Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone could chance me for regular decision at Notre Dame.
Unweighted GPA: 4.1
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Class rank: 18/303
ACT: 28
9th grade: All honors
10th grade: All honors + APUSH
11th grade: All honors + AP gov and AP world history
12th grade: AP lang, AP spanish, AP environmental science& ccp psychology and sociology at my local community college
Extracurriculars: I was on the swim team for 3 years, I am an officer of Spanish NHS and National Art honors society, I am a member of student council, NHS and key club. I also have a lot of service hours volunteering at my church throughout high school, along with hospitals and soup kitchens.
Essays: I spent a decent amount of time on them
Religion: Catholic
I am a Mexican, female
My dad also worked and took classes at Notre Dame, so I wasn’t sure if that would help my chances of getting in! Thank you 
@hihicollege The biggest issue is the ACT score. Two years ago, for the freshman class entering in Fall 2016, the overall acceptance rate at ND was 18.7%. However, per stats from Don Bishop, the VP of enrollment at ND, the acceptance rate for students with an ACT score of 28 was 8%.
Bear in mind that ND has approximately 880-900 student-athletes enrolled at any given time, so roughly 220-225 athletes are admitted in each entering freshman class. I’d wager that a fairly sizable number of the students admitted with an ACT score of 28 were recruited athletes. At my high school, we had one recruited athlete admitted to ND with a 27 ACT, and the rest of the accepted students had an ACT between 33-36. That student was top 1% in athletic talent, and that was his ‘hook’ for ND.
Also, at many schools, being Mexican would help as an URM minority, but hispanic Catholic applicants at ND are fairly common given the school’s Catholic identity.
All that said, I wish you much luck, but the lower ACT hurts at a school that seems to value higher-end test scores.