Help me with chances...please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>3.1 GPA Unweighted
3.4 GPA Weighted
1850 SAT score (1250)
Team Captain of Swim Team for three years
4 year member of lacrosse team (2 years as captain)
4 years in the schools award winning chorus
4 years in school musical
2 years in Chain Reaction Youth leadership council (helped raise money for March of Dimes by planning events around my city)
1 year as Student Body Historian
Worked as a Lifeguard in the summer after my Sophomore year
Worked as a Counselor-in-Training at local summer camp after my Junior year
I was volunteered for political campaigns this election season, for President, Senator, and State House of Representative
2 years of head coach of Middle school lacrosse team</p>

<p>I have great letters of recommendation and I will do well in writing the essays. I'm debating about whether or not to apply here, I would really like to go to Notre Dame but the $75 application fee really causes me to hesitate to apply to a school I have no chance of getting in to(I can't apply for an application fee waiver). I understand my gpa isn't as high as it should be but I slacked off early in high school and I'm just now figuring out how to get my head on straight, I find the more challenging a class is with no silly busy work, the better I do.</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP!!</p>

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<p>Both GPA and SAT are too low for ND.</p>

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<p>ND’s Common Data Set shows that the middle 50% of enrolled freshmen had SAT scores of 1990-2260. It doesn’t specify a range for GPA, but it does indicate that 89% of freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school class.</p>

<p>Your EC’s sound above average (although not superior). You do not specify how rigorous your course load is.</p>

<p>Based on the quantitative measures, you would be in the bottom 10-20% of the freshman class. I agree with Aendos that your chances are a long shot, unless of course your last name is Te’o.</p>