I applied early...do I have a shot?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>I'm a female in the top 5% of my class at a very good public high school in New Jersey. I am an IB diploma candidate who has also taken a lot of AP classes. I have no family members or anyone who has attended ND, but I have met with a friend of my parent's who works at the school.</p>

<p>SAT: 1470/2230. CR 710 M 760 W 760
SAT II: Math II 750, Lit 730, US History 710
ACT: 33 (E 35, M 34, R 32, S 29)
GPA, unweighted: 3.95 out of 4.3
Weighted GPA: 5.3 out of 5.8
AP Tests: English Language (5), US History (4), Statistics (4), BC Calculus (3)</p>

<p>Freshman and sophomore year I took all my required courses at the honors/pre-IB level (highest level my school offered) and my electives were choir, study hall, cooking, photography, and a computer applications class.
Junior year courses: IB English, IB Psychology, IB Spanish 4, AP/IB BC Calculus HL, AP Statistics, IB Physics, AP US History.
Senior year courses: IB English 4, IB Psychology HL, IB Spanish 5, IB Environmental Science, IB European History, AP US Government and Politics, Yearbook.
*I've exhausted my school's math curriculum (they dropped my class for next year due to budget cuts) so I don't have a math class to take this year. My counselor is explaining this in my recommendation.</p>

<p>Extra curriculars or awards:
-Winter and Spring track (4 years)
-Service club (4 years, secretary junior year, president senior year)
-youth group at my church (3 years, leader 2 years)
-peer leader (2 years), peer tutoring (2 years)
-steering committee (3 years)
-Relay for Life (4 years, committee member sophomore year, committee chair junior and senior year)
-National Honor Society
-AP Scholar with Honors last year
-I also won a school academic achievement award my sophomore year</p>

<p>Work or volunteer:
-Summer camp counselor (1 year)
-volunteer bible school teacher (1 year)
-volunteer youth track coach (3 years)
-volunteer organizing church retreats for children (3 years)
-volunteer at various races/triathlons (5 years).</p>

<p>I have recommendations from my IB Psychology teacher who is also our Service Club adviser, my IB English 4 and TOK teacher who was also my Extended Essay mentor, my guidance counselor, and one of the leaders for my church youth group.
I also attended a Leadership course at Brown last summer.</p>

<p>I don't know if there's anything else I should include...ask if there's something I forgot.</p>

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<p>you are right in the middle of the ea pool…will depned onyour essays</p>

<p>all the best</p>

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<p>Shutup beamdaddy, your in 100%. Your from New Jersey why aren’t you applying to Princeton with these stats?</p>

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<p>How do you know she’s not?</p>

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<p>How is it mathematically possible to have a weighted GPA over 5.0?</p>

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<p>It depends on how the school does GPA</p>

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<p>I am applying to Princeton, but it just didn’t feel as right and I didn’t like it as much as Notre Dame. And I don’t think I want to be that close to home.</p>

<p>Anddd my school’s unweighted GPA is on a 4.3 scale and weighted is on a 5.8 scale…I know, it’s weird.</p>

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<p>Worst case scenario, you’ll be deferred and accepted in the spring.</p>

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<p>I was told by an admissions counselor that the chances of admission EA are slim unless standardized test scores are above middle of the applicant pool</p>