Notre Dame Class of 2016 EA/RD Decisions Thread!

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2260 (superscored)
[ *]SAT II:-
[ *]ACT:33 (did not send)
[ *]GPA:3.83
[ *]Rank: No official ranking but top 5%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc AB (4), Stats (4), Physics B (4), APUSH (4), Lang and Comp. (4)
Senior Year Courseload: Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Lit and Comp, AP Human Geo, Spanish, Philosophy and Ethics
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Great
[ *]Teacher Recs: Good
[ *]Counselor Rec:?
[ *]Supplementary Material: nope
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): legacy
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Minnesota
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Nordic Ski, JV Track, Academic Teams, NHS, Boys Scouts
[ *]Awards:Eagle Scout, All Conference Honorable Mention (Soccer), National Merit Scholar Semifinalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list] Work on essays over the summer, because you’re going to feel worked to death during the school year if you wait like I did.
Thanks CC, I can’t tell you how many times I stressed out looking through these threads at people’s profiles. It all worked out, good luck to everyone, probably won’t be coming back to this site anytime soon. Seeya.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2170 (750 Math) (690 Reading) (730 Writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 770 Math II
[<em>]ACT: 34 Superscore
[</em>]GPA: 5.0
[<em>]Rank: 1 of 350-400
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World - 5 AP US - 4 AP Lit - 5 (In IB, still waiting on those exams)</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective**[ul]
[<em>]Essays:
[</em>]Teacher Recs:
[<em>]Counselor Rec:
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northeast FL
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[ <em>]Extracurriculars: Soccer, Cross Country, Tennis, Drama Club (4 muscials, 3 leads), NHS Officer, SNHS
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Qualifier, FL Sunshine State Scholar, AP Scholar
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] YAYYYYY</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>SAT: 1910 (640 Math) (680 Reading) (590 Writing)
GPA: 4.4/5.0 and 3.9/4.0 for my dual credit classes
Rank: 3 of 106
Other Tests (AP) - A bunch of 4’s
</code></pre>

<p>[ b]Subjective**</p>

<pre><code>Essays: Amazing essay
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Supplementary Material: Mediocre
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM, First Generation College Student
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>Location: Houston, tx
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>[ *]Extracurriculars: class president, debate team captain, nhs, nasa inspire, nasa bp physics
Awards: AP Scholar, Houston Debate League Champion, all debate awards known to man.
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
</code></pre>

<p>nahhh</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2100
[ *]SAT II: 680 Math 1, 640 Chemistry
[ *]ACT: 31
[ *]GPA: 4.65
[ *]Rank: 4/32
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): n/a</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: great, written about a prayer, my mom’s breast cancer and the effect on me
[ *]Teacher Recs: pretty good, not fantastic
[ *]Counselor Rec: pretty good
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Legacy, 16 years old (skipped two grades)</p>

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

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Football, student government, 150 hours volunteering for local sports league, editor of school newspaper and yearbook, class officer, Chess Club, Beta Club, National Merit Scholar Commended
[ *]Awards: n/a
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list] very excited… got rejected from Duke, Vandy, and Northwestern. Duke was my top choice but I guess the age thing was an issue. Very excited to be going to ND!!!</p>

<p>Has anyone on Colorado received their letter?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I: 2280; CR-730, M-790, W-760 (11)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math 1: 790, US History-780, French-700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 *Wtd -4.42
Rank: Top 2% (School does not rank)
AP: Eng Lit(5), US History(5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Physics, AP We The People, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Eng. Lang & Comp, Honors French V
Major Awards: Published in Concord Review, Grand Concours French Test-9th Nationally, National Merit Commended
Extracurriculars: Civics Club(Founder & President), Varsity Swimming-4 yrs(Lane Leader-No Captains), We The People-State of Indiana 1st Place Team, Attending Nationals, Boys State (State Representative), Senator Lugar Symposium, National Honor Society, Debate Team-District Team, JETS Academic Team, TEAM Academic Team, Academic Superbowl Team, French Club, Robotics Club, Boy Scouts/Eagle Scout since 2007 (Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Librarian), Bagpipes
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Polling location for elections, assisted candidates
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, Legacy Foundation Youth Philanthropy Council, Humane Society Calumet Area, Revolutionary War Reenacting
Essays: Everyone that read them liked them.
Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, should be good
Counselor Rec: Did not read, should be good
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: History/Economics, Law School
State: IN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under $60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
Strengths: Well Rounded
Weaknesses: Test Scores, Not enough Leadership, Not enough AP Classes Junior Year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded
General Comments: Accepted– Notre Dame, Northwestern, College of William & Mary, IU, Wabash, Monmouth, Waitlisted- Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Rejected-Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Stanford, U of Penn, Williams</p>