chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Going to my senior year of high school
White
Female </p>

<p>Grades/Classes</p>

<p>10th Grade:
AP World History-A (4 on exam)
Chemistry Honors-A
Algebra 2 Honors-A
English 2 Honors-A
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Journalism Honors-A
Debate Honors-A
Class Online: AP Micro/Macro-A(3/4 on exam)
I also retook AP Human Geography. When I took it in ninth grade, I got a 3 but I took it in 10th grade and got a 4.</p>

<p>11th Grade:
Class Online: AP Art History-A (5); AP Statistics (4); AP Biology (4)
AP US History (5)-A
Pre-Calculus Honors-A
Spanish 4 Honors-A
Journalism Honors-A
Debate Honors-A
AP Lit-A (5) </p>

<p>12th Grade Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus AB
AP Lang
AP Psychology
AP Spanish
Journalism Honors
Debate Honors</p>

<p>SATs:
Best Individual Scores: Math-710 Writing-770 Critical Reading-730
Best Total Score: 2200</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Literature-730
US History-750</p>

<p>Hooks:
Come from a really competitive public school. It's nationally ranked and is similar to LaGuardia in New York City. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
*Assistant Editor for Newsmagazine
*President of Debate Team (also have done well at national competitions)
*Raising Money to Buy Coats for Children Club (Historian)
*Student Government (Treasurer)
*Religious Education Kindergarten Teacher for 3 years (Catholic btw. Does this get me bonus points?)
*Therapy Dog Handler. Visit the library and lets little kids read to my dog :)
*President of School's Therapy Dogs Club</p>

<p>Now my main problem is my freshmen year grades. I really messed up and am worried they will ruin my application. </p>

<p>AP Human Geography: B/A (3 on exam but I retook to get a 4)
English Honors: A/A
Spanish 2 Honors: B/B (I had a really hard teacher)
Film A/A
Creative Writing A/A
Biology I Honors A/A
Geometry Honors A/B</p>

<p>So what do you think my chances are? Thanks in advance :) </p>

<p>Oh and I'm just at the Top 10% mark for class ranking</p>

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<p>I don’t think your freshman year grades will hurt you at all. If anything, they will appreciate the upward trend. Your test scores put you solidly in the middle 50%, which is good, but could be stronger. If anything looks weak, I would say it would be your ECs. It is kind of hard to tell if you have much depth to the ones you are involved in. Religious affiliation is “considered” in admission, according to ND’s CDS, but I’m not sure how. My D is a white, Catholic, upper middle class kid. I was told by different people that her demographic would both help and hurt her. From our experience, I think ND is looking for the type of kid who really buys into what the University represents, and your opportunity to show how you would fit would be your essays. Best of luck to you! (BTW we drop our D off in South Bend on Friday to begin her freshman year.)</p>