Chances for a CA Resident

<p>Catholic, although in name only.
From Southern California.
Half-White, Half-Asian if that means anything.
Legacy (lol) with my great-grandfather, who graduated in 1912.</p>

<p>High School: Extremely competitive and has over 3600 students. I believe our school is the biggest UC Feeder in the U.S.
No Rank at my school but I can surmise that I'm at least in the top 5%. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.93 Unweighted. (B's frosh year, one in soph year)
SAT 1 Composite for ND: 1540 - 780 Math, 760 Verbal
SAT II: Bio-M 690, US History 770, Taking Math IIC this November.
AP's: AP Bio - 5 , AP English Language - 5, AP US History - 5.</p>

<p>Currently taking:
AP Comparative Gov, AP Statistics, AP Spanish 4, School Newspaper, Creative Writing, Shakespeare</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout. Been involved for 6 years. Held several leadership and other positions (Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Bugler).
-Basketball (9-11) - Letters earned on Frosh-Soph, JV and Varsity.
-School Newspaper (10-12) - One year staff writer, 2 years as Sports Editor.
-Concert Band (9)
-Worked as a cashier/bus-boy at a local restaraunt over the summer.
-Volunteer as a tutor, have worked at AIDS Walk, the LA Marathon, local school carnival and the Chinese American Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. Probably around 100 hrs. total of volunteer work.
-Member of NHS (National Honor Society) (10-12)
-Member of CSF (California Scholastic Federation) (10-12)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist
Concert Band 2 Freshman of the Year
Scholar Athlete
Principal's Honor Roll
Frosh-Soph Basketball Coach's Award</p>

<p>Does your school not have rankings? If so that'll be hard on Notre Dame, because that is one of the most important things to them.....</p>

<p>ehh, our school "technically" does not rank, but i guess they give some sort of number when the question is asked. It is very reputable though, so I think that makes up any difference.</p>

<p>bump, bump bump it up</p>

<p>i'm from so cal too! Does living in ca really matter? especially since nd excepts ppl from all over the world..</p>

<p>Very good chance. </p>

<p>I don't think you really need to worry.</p>

<p>Do you go to Troy or Whitney?</p>

<p>Agreed, very good chance. SAT's help a lot!</p>

<p>If not early action, I'm sure you will make it in regular (as long as your essay is decent). This is coming from an ND student.</p>

<p>I'm a student at ND... it doesn't seem to me like they look for residents of certain states. What really matters are your grades and e.c.'s, and those look very good. I happen to know a lot of CA residents at ND, so if you're worried about the fact that being from there might hurt, it won't.</p>

<p>to me location cant hurt...im sure that in some case it can help....</p>

<p>yea I'm not really worried about location, I just changed up the post subject to break the usual "chances" title.</p>

<p>o yea at times the amount of these posts can be overbearing</p>