Chance me please? RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>Any input is helpful!!</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (uw), we don't do weighted so I'm not sure about that.</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1 (out of 430ish)</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (I think this is the aspect I am most nervous about)</p>

<p>Main activities:
Cross Country (two-time captain, lettered all four years)
Track (Two-time captain, lettered all years thus far, all-conference athlete)
Keyclub (Vice-president 2011-2012, President 2012-2013, over 150 hours of
community service)
Local hospital NICU/palliative care volunteer w/ over 65 hours of service
(and various others, but those are the biggies)</p>

<p>Job: works at a hardware store full time during the summer and around 15 hours/week
during school since early 2011.</p>

<p>Past AP Classes: APUSH, AP Bio, AP Lang, AP Euro (all 5's thus far except for AP Euro, which was a 3). </p>

<p>Current AP Classes: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Psych. The only other AP classes offered at my school are AP Calc AB, AP Gov, and AP World</p>

<p>Other Classes: It's easier just to tell you I have taken the highest level classes offered for every subject all four years of high school (sorry that sounds extremely obnoxious, but it's true!)</p>

<p>Letters of Rec: Quite nice and very comprehensive</p>

<p>Other: I am a first generation college student</p>

<p>I'm not sure if I missed anything big... please let me know what you think, it would mean a lot!</p>

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<p>Grades, classes, and ECs look good (especially ECs), but your ACT is slightly worrisome. Are you a URM at all? I think you’ll definitely be in if you had good essays, deferred or accepted if you didn’t.</p>

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<p>Hi! Awesome GPA, pretty good rigor, decent ECs! Again, the ACT is your “worst” aspect, still not being bad at all. The mid 50% accepted is 31-34, so there are people accepted will lower ACTs than you. I think that being 1st generation can help you a lot as well. I think you have a really good chance!!
Chance me? :)</p>

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<p>I am not URM, and thank you for the input! I’m so nervous about all of this! I would chance you but I literally have zero authority on the subject. Admittedly, I have not done enough research on Notre Dame to give any kind of advice!</p>

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<p>I think you look great! Yes, the ACT is a bit low, but still within the “averages” that ND posts. You have a fantastic rank! :slight_smile: Great EC’s. You work…etc. I really think if you put good effort into your essays and really show your unique qualities, you have a great chance! Is ND your first choice? If so, find a way to let them know! They love that. Good luck!</p>