Chances of Getting Into Notre Dame!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Another standard "can I get into ND" question. I'm a Florida high school student and ND is my number one!!</p>

<p>Chance me, please???</p>

<p>SAT: 1920 (retook two weeks ago, expect to get MUCH better scores back when they're released)</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (retaking in December, plan to get at least a 32, hopefully a 33)</p>

<p>GRADES:
4.00 unweighted GPA
4.44 weighted GPA
Valedictorian at a small Catholic high school (43 students in my graduating class)
Most rigorous schedule I can take at my school (will graduate with 8 APs, 1 dual enrollment, and many honors courses)</p>

<p>ECS:
Varsity Softball-4 years (Captain as a senior)
City league softball-4 years
Student government-3 years
National Honor Society-2 years (president as senior)
Model United Nations-2 years
Leadership Summit Attendee (had to be nominated)
On the Teen Board of my local Junior League (woman's service group)</p>

<p>SERVICE:
Squirettes Service Group (volunteer organization at my school)-4 years
Wildlife Sanctuary Volunteer-2 years
Vacation Bible School volunteer-4 years
Mission Trip-1 year</p>

<p>ESSAYS/RECS:
-Writing/English is my best subject, so my essay and supplements will be above par
-An ND alumnus is writing my teacher recommendation, and he says he's going to do his best to make it the best one he's ever written
-Great counselor rec</p>

<p>MISC:
I'm not a legacy, or a first gen. college student, and I'm white
Plan to get a double major in English/Spanish
Catholic
Applying RD
Also applying to my state university, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill, and a couple small LACs.</p>

<p>An honest answer at my chances would be amazing! Thanks so much :)</p>

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<p>If you are able to raise your scores significantly, you will have a chance, but it will still be a reach. At 1920, your SAT is below the middle 50% for ND and at 31 your ACT is at the 25th percentile. Your EC’s don’t show anything that compelling or unusual. As a barometer, my daughter applied EA last year with a 4.0, 2250, broader and deeper EC’s, great essays, great recs (both teacher and GC are Domers), and was deferred then accepted and is currently attending ND. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Do you have a specific score in mind (preferably for ACT, because I’ve found I do best on that test) that, in regards to everything else on my resume, would be a good number to place me in the ranks of other competitive applicants?</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-very good school near Boston. HC is a smaller version of ND and easier to get into-both great schools.</p>

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<p>Regarding the ACT score, my guess is that a 33-34 would put you where you would need to be.</p>

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<p>ND is probs better’n Holy Cross for job placement and overall recognizablility.</p>

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<p>UPDATE: For anyone still wishing to chance me, I’ve received my most current SAT scores. CR: 730, M: 620, TOTAL: 1350. I intend on retaking both SAT and ACT in an effort to boost my math scores.</p>