<p>Hi my name is Christian and I go to one of the most academically competitive private high schools in the state of California. I am Latino (Nicaraguan), Catholic, and I am the second generation of my family to go to college (dad and mom immigrated from Nicaragua about 20 years ago, dad went to UC Davis and mom never attended college). It has always been my dream to attend a prestigious university like Notre Dame where I can flourish academically, have great sports surrounding me, grow spiritually with God, and help others with need in order to bring God's kingdom here on earth. Applications are coming up soon and I am not sure if I will get into Notre Dame and needed some reassurance from people like you to see if I have what it takes. </p>
<p>Academics:
4.2 (Honors GPA out of 5.0)
3.7 (Regular GPA out of 4.0)*
1st honors all 4 years in HS except for sophomore year where I received 2nd honors (3.7 GPA above)
Elected to participate in National Honor Society
Class Rank: N/A at school but they do have decile range which I am in the 1st (possibly top 5% of my class)
Have taken the most rigorous path at my HS in every subject except for English
AP/H/XL- US History, Calculus, Pre-Calc, Algebra 2, Geometry, Biology, Spanish 2 & 3 & 4, Economics
*GPA would be higher but took Geometry XL over the summer in the middle of freshman and sophomore year in order to finish my senior year with AP Calculus, hopefully ND can see that I took the initiative to get ahead in my studies and into further subjects.
Test Scores/ Essays:
ACT:31
SAT: 2200
Math:720
Verbal:710
Essays: positive that I wrote a good essay and short question answers
Co-Curricular Involvement:
Football (4 years)
Rugby (4 years)
Student for Others (4 years) ( have made my way to the top from sophomore rep. to president)
FBLA (3 years)(Future Business Leaders of America)
STAR (Student Team Admissions Recruitment for my HS) (3 years)
Habitat For Humanity (2 years) Co-founder and Vice President on HS campus
Work Experience:
Work-Study (4 years) (work at HS to pay my financial aid)
Community Service:
Founded the Nicaragua Immersion Trip at HS where we went to Nicaragua and helped out in 2 different orphanages as part of our Senior Community Service
Pioneer House Retirement Homes: 9-12AM Saturdays and Sundays </p>
<p>Sorry it this was such a long post I just wanted to show everything I have done over the years in order to get an accurate assessment from you, the viewers. Hopefully I will get into ND, according to my counselor she talked to the ND admissions representative and my counselor was told that they love the students they have accepted from our school and have gone off to do great things at ND. Hopefully I will be one of them. Thank you for reading my post and God Bless!</p>