Chance me ND RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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I am a white female from North Carolina, raised Catholic and still practicing, very involved in church (reading, alter serving, etc).

Been aiming towards medical school my entire life (anesthesiology decided in 7th grade), also planning a double major neuroscience and linguistics

SAT: 1510
ACT: 33

10th: AP Human Geography
11th: AP Statistics, AP Physics (my only B), AP Psychology, AP US Government, AP US History
12th: AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Latin, AP Comparative Government

5s on all AP Exams so far (except APUSH:( I got a 4 in that one)

25/about 750 (class rank), although our high school is an extremely competitive public high school and is considered one of the top in the country so I feel like that isn’t too bad comparatively

Was secretary of Beta Club 10th grade
NHS Member
CTC (volunteer organization) member
Founder and 3-year president of Future Healthcare Professionals of America
Founder and 5-year president of Duke Smiles charity
Played club and school volleyball 9-11th, was a captain and a coach for multiple younger teams
VolunTEEN every summer at Rex Hospital
Shadowed at Wake Med for several surgeries
Self-taught Korean, Swedish, and starting Italian
Certified Lifeguard for past 3 summers
3rd place in National Microsoft Word Competition, 1st in State

Not sure if I’m leaving anything out. ND is my top school and I feel iffy about getting accepted, so I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high. Any thoughts at all would be appreciated:)

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If your essays were great you stand a fighting chance. That being said, your test scores, while good, are somewhat average for ND. One thing I will note is that ND really looks for fit and for applicants who have done their homework about the school. You said you wanted to double major in neuroscience and linguistics. I’m pretty sure ND has neither a major, supplementary major, or minor in linguistics. If you mentioned this anywhere in your essays, it probably won’t help your cause. Also, you don’t mention your GPA.

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Congratulations on a great academic resume and I hope it pays off for you. It puts you solidly in the mix, likely to be decided by your essays and recommendations.

Like ejcclc says, linguistics will have to be a minor unless they allow you to design a special major that incorporates the linguistics courses.

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They told me I would be able to do both- I asked when I visited last summer, so that should be right unless I got incorrect information. GPA is 5.1 weighted.

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ND only has Linguistics as a minor. What is your unweighted GPA? Also, how does your school typically fare with ND admissions? Does it use Naviance?