Notre Dame and others!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: White
State: Colorado
Income Bracket: ~$80,000
Requesting Financial Aid?: Yes
Prospective Major: Double Major in International Business/Finance (if available at school)</p>

<p>Objective
School type: Public (ranked as top 6, public or private, in the state)
GPA: 4.08/3.57
SAT: 2100 Superscored (700, 700, 700) (won't report where I don't have to)
2090 Single Sitting (700 CR, 690 M, 700 W- 10 E)
ACT: 33 (33 M, 33 E, 33 R, 32 S)
Rank: School doesn't rank</p>

<p>AP/College Credit Classes:
AP Lang (3, not sure what happened here. Might not report it)
Marketing 3 (Dual enrollment with University of Colorado)
College Accounting (Dual enrollment with local CC: Actually will be certified to do low-level and intermediate taxes by the IRS at the end of first semester)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Baseball (9,10) shoulder surgery prevented further play
FBLA (10, 11, 12)
DECA (11, 12)
~120 hours of miscellaneous volunteer work, most through DECA (80 of which will be filing taxes for low income families)
Will be NHS member this fall
National Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>Work Experience
Summer 2012: Paid internship with International Industrial Manufacturing company doing Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing (~5 hrs/wk)
Summer 2012: Paid internship with International Consumer Services company doing Financial Metrics and Reporting (ranked as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the world) (~16-20hrs/wk)</p>

<p>Leadership:
Vice President of DECA (12)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:
FBLA: First at districts (E-Business), 7th at State (E-business)
DECA: 3rd at Invitational (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 1st at districts (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (International Business Plan), International Competitor (International Business Plan)
*All FBLA Awards from 10th grade, all DECA awards from 11th grade</p>

<p>Team leader on several fundraisers for DECA (~$1500 raised)</p>

<p>Upward Trend:
Significant upward trend in grades.
Freshman year: S1-3.285/3.571
S2- 3.5/3.833
Sophomore year: S1-3.428/4.0
S2- 3.571/4.143
Junior year: S1-3.857/4.429
S2-3.833/4.5
Senior year (predicted): S1- 3.833/4.5
S2-3.833/4.5</p>

<p>Projected cumulative: 3.642/4.184
All A's in every business/marketing class I've taken
High School of Business Diploma With Distinction (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html&lt;/a>, some info on the HSB, if you don't know about it)</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
College Accounting
Marketing 3
Principles of Business Strategies and Management
Advanced Physics
AP Stats
Senior English</p>

<p>School (with parchment.com chances next to them):
Notre Dame-70%
Emory-47%
Wake Forest-78%
University of Richmond-73%
University of Denver-98%
Creighton-98%
Gonzaga-97%</p>

<p>What do you guys think of parchments chances for me?</p>

<p>Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your time</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Bump… Anybody??</p>

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<p>¡Por favor amigos!</p>

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<p>I’d say you’d have a very good chance. Especially if you apply early action. Notre Dame’s regular acceptance rate is about 25%, but their early action acceptance rate raises to about 33% from what the admissions representative told me.</p>

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<p>Thanks! More opinions anyone???</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>any input at all?</p>

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<p>Take a look at the Common Data set for ND – 3.6 unweighted and a 33 is on the lower end of admission statistics for ND. The 70% generated by parchment seems quite high. I posted in ND board recently that the val and sal at my son’s school are going to ND – 4.0 unweighted and 35 ACT, plus varsity sports and national debate awards for val, and 3.95 and about a 34, also with national debate awards for the sal. </p>

<p>Also, while Mendoza College of Business is highly ranked for undergrad business, students are not admitted as freshman into Mendoza, so having a business curriculum in high school may hurt you – not the most rigorous curriculum – more than it helps you at ND.</p>

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<p>Ok, just answered my own question – ND common data does not break down by GPA but the bottom quarter of admitted students have a 32 ACT and the top quarter are 34 or above, so your 33 puts you smack in the middle. 90% of admitted students are in the top 10% of their class, and 97% in the top quarter. The rigor of the curriculum is the only criteria ranked as “very important” and then rank, gpa and test scores are important. Plus, ND recommends 4 years of language and sciences. </p>

<p>I would say low end chances at ND for non-legacy, non-recruited athlete.</p>

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<p>WOOO DECAA were you at ICDC this year in salt lake city??
Anyways, you are a really solid applicant. If notre dame is your number one choice, DEFINITELY apply ED.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. I knew the 70% sounded very high…
Yes, I was at ICDC this year, competing in the International Business Plan event. </p>

<p>I do have 4 years of language and lab-based sciences a well. </p>

<p>Any more opinions?</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Any more thoughts at all? I am freaking out haha</p>

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<p>Am I aiming too high with these schools?</p>