Listen To This Guys... Crazy???

Applying to College
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<p>ACT: 32
SAT 1: 2150
XC's: Decent to Good, President of YMCA Volunteer Group and a Member of Board of Directors of Houston
SAT 2's: 580, 710, 710
Class Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>NYU: Rejection
Rice ID: Rejection
Vanderbilt: Waitlisted
Northwestern: Rejected
Notre Dame: Accepted</p>

<p>How do i get into Notre Dame, which is better than everyone of those, save Northwestern, and rejected from the others, especially NYU???</p>

<p>Admissions is so puzzling, i swear</p>

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<p>aren't rice and vanderbilt really similar to notre dame in terms of selectivity? notre dame is a great school but it's not "better" than the other two...</p>

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<p>surprised at that rejection from NYU. maybe it's the extra curriculars? that'd be my best guess.</p>