<p>ND emphasizes class rank, or percentile, alot. They usually look for the top 1-6%</p>
<p>you seem so discouraged--only the select get in EA. Basically, you have to be the best at everything. I was under the impression that the very large majority of students who are non-athletes/non-legacies are accepted RD (correct me if I'm wrong).</p>
<p>Here's something from an ND chat from a couple of years ago about deferred students. The 25% admit rate they reference would need to be looked at in the context of that admission cycle and overall admit rate, which was higher than now.</p>
<p>Notre Dame considers Early Action a service for exceptional applicants who wish to receive early notification. Although we use the same evaluation process in both Early Action and Regular Action, we generally do not have as much academic information about our early applicants (e.g. we do not have fall test scores). Each year, approximately 20% of our applicants apply under Early Action. Early Action applicants must apply by November 1. Our Early Action process is non-binding. Those students admitted under Notre Dame's Early Action procedures are not required to withdraw other college applications and have until May 1 to confirm enrollment at Notre Dame. Early Action applicants who are competitive but not clearly admissible will be deferred so that they can be fairly evaluated with other similarly strong students who come to us via Regular Action. (We do not want to fill up the class to the point that there is insufficient room later for Regular Action applicants who might be superior.) Deferred applicants are encouraged to update their files with new test scores, new honors and awards and any other information they feel would be helpful to the Committee on Admissions. These materials should be submitted before their files are reevaluated by the Committee in early March. This past year we offered admission to just under 25% of those applicants we deferred, but this percentage may vary. Some applicants are denied because we feel certain that they would not be competitive for admission even if reviewed again during Regular Action. Early Action decisions are final. The Regular deadline is January 9, 2003. Applications and all supporting documents must be submitted by this date. Notification letters will be received in early April. The confirmation deadline is May 1.</p>
<p>joe, you seem very solid. it pretty much looks like your one of those non perfect applicants who has a real good shot off the deferral. that said, your right, the SATs aren't perfect, and i know someone who got in from a very rigorous high school, whats the story with yours? where in CT, if you don't mind me asking?</p>
<p>Jvon-as son is now a soph-he was accepted EA having played 0 sports in HS and is non-legacy. In fact, he is not even Catholic! Grades, Test scores and EC's with passion as well as super essay (I guess) must have helped him gain EA in fall of '05. You just never know what admissions may be looking for--each year I am sure criteria is different. Don't give up hope joe--again, deferred does not mean rejected!</p>
<p>irishbrigade: Thank you! Does anyone know how one goes about sending the new information? Do I e-mail it to an admissions rep. or resend my application online? Thanks!</p>
<p>There are about 30,000 public high schools in the US. Add in a few thousand private / parochial high schools and you have a lot of valedictorians and lots students of the top X% of the class. You have very good numbers but they are not perfect. That is not a slam or a fault, it a fact.</p>
<p>You need to convince the ND admissions team that they should choose you from pool with many applicants who have similar or better stats (SAT score, scores on APs, class rank, etc).</p>
<p>Imagine yourself in a room with 20 (fill your own demographics) [white, middle to upper middle class, male] high school students who have played but the rules, done well in high school, and now want to go to ND. Why should ND choose you for the one seat in the class that is available to the 20 students in that room?</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>