’t heard back yet. hopefully it’ll come within the next two weeks.</p>
<p>I cannot find information on the rubric and plan to major in Accounting. Where is the info? Thanks.</p>
<p>That seems really restricting. Also, the fact that I would have to transfer into Mendoza with the chance of being turned away concerns me. Anyone care to reassure me?</p>
<p>Once you are admitted to Notre Dame, you can choose to be a business major. There is no separate application for Mendoza. What has happened this year is that the Mendoza college needed to even out the majors within the college, so there was an application process for specific majors. Everyone, however, who wanted to be a business major, was allowed in the college. The only time they restrict access to Mendoza is if you transfer into the university after freshman year.
I think that you have a decent chance of acceptance. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Not sure I want to risk two years of school at Mendoza and then find out there are not enough spots in the accounting program. Just being in the b school is not enough: being put in the management program is not the same as being in the accounting program. Transferring junior year is not easy, and would be a huge waste of money. Risky decision.</p>
<p>I agree Tiger1992, though it may be the best business program in the nation according to a lot of publications, it might not necessarily be the best education that you or I are looking for.</p>
<p>Maybe you should call the business college dean’s office and ask how many applied to accounting and how many were accepted and what the criteria was. You may find the odds are with you. Anyway, with such passion for accounting, you shouldn’t sell yourself short and assume you wouldn’t get in. There are lots of business majors that are coming from engineering program and science program that probably lack your commitment. Good luck whatever you decide.</p>