I'm Asian, but I want Irish

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<p>First, I am an 18 year old Asian-American male from NJ. </p>

<p>PSAT: 209 - C:67, M:62, W:80 (National Merit Commended)</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 - C: 750, M: 680, W: 770
SAT II: Lit: 730, Math 2: 710, US History: 630</p>

<p>I have been homeschooled up to my senior year. This year, at prep school, I am taking: AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit, AP World History, AP Latin Vergil, and Physics Honors. During homeschooling, I had a 96 GPA out of 100 for my freshman, sophomore, and junior years.</p>

<p>I have taken math and science courses at the community college because these subjects are my weakness. I have gotten A's in Chemistry I, College Algebra, and Pre-Calculus. I got a B+ in Intro to Chem, and will probably get a B in Calculus I and Calculus II this summer. I'm not thinking at all of engineering, but I'm taking the hardest math courses available anyway! My GPA at the college has been a 3.88 out of 4.00.</p>

<p>ECs: I have played classical piano for twelve years. I'm not Juilliard material, but I'm very very good. I have accompanied many musical productions, worked in local clubs as a cocktail pianist, and placed in many music competitions in Princeton.
I completed three Toastmasters Youth Leadership Programs, public speaking programs, winning best speaker in all three.
I am a member of a Navy program run for youth called the Naval Sea CAdet Corps. Through this program, I have gone to and successfully completed boot camp (two weeks of living hell), advanced training aboard the Battleship NJ, and marched on the Color Guard of my division, the Trenton Division.
Altar server at church for eight years. Play tennis and basketball recreationally, but may play varsity tennis next year at the prep school.
Counselor at camp for youth in 2003.
Completed paid internship at Merrill Lynch in 2004.
As you can see, I've never been abroad or gone to some ridiculously expensive Conference or People to People summit. Will this help me or hurt me? Most of my ECs have been within the local community.</p>

<p>Notre Dame is by far my number one choice. What do you guys think my chances are there, honestly?</p>

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<p>I don't think that is what he is saying and I think you know it...</p>

<p>Anyways, I think you have a good shot based on those stats. Good luck!</p>

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<p>What!?!? Surely the title of my thread doesn't have any suggestive connotations. . . or does it?</p>

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<p>No worries, they deleted all the guys posts I think. He had some pretty racist and inappropriate posts elsewhere. Your title is fine.</p>

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<p>Which prep school? I think you have a pretty good chance; make sure to emphasize those national awards, though. :)</p>

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<p>dxu33: A Catholic school in PA (not parochial, a fairly decent reputation with ND, last year got 5 out of 8 in). If you want the name, just PM me, I'll be happy to give it to you.</p>

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<p>Never mind, then (I was thinking of something else)...</p>

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<p>yo, i'm a current freshman at ND--also Asian. I had a soft heart for this particular thread (this is only my 2nd post) since i'm involved in a minority admissions committee that puts together the famous Spring Visitation Weekend. Everyone, feel free to msg or email me any specific questions. A reply is guaranteed.
ND '09</p>

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<p>might as well bump this up</p>

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<p>Have you visited the campus yet? You might as well if you if you didnt, but what other schools are you considering? ND is an interesting place, but I think that your interests should be more focused (my mother's friend was a former admissions officer at ND, and she said she could always tell if a resume was "puffed up"--- meaning that it was solely to look good on your resume). Get into something that truly excites you and do some serious time on it (to win a national award would be best), for instance, archery! :) Also, are you a postgraduate?</p>

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<p>with regards to what the previous poster wrote. My first impression when reading the list of things you've done is that it is rather eclectic. Not saying that's a bad thing. Yes, you've dabbled in a lot of different areas, at the same point and time, you're list reads how you've been involved with many of the activities for some time, so it's not as though you just jumped from a to b to c to pad a resume. I imagine you've got a pretty good chance. But who knows with the admissions dept at any big name school....</p>

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<p>How much does being Asian help with Notre Dame admissions? I know that being Asian hurts almost everywhere else (Ivys, Stanford, etc.)</p>

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<p>I just got back my scores from the Jan. SAT, a 2310! Do you think that I'm definitely in ND now? I want to get in so badly. . .</p>

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<p>I thought you had a good shot before and I still think it is true, this can only help you. I think you have a very good shot! Good luck! Just try to relax now (I know that is hard) and what will be will be, you know? Either way please let me know and let me know if there is anything I can do to help!</p>

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<p>Congrats bill_smear, that is an impressive score. I also agree that from my perspective, you should have a very good shot of getting in.</p>

<p>May I ask what your breakdown was on each section.</p>

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<p>Critical Reading: 750
Math: 760
Writing: 800</p>

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<p>it would be a crime if you didn't get in with a 1510.</p>