Chances for University of Notre Dame?

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Does anyone know what my chances for Notre Dame look like according to my stats?
Resume:

Education/Interests:
Cumulative GPA: 3.97
Weighted: 4.37
Rank: 61/ 597
ACT: 32 composite, 33 superscore
SAT II’s: Chemistry 710, French 800
AP: Chemistry (4) Spanish Language and Culture (4)
IB: Math Studies (6) Spanish (6)
Senior Course Load: IB HL French, IB HL Chemistry, IB HL English, IB SL Enviro, IB TOK, Medical Assisting, Sports Medicine

Leadership:
Catholic Youth Group at St. Catherine of Siena
-Youth leader
Girls’ Tennis Captain (Fall 2018)
HOSA officer (Scholarship Representative) 2018-2019
Gorillaz Ultimate Frisbee Captain of B-team

Service:
NHS (11th-12th)
HOSA (10th-12th)
Key Club (12th)
Youth Group service

Extracurricular Activities:
Tennis team (10-12th)
-Varsity player for 3 years
Ultimate Frisbee Club (9th-11th)
-Captain of B-Team Sophomore Year
Girls’ Basketball (9th-10th)
-Varsity, JV, Sophomore teams
Track and Field (9th)
-Varsity sprinter
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra(10th-12th)
Private Violin lessons (9 yrs)
Private tennis lessons
Mountain Biking Team (12th)

Job Experience: Regular babysitter

Programs:
International Baccalaureate Program
Summer Enrichment Chemistry Class at the U of U (Summer 2017)
-8 college credits over 6 week program
-Grade: A
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra (yearly: 10th, 11th, and 12th)
Medical Assistant training
-Externship in the spring of 2019

Accomplishments:
State Championships with Gorillaz Ultimate Frisbee, Tennis, Basketball, Mountain Biking
3rd place Second Doubles Tennis State Champions HSAA 2017
2nd Place in Utah HOSA Public Health Competition
International Competition June 2018 in Dallas, Texas

Common App Essay: unique and personal
Supplementals: been working on them with the help of an advisor and are strong
Teacher Recs: decent but most likely not very passionate
Counselor Rec: surely Decent
Other Recommender: from a Notre dame alumni who I know will write a strong letter
State or Country: Utah
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

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I think you have a great shot, I’m a college freshman. Although I don’t attend Notre Dame I got in with honors, so I hope I can help a bit. Good luck!

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Can you shed a little light on the class rank? You have a strong unweighted GPA. I’m assuming that means that there are a fair amount of people taking more AP/IB classes. Either that or your school grades fairly easy.

Unless you come from a very strong school that routinely puts kids in the top colleges, I’m concerned that the ACT score and the class rank combo will likely end in denial.

Make sure your essays are top notch. A “passionate” teacher recommendation would probably help a lot.

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Thanks
My school is actually very competitive and is known to accept 3 students to Harvard every year due to its well-reputed IB program. My rank seems low because of how many people take IB/AP classes but i take these challenging classes as well. From what I’ve heard top colleges know how competitive my school is so hopefully my rank won’t come to such a disadvantage

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Hi violet322 - Please do not put weight when people say things about class rank or GPA!! I see most people here with GPA 4.0 UW – It feels like it is harder to get Halloween candies than GPA 4.0 in many schools! Sad to say that grade inflation seems to be the norm across US - so that teachers and school district gets graded well by the state authorities!Kids that go to top IB programs & magnet schools that stress on minimum of 10 APs suffer because many of these schools where grade inflation is prevalent - they do not offer APs! Reason? - yeah, their grade inflation would be exposed! There are students here who is ranked around 40 in a class around 500 with UW GPA of 4.0!

So do not get worried about knee jerk reactions from people who just dismiss you for GPA or class rank…because most students who post their numbers routinely post 4.o GPA!

Good Luck and hope you get in to to the school of your dreams!

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thank you!

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With a 3.97 unweighted gpa I can’t imagine class rank would be an issue. It is odd to think that there would be 60 students with even stronger gpa. Notre Dame, while they say they are holistic, does place a lot of emphasis on test scores. I think your chances are very strong with more than sufficient academic rigor and greats ECs. D is a senior at ND