Chance me for Notre Dame EA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>As December begins the fear of the almighty letter from ND is almost on its way. I know my chances are slim to none, but just asking for other opinions.</p>

<p>I'm a Hispanic male from California, a first generation, and a practicing Catholic. I attend a local Catholic school.
3.8 gpa (unweighted)
4.1 gpa (weighted)
1250 (SAT math/reading)
27 (ACT)
Taken 3 APs 3 Honors (passed all 4+)
ECs: president of a pro-life club (4 years)
president of SADD club (students against destructive decisions, 3 years)
member of the Christian Leadership team
member of Youth Ministry (2 years)
member of Mock Trial (1 year, program discontinued)
part of the UCLA scholars program (team leader, 2 years)
100+ hours of community service
Awards: NHS--two years
CSF-- two years
Jobs: Summer job at a produce warehouse (manual labor)
Summer internship at UCLAAnderson
I felt my essays were well written, and my rec. was from a teacher who raved about me.</p>

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<p>Did you look at test-optional schools?</p>

<p>Your SAT/ACT scores are very low for ND.</p>

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<p>You have some hooks but in reality your SAT and ACT are going to hurt you a lot, their just too low. ND is a reach for majority of students (they only accept 24% of students that apply), so I would keep that in mind. I would say that due to your test scores ND is a reach even with EA.
Though, it is not impossible! Keep hoping a praying!
Good luck!</p>

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<p>I know my class average for the SAT/ACT is VERY low would that make a difference?</p>

<p>What are some quality test-optional school?</p>

<p>Thank you for your input !!</p>

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<p>It obviously makes a difference.</p>

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<p>Even with your hooks, i’d say ND is a reach(not impossible though)SAT and ACT scores are low for that university but everything else looks ok.
In this article you can find some very nice test-optional schools:
[The</a> most selective test-optional schools - College, Inc. - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/the-most-selective-test-optional-schools/2011/06/21/AGBB3heH_blog.html]The”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/the-most-selective-test-optional-schools/2011/06/21/AGBB3heH_blog.html)
Best of luck.</p>

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<p>thanks for the positivity! Hopefully my hooks will surpass my SAT/ACT scores!</p>