<p>I'm going to be a junior in highschool. Here's some points about me:
-3.96 unweighted GPA
-Take as many AP classes as offered to me and the rest are honors
-Spanish 4 as a junior
-Student Council Executive Board
-Model U.N.
-Interact Club (volunteering in the community)
-Campus Ministry
-Music Ministry
-International Thespian Society
-National Honor Society
-Over 100 hours of service just as a freshman and sophomore
-Volunteered at a cancer center
-Theater all year around (in place of sports)
-Ranked in the top 10 of my class
-Senior year I will be taking half my classes at a university
-Some of my service is: singing in benefit concerts, relay for life, singing at nursing homes, teaching kids spanish a few times a year at a museum, helping out with a rotary club, visiting underprivileged children and helping them have fun
-Attending a summer camp for leaders in my state
-Presenting workshops at state conferences for Student Leaders</p>
<p>If I am able to ace my SAT's and take a few SAT Subject Tests and do well, can I get into Notre Dame?! What else do I need to do?! THANK YOU SO MUCH!(:</p>
<p>You forgot about the essays and recommendations.</p>
<p>But yeah, I suppose you have a relatively good chance. It’s probably still a reach (I mean really, the acceptance rate is under 30%), but it’s a relatively good chance, considering that their most important admission factor is rigor of courses. You are definitely taking rigorous courses.</p>
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<li><p>You’re probably not going to ace your SATs.</p></li>
<li><p>Luckily, you don’t need a 2400.</p></li>
<li><p>Try the ACT just in case.</p></li>
<li><p>Racking up hundreds of service hours isn’t going to add much unless you have something meaningful to say about them (in which case the service was probably meaningful).</p></li>
<li><p>You’re definitely in good shape right now if you keep up what you’ve been doing. I agree with the above poster in that it’s still going to be a reach.</p></li>
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<p>if you do ace your SAT (2100+), you have a good shot and are worthy of applying. please don’t count on acing it though. in order to do really well you need to test really well and have very good reasoning skills. this is where studying is key. some kids that are brilliant lack those and end up scoring 1800 on the SAT.</p>
<p>This is exactly why I recommend taking taking the SAT for the first time in Spring of Soph. year. If you had you’d have a much better idea of where you stand & how much your scores would have to improve to have a good shot of admission.</p>