here's why i won't get in

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>unless you have overwhelming standardized testing scores it seems to me you HAVE to have some sort of connection to notre dame to get in...</p>

<p>my g/f got like a 28 on her act, she has prob slightly above a 3.0 gpa... her uncle knows some priest or something and he told her, "if you want to go there apply and you will get in i can GUARANTEE it"... luckily shes not applying... but that's why im not gonna get in! because people with lesser stats can call their fricking uncles and be like "get me into notre dame!" i dont have a frickin uncle that can get me into notre dame and all i wanna do is fricking get into notre dame!! </p>

<p>sorry im a little wound up... letters come out this week... just setting myself up for failure so i have an excuse for not getting in so i dont kill myself! :)</p>

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<p>hey now no negative thoughts this week!</p>

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<p>Ok... lets transfer this to a</p>

<p>Why I will get in!</p>

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<p>ok well idc what any1 says its better to be negative and set urself up for failure... and also wat i said was true... i am actually MAD at my g/f haha she din even do nething but she told me that and i just dont wanna talk to her nemore!! i mean cmon cant ne1 see y? this has been my dream my whole life ive worked so hard staying up all night studying n doing hw on a regular basis after 4 hours of fball practice for 4 years of my life! only for some1 to tell me "yeah i mean i can go there if i want" DOESNT THAT GET UNDERNEATH ANYONE ELSES SKIN!!!!</p>

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<p>Hang in there JVon--surely you have applied to other schools as well. Don't always believe what you hear either. Sometimes info that has been passed to more than one person is misinterpreted. You have to have hope and if you do not get in because your grades or scores are not stellar in your eyes, then perhaps you would not be able to handle the academics of Notre Dame. My son, a freshman, can tell you that taking 17 hours at Notre Dame as a freshman is no piece of cake. It is HARD, and if Notre Dame rejects you based on grades and scores, then it is perhaps for the best. Think more positively!!!!</p>

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<p>ohhhhh trust me jvon it gets under my skin
but i have a different philosophy......</p>

<p>**** like that is out of your hands bro....... trust me i have endured those nights when you dont get home from bball until like 11 ocklokc and you have like 6 hours of homework and my heart kills when i hear about kids who get in just because they know "somebody" thats ******** and i agree with you</p>

<p>but its out of your hands..... you cant control that
the only thing you can do now is pray and hope the admissions people see that jvon is a talented kid who can flourish not onlyas a scholar but as a person at ND.......</p>

<p>Its out of your hands.... turn that anger you got into something else that you can control</p>

<p>whatever happens .. happens man</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>Unless she is some sort of D-1 superathlete that can take the Lady Irish to the very top, anybody who tells a candidate with a 28 ACT and a 3.0 GPA that she is in "guaranteed" is, quite frankly, full of it. </p>

<p>There are a few true facts of life. There is the six degrees of separation theory; that somehow links us all to Kevin Bacon (why him I've never known). And there is the fact that everybody knows someone, somewhere, who has a tie-in with the brass at Notre Dame. </p>

<p>It means very little, quite frankly.</p>

<p>I know people who have more than "fricking uncles"--they have "fricking parents." Fricking parents who are alumni, who have obscene amounts of money that they donate proliferately, thus earning all sorts of VIP football trips and elbow-rubbing opportunities with the top brass of the top brass. One of them in our community in fact. The kid had scores and GPA about like your girlfriend's, probably a bit higher, in fact... A legacy with heavy-hitting donor parents. He got rejected. Not deferred or waitlisted. Rejected. Dan Saracino, also an alumni, is director of the admissions office. His own son was rejected.</p>

<p>This idea that all these well-connected uncles are getting secret keys to secret doors is complete crap. Jvon, I'd question the truth of what your girlfriend has said. Ever considered she might be trying to pull your chain?</p>

<p>All this sour grapes about connections and legacies is rooted in plenty of misinformation and hearsay.</p>

<p>In the meantime, jvon, chillin is right. You've got to turn that anger into something else you can control. Especially when, I suspect, it is ill-founded as the story she tells you goes far outside the bounds of credibility...</p>

<p>To imply that those who get rejected from the university have met their fate because a bunch of elbow-rubbing insiders have pulled strings for a plethora of underqualified candidates is not only wrong, it is flat out insulting to the many students on this board...and not on this board...who will be gaining acceptance to the university on their merits, as it should be...</p>

<p>You need to mellow out, jvon...and don't believe everything someone tells you.</p>

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<p>good points chillin but id rather take my anger and just **<strong><em>in donkey kong the *</em></strong> outta my girlfriend with it haha...... im obsessed wit that phrase now (donkey kong her) some kid told me it was chapelle or somethin... when you beat a girl your supposed to just pound your fists down on the top of her head and "donkey kong" her so there aren't any marks on her to get in trouble for haha... thats just a joke i dont really beat my g/f but i kinda feel like after what she told me haha</p>

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<p>first of all i ddjones, i knew what i said was offensive to people, that is y i clearly said "just setting myself up for failure so i have an excuse for not getting in" (its a defense mechanism lol)... and secondly her uncle happens to be the brother of rudy (or maybe the husband of his sister i don't really know) so that is why i thought there was some truth in it lol... anyways, didn't mean to offend anyone that outcry was just to provide an excuse for me in case i don't get in because no one likes to blame themselves! :) lol</p>

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<p>its ok Jvon...... we all know the amount of stress and anxeity (sp) that you are under right now... hell i dont know wut ill do with myself next year.....</p>

<p>But,,, your GF isnt even applying to ND so I hope that doesnt hurt your relationship.... ummmmm</p>

<p>Good luck man..... u got the grades.... ure essays will be solid.....</p>

<p>Just... accept what ever is thrown your way and make the best of it</p>

<p>good luck......</p>