<p>I really want to go to Notre Dame. (O.K. thats an understatement) Notre Dame is my passion there is no where else I want to be...
Notre Dame-EA
But ill also apply to:
BC
Wisconsin
Marquette
Pepperdine
NYU
USC
Stanford
Georgetown
Columbia
Northwestern
Minnesota
Pitt
Vanderbilt
and possibly a few others.</p>
<p>ACT:31</p>
<p>SAT: I think I'm taking in fall (us Midwestern kids don't usually take it)</p>
<p>GPA:3.978 (UW) (we don't weight)</p>
<p>Rank: we don't rank but I would be 3rd or 4th </p>
<p>AP US History (11)
AP Bio (12)
AP Calc (12)
AP Stats (12)
(thats all the APs we have and we don't do honors... but I've taken all the hardest possible courses )
Sports:
Cross Country 9-12 (V11-12)
Basketball 9-11 (V11) voted "Christian Leadership Award" by teammates (9-10) (our equivalent of Captain, basically, the person who showed leadership) Most Improved Player (10) (and that wasn't cause I sucked lol actually I averaged 8 pts a game but anyhow)
Track 9, 10, 12 (V12)
Note I'm not planning on doing basketball my senior year due to a broken knee and the resulting surgery in February (and the 3 screws still in there). This also caused me to miss Track this spring. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Concert Band- (9-12) French Horn
Jazz Band- (9-10) (I had to give it up due to commitments to sports and Drama)
Drama- (9-12) (major role fall of 11 (and spring but my knee kept me out so I planned, with the director, and ran the musical cues))
Student Government- (9-12) Class rep 9-10 Student Body VP 11, Lost President Race 12 but voted on as Class Rep (and theres No VP so I may be appointed VP because I got the most votes)
Honor Society-(11-12) also member of the "Officer team" who planned and ran events and meetings.
Volunteer- hrs/yr
30+ hrs - Teaching Spanish at an area grade school once a week
Tutor- 10 hrs (the only year we had a tutoring program in place)
Dinners, Auctions, etc- 15hrs
5 day Mission Trips- every summer so idk Hrs worked exactly about 25 for the week
Active in Youthgroup- about 20 hrs/yr of volunteering</p>
<p>Junior year co-founded/led a school-wide campaign to raise $5000 in 5 weeks for Africans suffering from AIDS and Poverty. (we made it got about $5100 and we only have 185 kids)</p>
<p>Math-sci Bowl team- 10-12 (captain 11+12)</p>
<p>Business Case Competition @Marquette University-11</p>
<p>Part Time work-
Dishwasher/Food Prep/Cook 10-12
Lifeguard 11-12
approximately 10hr/week total during school
about 15-20hr/week summer</p>
<p>And my sister goes to ND but that doesn't make me a legacy... so it doesn't really help.</p>
<p>Oh and I'm a Caucasian Male...
so those don't always help lol
my record is clean,
and I feel I'll get good recs.
(my teacher already said he'd be honored to write them while we were on a run back in like sophomore year lol)</p>
<p>I'm just trying to give you a accurate picture.</p>
<p>If ND is what you love, a big sports school with tons of spirit, you may want to reconsider NYU, Columbia, and BC. They will be a totally different experience.</p>
<p>Thats what I thought.
I always knew NYU and Columbia weren't like that.
I feel different draws to those schools.(all hypothetical... only matters if I don't get into ND lol)
Can anyone else weigh in on my chances? It would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Well, I'm gonna be a junior in August. I so far have a very crappy SAT score. I have ~1550. I am the top 5 in all of my classes. Freshmen and sophomore year, I had a 4.0 GPA, weighted it should be ~4.17. I have 5 clubs that I am in and I am an officer in one of them.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are to get a 2000 my the 2008 March test date? What should I do?</p>
<p>Also what are my chances getting into:
University of Southern California
University of California- Berkeley
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
New York University
Farfetch: University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities sophomore year: (All I am planning to continue till graduation)
Operation Smile
Honor Society
American Cancer Society (officer next year)
Key Club
Kids to Kids</p>
<p>Community Service:
So far I have >100 hours just in sophomore year, and I am planning on doing >250 hours by the end of junior year.</p>
<p>Class took and planning on taking:</p>
<p>Freshmen- no weighted class
English I
Chinese 3 Honors
PE
SRC/ IC3 (Required class)
Geometry
Art</p>
<p>Sophomore- one weighted class
Modern World History
Chemistry Honors
Chinese 4 AP
English II Honors
PE (Mandatory)
Algebra II/ Trig Honors</p>
<p>Junior-4 weighted classes
Modern American History
Chemistry AP
Chinese 5 AP
English III Honors
Journalism I
Math Anaylsis/ Calculus I Honors (counted as AP)</p>
<p>Senior- 4 or 5 weighted classes
History AP (not sure what yet)
Physics (Honors maybe)
English IV AP
Journalism II
Calculus II AP
Statistics AP</p>
<p>My cousin went to USC but don't know if that's considered as alumni or not.</p>
<p>well until \you know test scores its kinda hard, but my advice would be get involved in atleast one sport. If can't play then I'd say manage. My cousin had good credentials then managed softball (for a sports thing) i believe and she got in everywhere she applied. I think. So keep up the good work and try to get involved in atleast one sports thing.</p>
<p>And guys dont forget to Chance me too at the top of the page. :D</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn't notice.
And Irish, don't condone her immature behavior of posting in other posters' topics. She has done it a lot and if your SAT is 1550/2400, not to be a snob, but just shut up and stop posting here.</p>
<p>Look, I'm really sorry if I offended anyone. I just really need help on my SAT scores. This is the first time I've been on a forum, and I am truly sorry if I offended anyone. I was not aware that we were not allowed to post other stuff on other people's forum. And again I'm very sorry, and I really hope everyone DOES condone my behavior. I did not mean to kindle an argument.</p>
<p>btw branderson925, I made my own thread, and I would really like it if you can help me. :)</p>
<p>what does her score have to do with it? but to Irish, i pretty much agree wtih orange glove's statement about reaches and matches etc. i go to sc right now and from what i see ur scores should fit just fine. to flh, don't worry about it, just don't do it from now. but to answer u, try to go into a sport, but again, ur sat is really important. just work as hard as u can, hopefully u will be taking maybe sat class or something, those always help</p>
<p>thank you so much rach0022! I am gonna take SAT classes during the summer for 8 weeks. So do you think it's possible for me to raise 500 points by March? </p>
<p>I took the ACT in my freshman year from a talent search and got a 25.. I brought that up to a 31 by the end of my junior year. So I think you can do it.
Just keep practicing and learning lol.
and rach thanks for the input. (are you a freshman?)
That would make a nice rivalry with my sis at ND lol.
But sorry, I'll probably only look at USC if i don't get into ND.lol</p>
<p>wow irish1089, that's around 400 points! now i have even more confidence
sorry about taking up space from your thread, but do you have any suggestions as for practice books and materials?
I used barrons, do you think it's good? btw, as for the difficulty of SAT, is it similar to the collegeboard and barrons tests?</p>
<p>there is no wayyyyy in helll that you are going to raise your score 500 points sorry....your extremely lucky if it you raise it 200 and that is for anybody not just you</p>