chances for an ASIAN!!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>nd has what? 5% asian?? does that mean im instant "IN"???? </p>

<p>Chinese, 17 years old, CA resident</p>

<p>Acedemic:
SAT New: 560CR, 690W, 800M = 2050
SATII: projected 750 Physics and 750 for 2C</p>

<p>Senior (this year) schedule: (most rigorous courseload, except no AP language)
Biology AP
English 4 AP
Govt/Econ AP
Calculus AB AP </p>

<p>Got a 3 on the AP US History AP exam... sick</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 UW 3.91 W (SO SO SO SO SO DISGUSTING, I KNOW!)</p>

<p>OK, extra curriculars:
Went to rural China for 3 weeks to teach oral English to English teachers there. It's one of Intel China's biggest community service things.. worked there for about 9 hours a day. I lived in the school and ate at the cafeteria, which is some kind of payment I guess. I had 24 students. Uh... I guess its only special because absolutely nobody else has it, otherwise its nothing worth mentioning. </p>

<p>Taught English in Shanghai for 3 weeks, not that its something in particular, either. Worked at an office. Primary duty was improve the workers' oral English, secondary duty was help out in the office doing clerical stuff. Got a really good review by the supervisor and that's about it. 8 hours a day. Was volunteer work but they gave me 1000yuan ($120) (and a Tshirt) at the end as a gift. </p>

<p>Went to school in Shanghai for 02-03 (freshman). Editor in Chief for newspaper and yearbook there. </p>

<p>Parents seperated. live with mom and she gets crap pay. (<60K)</p>

<p>JSA for 2 years, about 75 credit hours. no position held</p>

<p>Chinese National Honor Society 2 years, 50something credit hours, no position</p>

<p>Football Team 10th grade.</p>

<p>private tutor for half a year, got paid</p>

<p>scorekeeper for basketball games, got paid</p>

<p>What more can i say? (i'm flippin doomed)</p>

<p>My essays should be pretty good since i got a lot of teachers from China who will read them (they are mostly HYPS grads,dunno what they're doing in China). My teacher recs should be mediocre since im planning on asking my senior year teachers. ALso, one more thing, my essays are gonna be flippin crazy as in the topics will be crazy. They're all gonna be toss-up, out of the box crap-shoot ones (appropriate for UChi, dunno about others).</p>

<p>ps, what major should i choose in order to have better chances?</p>

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<p>Nobody is ever a guaranteed "in" at a school like ND. Your minority status could help you, especially with your unique experiences. Your CR score is very low for ND, though. Is English not your first language? I would assume you are going to be a math or hard science major with that big of a discrepancy.</p>

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<p>well do they consider only the total score or do they break up the SAT into 3 different considerations?</p>

<p>ps, english IS my first language, but obviously to no avail</p>

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<p>They may look at the separate ones a bit, but mainly it is all about the overall score unless you have an excuse for one of the subscores.</p>

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<p>more comments on my acceptance (no pun intended) please!!</p>

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<p>wheres the pun?</p>

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<p>accept (or except)</p>

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<p>kenneth
There are no guarantees for Asians - my D had strong SATs, top 5% of her class, great ECs including Varsity Lacrosse and Field Hockey, wonderful recommendations and was waitlisted last year - so there are no guarantees with ND</p>

<p>Forgot - she is Asian as well</p>

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<p>MarylandMom- Did your daughter get off the waitlist?</p>

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<p>emswim:</p>

<p>No she didn't get off the waitlist</p>

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<p>"English 4 AP"</p>

<p>Is that a 4 on your AP test or is that English level 4?</p>

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<p>its a class, hence why its with the other classes</p>

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<p>im in the same boat. im wondering if my "chinese" status helps me out. because that might push me over the line if im borderline in admissions.</p>

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<p>bump dsdfsdfsadf</p>