Hi everyone! I was just wondering what my chances were for Notre Dame RD. I am a junior right now, so any recommendations I what I can do for the remainder of this year and next to better my chances would be appreciated! Here are my stats:
Academics:
ACT: 32 composite, 34 English, 29 math, 33 reading, 31 science
GPA - 3.7 weighted, 4.3 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/642
AP SCORES: I haven’t taken any yet, but will have completed AP Lang and AP Physics I by the end of the year.
Major Awards: Academic Excellence Award from my HS, High Honor Roll all throughout HS
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Choir 9th- present (Section Leader soph-present),
International Thespians Society (Treasurer),
Speech Team,
National Honors Society
Job/Work Experience: Clean offices for past year
Volunteer/Community service: Community service through local middle school
Essays: very happy with my common app, still working on my supplements
Teacher Recommendation: great, read one from my english which was amazing, the one from my bio teacher should be good too
Counselor Rec: didn’t see it, probably good
School Type: Public in IL
Ethnicity: male, 1st generation mexican immigrant
Income Bracket: 75,000-110,000
I want to study mathematics and/or political science.
Why have you written your essays already? The supplements change every year. Same question for your rec letters, don’t think they should already be done considering you have a full year before you apply.
In regards to your stats, they are a little low, but you have plenty of time to bring it up. Particularly your UW GPA, I would try to get closer to a 4.0 (this will help your class rank as well). You should also work on bringing your math score up.
@originalposter1 I just copied someone else’s layout and put in my own info! I must have forgotten to take those portions out, my mistake. I haven’t written any essays or pursued any recommendations. Sorry for any confusion!
That makes more sense. Keep up the good work! You have plenty of time to bring up your ACT composite, so that’s what I would focus on. Also maybe try to get more involved/more leadership in your ECs since you only have a few
act is definitely a little low, but I’d say grades are in a good spot if you’re close to top 5%. Definitely strive to improve them, but it’s in good shape. ACT can definitely go up, I’d focus on math and science with a Barrons or Princeton review book(roughly 25$ per, definitely cheaper than a tutor) and you should see decent results.