Chance me, pleaseee? :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>I'm an African American male from SoCal living in a single-parent, low income household. I will be a senior in the fall at Notre Dame High School (coincidence?)</p>

<p>I plan on majoring in business.</p>

<p>Stats:
- Cumulative GPA: 3.44 (RL issues freshman and sophomore year; I'll elaborate on my applications. Everyone says I have "a story to tell." Junior year GPA: 3.64) Senior year GPA will hopefully be a 3.8-4.2. School doesn't rank percentage-wise.
- ACT: 30
- 4 honors courses and 1 AP course - all math classes; taking Honors Precalculus and AP Statistics for senior year. I've taken Public Speaking and Spanish III at my local Community College and earned A's in both; taking Introduction to Business this summer.
- I've been a professional actor with an agent since I was 5 1/2 months old. Since then I've established a pretty long resume and been in numerous TV shows, commercials, billboards, print ads, etc. I have an agent and am currently on the IMDB website.
- Starting a non-profit organization for lung cancer patients who don't receive the right treatment due to not having medical insurance (in memory of my favorite aunt).
- I'm in NHS and CSF.
- I've been part of a Church youth group since I was about 3 that goes out to witness to the homeless and people in poverty-stricken communities.
- I've been in a ton of church plays and musicals.
- Will have great essays and recommendations.
- If it helps to create any sort of diversity, I will major in Finance/Economics and minor in Acting.</p>

<p>So what do you think? I know my GPA isn't the greatest, but will my ECs balance it out?</p>

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<p>No opinions? Hmm.</p>

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<p>i say your in. your stats a pretty good, and it helps a lot to be african american</p>

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<p>honestly, it started off kind of rough when I saw only 1 AP course but as I continued reading, I was amazed at the level of your extra-curricular activities. This is a very hard one, because if ND is looking purely at stats, than it will be close (maybe take the ACT one more time), but if ND is looking for someone who can add to their campus, you’re definitely in. Congrats by the way on your acting career. Also, the non-profit organization would get a GREAT essay topic</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Phew. I was getting worried from not having any posts on this thread. :slight_smile:
ND is need-blind from what I understand, right?
Is there guaranteed housing for all 4 years?</p>

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<p>ND says they are need-blind and yes housing is guaranteed all four years. However, if you intend to dual degree or get a degree that takes 5 years, housing is not guaranteed in your fifth year, and apparently instead, they assist you in finding off campus housing. Sounds like they don’t want 5th years on campus.</p>