Notre Dame Class of 2016 EA/RD Decisions Thread!

<p>Acceptances have already arrived, so it was time for this thread!
Be sure to delete the spaces!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
[/list]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 superscore (2300 highest sitting)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math 2, 800 French, 760 Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 91.2%
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem/Physics = 5s, Calc AB/BC = 4s, all self-studied</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: All right.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Not very good, to be honest. I was worried it would hurt me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Canada.
[</em>]High School Type: Public.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian.
[</em>]Gender: Female.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Research internship, volunteer at a cancer lodge (Team Leader), science/math competitions, archery, curling, softball, Model UN (President), Journalism/Writing (Founder&Co-Editor in Chief), …
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, the rest were not that important.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Woohoo![/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2280 (760CR 780M 740WR)
[</em>]SAT II: Physics 730, Chemistry 740, Math II 790
[<em>]ACT:33 (36 M, 28 (29?) CR, 34 SC, 33 ENG)
[</em>]GPA: 12.2/12, weighted
[<em>]Rank: 3/150
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: No idea
[<em>]Counselor Rec: See above
[</em>]Supplementary Material:One was straightfoward, one was funny/humurous, one was sincere+ matched their mission statement well
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not Catholic? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location:Indiana
[</em>]High School Type:Small, Conservative, Rural, Slight grade inflation
[<em>]Ethnicity:White
[</em>]Gender:M</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:Swim, Rotary Interact (both highly commited to), Church/Youth Group involvement
[</em>]Awards: Did well in a few science-ish competitions
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Be honest in app, get good (read: great, awesome, phenomenal) grades, let essays reflect commitment to service above self (and yes, I just took that from Rotary :slight_smile: ) [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>My SAT scores * may * have been only 2160 (780M, 710WR, 670CR) and without any subject tests, since I took both after I applied, and only submitted them but a month ago, if that.</p>

<p>To be honest, I am pretty excited right now. Only MIT or Vanderbilt would maybe be able to trump, and even that is a bit of a stretch. I really liked the school when I visited, for too many reasons to list here.</p>

<p>By the way, how is financial aid?</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2150 (690 CR, 750 M, 710 W)
[</em>]SAT II: N/A
[<em>]ACT: 33 (34 Eng, 34 Math, 31 Sci, 31 Reading, 31 Writing
[</em>]GPA: 4.16
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 on AP US History, taking Calc AB, English, Computer Science, and Physics AP exams this May </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty Solid?
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t see it.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Wrote a java program for the “Take a Risk” essay that displayed a flashing blue and gold ND logo using threads for timing.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: La Porte, IN
[</em>]High School Type: Small Private School (200 students)
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Golf, Varsity Tennis, Improv Group, Drama, Student Leader, Community Service, etc.
[</em>]Awards/Societies: National Honor Society, National Merit Commended Student, Spanish Honor Society, U. Rochester Xerox Award for Information and Innovation Technology
[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 690 R 770 M 660 W (Unusually low writing score)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MII, 740 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.15
[<em>]Rank: 1/25
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB 1st term 39, Predicted 41/42</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Common App was on moving from small town to big city, 9/10, for the ND essays did quite a bit of research, talked specifically about combination of academics and sport
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Math and English, pretty darn good
[<em>]Counselor Rec:
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Part of first graduating batch of my school (Does that count?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Mumbai, India
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Hindu
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[*]Extracurriculars: Tennis, Soccer, MUN, Jazz Drums, Head Boy of school for 3 years, lot of sports, 100 hours community servoce</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats[ul]
[<em>]SAT:CR 620 M800 WR730
[</em>]SAT II:Math level2 800 chem 800 physics 800
[<em>]ACT:N/A
[</em>]GPA:N/A
[<em>]Rank:N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: so-so, maybe below average (about volunteer works) Supp good I think
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Good (I suppose)
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: China, Beijing
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: High School sponsored NGO, cooperated with international NGOs
Green Leaders Alliance Cambodia Profect(organic agriculture and orphanage volunteers)
Regional Orchestra Chief Erhu(Chinese Traditional Instrument) Player
Drama Club, MUN
[</em>]Awards: No outstanding awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: N/A
[ *]SAT II: 800 Math II
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 3.985
[ *]Rank: 5/174
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Good
[ *]Teacher Recs: Good
[ *]Counselor Rec: Good
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Mexican</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Wisconsin
[ *]High School Type: Private
[ *]Ethnicity: Mexican
[ *]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Not too much lol
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2150 (didn’t send)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 690 US history (didn’t send either)
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.65 UW
[<em>]Rank: 33/658
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Solid
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Awesome
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but she constantly raves about me
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: IL
[</em>]High School Type: good public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
Cross Country 9-12(Varsity 11,12)(Captain 12); Track 9-12(Varsity 11,12); NHS 11,12 (President 11,12); Paid Private Tutor (11,12); Student Council (VP 9, Treasurer 10); 6 yrs of A/V crew through my church, a few other small things
[</em>]Awards: Natl Merit Semi, a few other randoms
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Very happy to have been admitted! I’ll almost definately go!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Physics, 680 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.2 W
[<em>]Rank: 1/300
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 5’s and a 4 on APs</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Solid
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Meh
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Illinois
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Many, with 3 huge leadership positions
[</em>]Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: So happy to get in! Money is a big factor in attending, but ND has been my #1 in my “if everything costs the same” list.[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats
• SAT:CR 800 M800 WR770
• SAT II:Math level2 800 chem 780 us history 770
• ACT:35
• GPA:4.38
• Rank:N/A
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC 5, Psychology 5, US History 4, Chemistry 5</p>

<p>Subjective
• Essays: should have been pretty solid
• Teacher Recs: pretty good
• Counselor Rec: wonderful
• Supplementary Material: I think I submitted a few paintings
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: suburbs of Chicago, IL
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurriculars: VP of three clubs, painting, choir, badminton, math team, tutoring and assistant teaching, volunteered in china this summer
• Awards: NHS, Spanish Honors Society, NMSF, AP Scholar with Honors
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: yay! Waiting on other schools, and I’ll have to see with the financial aid.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2180 (780 Math/720 CR/680 Writing
[ *]SAT II: 2250 (760 Biology (M)/750 Chem/740 Math II
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.69 W
[ *]Rank: Top 2%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio - 5, AP Spanish Language - 4, AP English Language - 5</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Good
[ *]Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
[ *]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[ *]Supplementary Material: Good
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: California
[ *]High School Type: Private
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: 3 years varsity sport, community service, various clubs
[ *]Awards: NMSF
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]</p>

<p>Stats
• SAT:n/a
• ACT:34
• GPA:4.63
• Rank:1 of 158
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US History 4, Biology 5, SAT Subject 640 Literature, 760 Eco Biology, 660 US History</p>

<p>Subjective
• Essays: pretty solid
• Teacher Recs: no clue
• Counselor Rec: no clue
• Supplementary Material: essays were creative, one funny, one sappy
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: Ohio
• High School Type: Catholic
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurriculars: Spanish Club, Service Club, volunteer at schools, nursing homes, etc., 3 year varsity golf, 2011 state finalist, National Speech US Extemp semi-finalist, speech two-time state finalist, envirothon
• Awards: NHS, Rotary, AP Scholar with Honors
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ecstatic! Waiting on some other schools mainly to compare financial aid</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.98/4.0
[<em>]Rank: 6/481
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US History: 4, AP Government: 3, AP Language: 4, AP Microeconomics: 4, SAT Math II Subject Test: 790</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I’d say they were pretty good. I worked hard on them.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I didn’t see them, but I can imagine that they were well-done, considering both of those teachers really liked me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I wrote about how I like constructing crossword puzzles and how I’m trying to get one of mine published in the Los Angeles Times, which probably was pretty unique.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Legacy, Notre Dame Summer Scholars attendee, and Illinois Boys State</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Illinois
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Scholastic Bowl Varsity Captain, Lacrosse, NHS President, Work at minor league baseball stadium, etc.
[</em>]Awards: Daily Herald Leadership Team nominee, can’t think of any more at the time.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Not gonna lie, being a legacy student helps. Also, their most important factor is rigor of high school transcript, which I certainly had. I pretty much took the maximum amount of AP classes and only got one B in my high school career. The rest were A’s.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats: list]
[<em>]SAT: 2220 (didn’t send)
[</em>]SAT II: none
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.957 UW 4.207 W
[<em>]Rank: Unknown
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Lang/Comp, Calc BC, Euro: 5, Physics B: 4</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: very good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: brilliant
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn’t see it
[</em>]Supplementary Material: very good
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): not a legacy but had some strings pulled by a very large donor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] b]Personal**[ul]
[<em>]Location: SE Wisconsin
[</em>]High School Type: Top Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NHS, Marching Band (drum major), Jazz Band, Concert Band, Chamber Choir, Show Choir, Theatre
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with honor, Honor Roll, National Merit Semifinalist
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list] I feel like on my own I had a good shot, but this alum who backed me was VERY influential, to the point that his grandchildren have gotten in with less than 30 ACT, etc… Legacy (or equivalent) is so important.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[ *]SAT: N/A
[ *]SAT II:N/A
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 4.00/4.00 unweighted
[ *]Rank: 1/830
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AP: US History (5), Stats (5), Psychology (5), Comparitive Government (5), Micro (5), Will take Chemistry, Calc BC, Macro this year </p>

<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[ *]Essays:Unique, Written okay, Said a lot about me
[ *]Teacher Recs: Did not see, but teacher is a great guy
[ *]Counselor Rec: Did not see, probably very generic, Counselor has 150 kids
[ *]Supplementary Material:Alright
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):No Hook </p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Personal**[ul]
[ *]Location: Minnesota
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *]Extracurriculars: DECA (competed in District and State level), BPA, National Honor Society (150 hours of volunteering), Key Club, Habitat for Humanity, Student Tutor for students failing required classes, In a Marketing Mentorship with a global company, Receptionist job (12 hours/week), In-house Softball, Intramural Pingaurd, Beach Volleyball, and Flag Football
[ *]Awards: A Honor Roll, AP Scholar with Distinction
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Im just so excited! Hopefully I can get aid to actually go there!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT:2120 (650CR 800M 670WR)</p>

<p>•SAT II: Math II 800,Physics 800, Chemistry 790,</p>

<p>•GPA: 95/100, unweighted
•Rank: 7/1190
•Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):nope</p>

<p>Subjective
•Essays: Pretty Good
•Teacher Recs: No idea
•Counselor Rec: See above
•Supplementary Material:One was sincere, one was novel, one was very very specific
•Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not Catholic? </p>

<p>Personal
•Location:International
•High School Type:public
•Ethnicity:Asian
•Gender:Female</p>

<p>Other
•Extracurriculars:Ballet(12 years), attended the Fourth Asia-Pacific Forum on Economics and Finance, published a paper, and some other academic research works(I am very commited to economics and finance), volleyball, tennis, some school clubs(leader of 2 of clubs) and some volunteer works. Upenn Summer School.
•Awards: National Second Prize in Olympiad in Informatics, National Second Prize in Olympiad in Mathematics…
•Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Got in with low sat scores…so happy!! Reflect your passion and commitment in essays, and be honest and sincere.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340 (740 CR, 800 Math, 800 Writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 US History, 710
[<em>]ACT: none
[</em>]GPA: 3.73
[<em>]Rank: Not reported
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chemistry 3 US History 5 Language 5</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Freaking amazing IMO
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Average
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New Jersey
[</em>]High School Type: Large Public, Competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Very music and science based.
[</em>]Awards: Many stemming from those music and science ECs
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I tried to withdraw my ND app as soon as I got in Penn, but I guess they didn’t do that in time. ND was my next choice if I wasn’t going to be a Quaker, and I’ll be a Fighting Irish fan forever <3</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 730 (writing) 690 (reading) 720(writing)
[ *]SAT II:n/a
[ *]ACT:n/a
[ *]GPA:4.0 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
[ *]Rank: 1 out of 13
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):small private school - no ap courses </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Really good I think
[ *]Teacher Recs: didnt see, but my teacher used to be a teachers assistant at ND
[ *]Counselor Rec: good
[ *]Supplementary Material: good
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): grandpa alumnus</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: SW Florida
[ *]High School Type: small classical catholic school
[ *]Ethnicity:white
[ *]Gender:male</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: President of NHS, VP of Student government, Captain Varsity Football, Starter Varsity Basketball, Florida Boys State, Founder of charity group, drama, play pipe organ, altar server, quiz bowl captain
[ *]Awards: school academic award, national merit semifinalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]My SAT was 20-40 points too low to be considered. My guess is that they only take people with 1450’s+ or 33 on ACT. Everyone else they defer no matter how good. </p>

<p>I even wrote my “Take a risk” essay in Latin, and included a recommendation from a university Latin professor. </p>

<p>I’m bummed I got deferred b/c I spent hours on the Hesburgh Yusko application, and now I’m ineligible b/c I didnt get into EA. Oh well. I hope they give me enough financial aid, b/c national merit can get me full tuition elsewhere.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320 (780 M, 780 CR, 760 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Biology M, 730 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.77 UW/4.13 W
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank. I would guess top 10-20% in a class of 177.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Biology, 5 AP Chemistry, 5 AP Calculus BC, 5 AP US Government, 4 AP US History</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Average
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Don’t know
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Average
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Virginia
[</em>]High School Type: Selective Public Magnet
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 185 hours community service; spent summers working on family poultry farm; treasurer then president of a political discussion club; Vietnamese language classes; math tutor
[</em>]Awards: NMSF, several honor societies, silver and gold on National Spanish Exam
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I’m glad I got in with pretty mediocre stats, but Notre Dame is not my top choice (though I’m sure I would be happy there). Hopefully I can afford to go there as a backup, though.</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Too lazy to provide the rest (think this came across in the app? :D)</p>

<p>suffice it to say, ND wasn’t D’s first choice, but it was a contender. And that’s what the EA process is designed to do; make sure we get clear signals early, and can move on.</p>

<p>Thanks ND! for not making this process SCEA or binding ED! And I look forward to kicking your butt as a parent of a Wolverine!</p>

<p>Take care, good luck and Merry Christmas to all</p>