<p>I have always wanted to do this...</p>
<p>SAT: 1390/2150 (first time)
GPA: 97.44/100 (unweighted)
School: Small, Private
Class Rank: 1st (projected, but only out of 45)
APs: 3 Junior year, 3 senior year (will take pretty much all my school offers)</p>
<p>EC: SGA, 4-H, Youth Ministry, Editor of yearbook, Church lectur, varsity soccer (captain), varsity lacrosse, school charity organization, prez of class, NHS</p>
<p>you are definitely in the running... heck, i'd be kinda surprised if you DON'T get in. just make sure that you spend a lot of time on your essay</p>
<p>My son was rejected in the first week of April. Highlights:</p>
<p>SAT: 740-790-800 (1530/2330)
GPA: 3.7 (4.1 adjusted for honors/AP courses)
Rank: Top 5% (class size: 237)
PSAT/NMSQT Letter of Commendation
Honors and/or dean's list every quarter
Almost all classes accelerated, honors, or AP, plus one university course
First-round (winter 2006) recipient of ROTC four-year college scholarship
Summer Leaders Seminar, United States Military Academy
American Legion's Boys State
Summer service in lesser developed country
Co-head boy at his college preparatory school
Active in school ministry council
Athlete since age five, varsity athlete last three years, starter last two years, MVP two years, (major northeastern) city championship last two years
Schoolwide scholar-athlete award</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>WoW! your son was rejected? thats hard to believe</p>
<p>Im really starting to question ND's methods now</p>
<p>remember it's not just about numbers and sports it's the whole person and there were many well qualified applicants that didn't get in due to sheer numbers of applicants</p>
<p>i am guessing that because he so over qualify the university decided to let him go, in the university point of view that they would rather let give someone else a chance instead of killing their yield percentage. They probably concluded he is going to be accepted to some other unviersity. THis is just my opinion dont that this as an offense.</p>
<p>I think ND is looking for fit, and I think they are looking for students for whom ND is a first choice, not a fallback position. They have no way of knowing this if it isn't conveyed somehow in the essay. Hard to know what teachers write in recs, too. I think the lesson learned is that no one should presume that stats alone will get them in--even the best and the brightest as quantified by numbers and lists need to go the extra mile and pull out every stop.</p>