Notre Dame Class of 2023 REA Decisions/Results Thread

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Wednesday Dec 12, 2018 should be the day so please follow the typical format:

Accepted/Denied/Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Volunteer/Community service:

Summer Activities:

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where do you expect you will attend and why?

General Comments:

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Accepted :))

ACT: 35 superscored (36 math, 36 english, 35 writing, 33 science)
SAT II: 770 chem, 780 math 2
GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0, no rank
Senior Year Course Load: i go to an early college program, taking all university classes (no ap’s)
AP (place score in parenthesis): only took 2 before switching schools, 5 WHAP and 5 APCSP

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): first author on a publication for the naacl-hlt research conference 2019

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-undergraduate research fellow, computer science research in machine learning and natural language processing in a university research lab
-student council president
-volunteering club treasurer (basically nhs/key club)
-track & field captain, placed 6th at state at 110m hurdles sophomore year before switching to a school that didnt have a track team

Volunteer/Community service:
-computer science tutoring
-a lot of other misc stuff

Summer Activities:
-internship at a science museum
-teaching assistant at a summer camp
-undergraduate research

Teacher Rec #1: engineering teacher from sophomore year, probably a good rec- he really liked me
Counselor Rec: uhh idk, no one from my school really knows our counselor that well, probably generic
Additional Rec: research professor, he asked for me to write it myself and let him edit it lol

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: computer science
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: early college entrance program (University of North Texas)
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~$60,000
Hooks: a few siblings and cousins have attended and graduated notre dame

Strengths: research spike, legacy
Weaknesses: essays (they weren’t the best), counselor rec probably wasnt that great
Why you think you were accepted: i was the only one from my school to apply notre dame rea, legacy
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where yet
Where do you expect you will attend and why? plan on applying to some more schools for regular decision, no idea where ill end up lol

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Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 36 (English 36, Math 35, Reading 35, Science 36)
SAT II: Math II 790, Chemistry: 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank but if I had to guess probably in top 15%
AP: Chemistry (4), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Econ, AP Calc, etc.
Awards: Naitonal Merit Commended Scholar, NHS

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
JV Lacrosse Freshman/Sophomore
JV Cross Country Freshman
Drama Club, roles in 4 productions junior and senior year
Retreat Team Leader
Filmmaker (non profits, documentary, hobby)
Piano student for 10 years
Newspaper
Yearbook
Photographer
Church Youth Group

Volunteer/Community service:
Worked in lived in shelter for 1 week in DC
Spent 1 week rebuilding homes for hurricane victims
Work in soup kitchen regularly
Work yearly at a homeless dinner over Thanksgiving
Created promo videos for non-profit

Summer Activities:
Swim Team
Job in fast food restaurant
College summer program as rising junior

Teacher Rec #1: did not see
Teacher Rec #2: did not see
Counselor Rec: did not see
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Data Science
State (if domestic applicant): DC
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper

Reflection: Obviously the strong test scores helped, but was worried about course rigor. Love that ND is focused on holistic admissions.

Strengths: Test scores
Weaknesses: Course Load prior to senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above plus I do think essays were strong.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was first notification.
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Notre Dame…Go Irish!!

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My daughter was Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35C, 35E, 35M, 34R, 36S (single sitting)
SAT II: Math II 760, Bio 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Psych(5) World (5) Physics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP AB Calc, AP Lang, AP French, Anat&Phys, Econ, Vhoir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, plus a few others

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir (Captain), HOSA (VP), HOSA competition original medical innovation (1st place state; 3rd international), swim Team (4 years), Fall Musical (3 years), NHS, Math Honor Society Key Club, French Club

Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours community service, including organizing theater workshop for special needs kids, Two spring break service trips, one to Detroit (flood relief)and one to Apalachicola (tropical storm clean up), volunteered at gifted resource center.

Summer Activities: Taught swim lessons

Teacher Rec #1: AP Bio teacher and HOSA sponsor
Teacher Rec #2: French teacher
Counselor Rec: big school, doesn’t know her
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:Why?
Intended Major: aApplied Math/ Pre-Med
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks none

Reflection

Strengths: Academics, ECs
Weaknesses: Recs? Essays?
Why you think you were deferred? Perhaps essays were off (don’t think so)? Recommendations? Perhaps regional quotas?
Where else were you accepted: Saint Louis U, IU, Baylor, Iowa
Where do you expect you will attend and why? No idea. Depends on scholarships.

General Comments: Deferral doesn’t really change anything for my daughter. She’ll likely decide after all RD responses, scholarships are in.

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Denied

Objective:
SAT I): 1440 (780 r, 670 m)
ACT: 32 (36R 36W 30Sci 30M)
SAT II: Lit:750 History: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 uw, 4.05 w (hella upward grade trend 3.9 all junior year and first tri senior)
Rank: na - but probs right at top 30% mark
AP: APUSH(5) Lang(5) Econ(3/4) Bio(2) - 12: Gov, Lit, Calc AB, Euro, Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load: APs-Gov, Lit, Calc AB, Euro, Physics 1, H. Spanish 4 and Health
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Main:
-founder/editor in chief of school literary magazine
-captain of the forensics team, state qualifier. Assistant coach for a middle school team.
-president of Model UN team
-National Art Honor Society treasurer, got a mural painted
-varsity figure skater, team went to states

Teacher Rec #1:from my Creative Writing teacher/forensics coach/magazine supervisor: she actually let me read it, I thought it was pretty okay - ‘she’s a good leader’ and stuff - nothing that amazing I guess (…7/8 / 10)

Teacher Rec #2: my AP Econ teacher and MUN sponsor- i have no idea what he said, but if I had to speculate I hope hed say im a good MUN leader, and he doesn’t hate me or anything so…(6/7 / 10)

Counselor: I don’t know my counselor very well, but I asked her to talk about my upward grade trend and growing as a person throughout high school, and my contributions to the schools creative community with theliterary magazine and NAHS murals.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: PoliSci
State: Michigan

School Type: public suburban
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: idk upper middle class
Hooks: lol none

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: test scores, and gpa, and ecs lmao
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didnt have the stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere significant yet
Where do you expect you will attend and why?
Uofm if I get in, MSU if I dont
General Comments:
Not at all surprised I was rejected - this was my one crazy reach school.

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ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 36 - (36E 36M 36R 36S- not superscored)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): World-5, Stats-5, US History-5, Psych-4; will take Physics 1, Government, Lang, and AB Calc
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Physics 1, AP Lang, AP Gov, Spanish 4, electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Scholar with Distinction, NM commended scholar, other smaller awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
XC- 4 yrs, varsity (captain of 140 member team)
Track- 4 yrs varsity
Boy Scouts- 11 years (Eagle Scout pending - already finished project, Patrol Leader)
School Newspaper- (Section Editor)
Homeroom Leader
NHS, National Spanish Honor Society
Newspaper Carrier
Dog walker for elderly neighbor (5 years)

Volunteer/Community service:
Peer Tutoring (2.5 years)
Volunteering - relief service organization
Volunteering- retirement home

Summer Activities:
Mission Trip, served as a Spanish-English Translator
Continued involvement in other extracurriculars

Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t see any of them, but I bet a 8-9/10
Teacher Rec #2: 7-8/10
Counselor Rec: 9.5/10- didn’t see it, but I’m confident it was good
Additional Rec:
Interview: n/a
Essays: thought they were solid and showed character and passion for ND, doubt they blew anyone away though (8/10)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Business- also accepted into Mendoza
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$130k ish
Hooks: N/a
Reflection

Strengths: ACT, grades, variety of deeply involved ECs with leadership
Weaknesses: Strength of schedule could’ve been better, high school has lots of strong applicants and ND can’t accept everyone, lack of bigger awards/pre-professional involvements
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve wanted to go here since I was 7 and I think it definitely showed in my application, nevertheless I was still very pleasantly surprised
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Butler
Where do you expect you will attend and why?

ND if we can afford it, if not URichmond if I get a good scholarship there

General Comments:
GO IRISH :shamrock:!!!

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Accepted :slight_smile: (And ensured position at Mendoza Business School!)

Objective:
SAT I: 1560 (Reading 770, Math 790)
ACT: 36 (English 36, Math 35, Reading 36, Science 36)
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Rank: Top 5%
AP: US History (5), Lang (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (4), Statistics (5), German (5), Chinese (5), World History (4), Human Geography (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit, Entrepreneurship, German VI
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Carson Scholar, Scholastic Silver Key Recipient; National Beta Club Convention, 3rd place On-Site Art Winner; Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Competition, 1st place

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Beta Club (vice president)
FBLA (president)
Atlanta Ronald McDonald Charity House (Teen Council Member)
National Honor Society
Piano- competitive
Art- competitive
Varsity Swim Team

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer as a member of Beta Club and NHS
Volunteer + fundraise at the Atlanta Ronald McDonald Charity House
Tutored underprivileged/low-income elementary school students
Soup kitchens

Summer Activities:
German Exchange in Nuremburg (2 weeks)
Interned at local Chamber of Commerce
Teaching assistant/Camp counselor at language learning summer camp
Accepted into and participated in variety of selective leadership/business programs

Teacher Rec #1: AP Biology teacher from junior year
Teacher Rec #2: Entrepreneurship teacher and FBLA sponsor (wrote a very detailed, positive rec with tons of anecdotes and examples)
Counselor Rec: Just got a new counselor this year; rec was probably decently positive but not specific
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper middle class

Reflection

Strengths: Strong test scores, course rigor, extracurriculars, maybe legacy?
Weaknesses: Essays were creative ideas but could have used some improvement in terms of writing
Why you think you were accepted: Racial and geographical diversity (from the South…pretty positive NO ONE else in my area applied to ND), strong stats, genuine interest (legacy and great Why Notre Dame essay)
Where else were you: So far only UGA, still waiting for other decisions
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Not sure yet…high possibility of Notre Dame, but depends on how much financial aid/merit scholarship money I received and where else I get accepted

General Comments: Overall, I’m really happy that I got into Notre Dame, and especially Mendoza! I know that if I do decide to attend, I’ll have an amazing experience.

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ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 34 (34E, 34M, 34S, 32R)
SAT II: 760 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Environmental Science (4), English Lang (3), Spanish Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calculus BC, ASB, Song, AP English Literature, Photography, Marine Biology H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Notre Dame Junior Book Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Song (Basically the school cheer team)(Captain for 2 years)
Project Runway (President of the largest club on campus)
Mock Trial (Lawyer)
National Honor Society (Board Member)
Tutor (math, science, English, Spanish)

Volunteer/Community service:
Peninsula Education Foundation (work 80 hours every summer at the middle school summer school)
Boys and Girls Club

Summer Activities:
Spent a summer at Brown University studying neuroscience

Teacher Rec #1: Mock Trial and Government teacher. She has known me for two or three years. She talked about my character.
Teacher Rec #2: My Pre-calculus teacher. She loved me.
Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was decent, not anything amazing though
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Biology/Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: highest income bracket
Hooks

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far this is the only school who has notified me.
Where do you expect you will attend and why?

General Comments

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ACCEPTED!!

Objective:
ACT: 35
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Percentile: Top 5%
AP: 3 5s, 2 4s
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP classes, 3 electives
Major Awards: National Merit, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, major & minor awards for multiple extracurriculars

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: 2 varsity sports, robotics (president & other leadership positions)
Volunteer/Community service: Service within Catholic Church, mentoring, volunteering with local organizations
Summer Activities: Work

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: STEM
State: In Midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks: Female in STEM

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, grades, extracurriculars, leadership
Weaknesses: Common App essay, service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My extracurriculars and leadership are very strong and are supported by high grades and test scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at 4 private Catholic & 2 public (none nearly as high tier as Notre Dame)
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Waiting to hear back about scholarships from all schools. My family will likely not qualify for financial aid and cannot afford the sticker price of Notre Dame; hoping some miracle occurs and everything works out. Otherwise, I will probably attend either an OOS public school I have received a major scholarship from or one of the private schools (if I end up receiving one of their full tuition scholarships). Regardless of how everything plays out, it will be a tough decision!

General Comments: I didn’t realize how much I wanted to attend Notre Dame until I was refreshing my portal, waiting for the decision. It’s truly an honor to be able to consider such an amazing school for the place I will spend the next four years of my life.

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Deferred :confused:

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (we only report deciles)
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send scores; World, US, Gov, Calc BC, Stats, English 11, Chemistry, Biology, Physics 1, Spanish
Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, AP calc bc, AP Physics 1, AP Spanish, APUSH, Dual-enrollment English (American Literature)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP scholar w distinction, NMS commended, chemistry award

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Club VP, girls on the run coach, research program over summer, cross country, performing arts, Mini-THON (committee head), NHS, math instructor

Volunteer/Community service:
GOTR and Interact are, but also hospital volunteer weekly

Summer Activities:
Summer research program, my job

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 10
Counselor Rec: probably 8-9
Additional Rec: 10
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks: lived in Asia and 4 other states

Reflection
I think not being catholic brought me down
Strengths: grades!
Weaknesses: religion, not seen as special enough
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted by safety school Fordham, haven’t heard anything else yet
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Not sure…depends on scholarships

General Comments:
Hoping to get in in March!

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Accepted!!

Objective:
-SAT I (breakdown): 1280 (690 Reading, 590 Math)
-ACT (breakdown): 28 composite, (29 SC, 33E, 30R, 27M, 26S)
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/86
-AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (4,) Spanish Lang (5), Spanish Lit (5), World His (3), US His (3), English Lang (3), Calc AB (3), Art Drawing (3)
-Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, 3 other school specific awards

-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (co-pres), Prom Committee (VP), catechism, Her Campus High School Ambassador

-Volunteer/Community service: English teacher’s assistant/tutor, volunteered at food bank, nature center, Catholic Charities USA

-Summer Activities: college summer program

-Teacher Rec #1: Bet 10/10. Current English teacher, wrote my brother’s a couple years ago who also got into ND
-Counselor Rec: Pretty sure it was a 10/10, I know her very well and we have a great relationship

Other

-Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
-Intended Major: Design
-State (if domestic applicant): TX
-School Type: Public-charter
-Ethnicity: Hispanic
-Gender: Female
-Hooks: First gen, brother is current student

Reflection

-Strengths: My essays! Worked months on them and got really specific and creative!
-Weaknesses: Test scores
-Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Truly showed my passion for ND and my character
-Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- UT Austin, Texas A&M, Saint Marys College

General Comments: Do not lose hope or give up!! If I was able to get in with low scores compared to the general applicant pool, especially in the REA one, anyone can! Truly work on your essays, show your love for the school and what you do/who you are, and you should have an amazing shot!

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Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 28 Superscore
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20 out of 149
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): I have all IB classes but I’ve only taken 1 so far. Psychology-4
Senior Year Course Load: IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Language Arts, IB Chinese 6, IB Math Studies, IB Historys of America, IB Choir, IB Chemistry 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I didn’t list any

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Drama Club President, Dance Captain of my Show Choir, Claws For Cancer: Co Leader, Staff member of Lincoln JROTC,

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at my Public Library, Big Brother Big Sister Volunteer

Summer Activities:
Didn’t List

Teacher Rec #1: It was my HOA teacher he’s known me for 3 years
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: I’m very close with my counselor and I also I’m very involved around the school.
Additional Rec: I had the director of Big Brother Big Sisters write me one. I’ve known her for 6 years.
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chinese
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Biracial- White and African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lowest Income Bracket
Hooks: Travelled to China and is very interested in going international/ global

Reflection

Strengths: My essay- 100%
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wrote strongly about wanting to travel around the world to change lives. I think my recommendations were also really good!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First acceptance
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Notre Dame! My first choice because of the fact that it has Chinese as a major.

Comments: As you can see I don’t have the highest test scores, and I still got in! Believe in yourself, and good luck

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I am also NOT CATHOLIC!

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Accepted!

SAT I (breakdown):1560 (800 english, 760 math)

GPA : 3.81/4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): none, school is IB
IB (place score in parenthesis): taking these this year
Senior Year Course Load: somewhat difficult, usual load for my school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Internship with MLB team (plus letter of rec from GM)
High School/Club Baseball
Coach of a Middle School Basketball team
Summer Courses at 2 prestigious universities (Brown, University of Michigan)
NHS, French National Honor Society
Science Olympiad

Work Experience
Work at a Resturant (Irish Pub)
Baseball/Basketball official at local youth sports league
Election Inspector at 2018 election

Volunteer/Community service:
nothing really significant, other than NHS (I guess coaching also counts)

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 7
Additional Rec: 12 (just because of the person who wrote it)
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
School Type: IB
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
Hooks: not sure if any

Reflection

Strengths: my essays were great, I felt my ND essays were the best I wrote. Strong SAT score, rec letters, and grades. Internship obviously helped. Amount of work experience is fairly unique.

Weaknesses: Not a great diversity of extracurriculars, no leadership positions held, and little community service.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Internship, essays

Where do you expect you will attend and why?
ND isn’t my #1, but would be a great place to attend.

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Accepted :slight_smile:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 superscore 800 math 760 English
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 800 math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.479
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 in BC calc, submitted to ND before score came in (don’t do that), had taken IB HL 1 (no test until HL 2) so it was just extra to see if I could get some credit
IB (place score in parenthesis): (scores wont be received until this summer) diploma candidate with completed extended essay and tok essay, HL math, HL physics, HL literature, SL geography, SL anthropology, SL Spanish
Senior Year Course Load: see above plus yesrbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cornell book award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Math honor society 2 years
National honor society 3 years
Catholic life community (small group discussions) (board member)
Volunteer/Community service:
Girl Scouts (8 years)
Church and homeless shelter volunteering
Summer Activities:
Girl Scouts congressional aid internship
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10, math teacher who I’ve had two years and who also teaches TOK so is a strong writer
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, English teacher who I had to ask last minute due to complications w my other recs so probably could have been more personal but definitely is a great writer and hyped me up
Counselor Rec: 8/10 I started the year with a new counselor who then had an injury and was out for two months so the IB coordinator wrote it for me, probably consisted of the difficulty of the ib diploma
Additional Rec: no
Interview: no

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: math
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public secondary school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle income for our are but overall high
Hooks: two alum parents and love for Notre Dame since the womb

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, IB diploma, SAT
Weaknesses: my essays were really rushed, was slightly worried my English teacher rec would be impersonal but upon reflection she’d definitely set me up for success
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strengths in many areas so appealing to the holistic process
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ND was my first response back
Where do you expect you will attend and why? ND is the first place I’ve heard from but most likely here. Yale Chicago and Princeton or the Villanova presidential scholarship would be the only factors with potential to change that

General Comments: not the thing to mention in a post about comparing yourself to others but seriously once you have submitted your apps it makes life so much less stressful when you walk away from the comparisons and just trust in yourself to pull through. Regardless of ND decision, you will end up where you’re meant to be!! Best of luck to all RD candidates :slight_smile:

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Hopefully the folks in the 2023 RD pool and next year’s applicants will find this results thread as helpful as I found prior year’s threads.

Outcome: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 read/write, 800 math
ACT (breakdown): 33 Composite (3 straight times) – never submitted any of the 3
SAT II: 790 math 2, 740 chemistry, 710 lit – did not submit any of these
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank; but in top-9% (based on UC’s eligibility in local context)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 tests total – all the usual ones (scored ‘5’ on 6 tests, ‘3’ on 1 test)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Comp/Lit, AP Micro/Macro, Civics course, Spanish IV (which is absolutely killing me), sports teams
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Doubtful these qualify as “major” but… National Merit commendation, some AP Scholar certificate, NHS, Calif Scholarship Federation, All-League 1st team Cross Country & Track & Field, and just “team-based” Robotics stuff, won the Juniors overall title in 2-man beach volleyball at a fairly major SoCal event

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity cross country and track and field (all 4 years CC, final 3 years Track) (not captain); Robotics (Section lead); Online school newspaper (sports editor); competitive beach volleyball (juniors-level only, not the top-flight level)

Volunteer/Community service:
Support group leader (4 yrs); church-related volunteering (vacation bible school, kid’s ministry team lead, 6 yrs); tutor to help kids in an elementary school in a poorer neighborhood improve their reading & writing (4 yrs).

Summer Activities:
Spent the last 2 summers as a high school intern working in the Athletic Department of a large Pac-12 Conference school. Really really cool environment, but my role was mundane stuff. I can operate a printer and run the copy machine like you would not believe. (Also played in competitive beach volleyball tourneys for fun.)

Teacher Rec #1: I trust her – so guessing it was good
Teacher Rec #2: Again, trusted him, guessing good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably pretty generic, but she had a lot of seniors to manage
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
Intended Major: Pre-approval for Mendoza College of Business (likely something with Data Analysis, maybe Finance)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Typical, large suburban
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Parents keep this one secret, which means it’s pretty high
Hooks: None (although I’m a non-Catholic Christian, so maybe I add some faith-based diversity)

Reflection

Strengths: SAT, AP test scores are strong, and I sold the summer job in the college athl. dept as a unique experience
Weaknesses: leadership pretty much lacking
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I spent a lot of time on all the essays – felt they were strong
Where do you expect you will attend and why? ND or maybe Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, or UCLA

General Comments: just really appreciate the people on the ND board on College Confidential. Very supportive group of parents and students. Guessing that it speaks to the types of folks ND attracts.

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Accepted !!
4.5 gpa Hispanic male, 35 super-scored ACT from Catholic school in DC

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[asize=7][acolor=Green]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math (770) English (760)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (didn’t send)
SAT II: Lit (700) Math 2 (640) US History (690) accidentally sent them
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.986
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/289
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send any but took WHAP, Bio, Music Theory, APUSH, Chem, Lit, Lang, Euro, Calc AB, Gov, Physics C
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: very heavy, hardest math and science, all honors, most APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really, state science Olympiad medals

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Social studies national honor society (president)
National Honor Society (board member/ brain brawl coordinator)
Varsity Cheer (Captain)
Science Olympiad
Work (shift leader) (20 hours each week)

Volunteer/Community service:
Worked with children’s ballet theater (100+ hours)
Run brown bag Sunday at my church

Summer Activities:

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 amazing teacher I had freshman year and again senior year. Wrote great letter
Teacher Rec #2: 6/10 didn’t read but had her for two years, did well in her class, got a 4 on exam, and kept in contact with her after
Counselor Rec: 7/10 love my counselor and she knows ND is my top choice
Additional Rec:
Interview: nope

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Architecture
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~$45,000
Hooks none

Reflection

Strengths: extra curriculars, love for Notre Dame
Weaknesses: average test score/ gpa for top schools
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I really showed my love for the school and how hard I’ve worked for this and the admissions committee saw that
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where yet but only applied to state school. ND all the way
Where do you expect you will attend and why? Notre is my top and only choice. Can’t imagine going anywhere else

I just want to say I am so thankful opportunity and I look forward to being classmates with many of you next year. Go Irish!

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1540, 760 Math, 780 Reading
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 740 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 UW, 4.7 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5’s, 2 4’s, 1 3

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOSA international award, 2nd place states (2 years in a row)
Robotics: Dean’s list Semi-Finalist
Robotics team: State Finalist, 3rd place Inspire award, participated in State Championships all three years
Superintendent’s Award (11th grade)
AP Scholar with distinction
HOSA state awards (top 3 in an individual event for two years in a row)
HOSA international competition participation
Local dance awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Captain of Robotics Team (participation all 4 years)
Secretary of HOSA: Organized the district event participation, assisted new members, organized several service projects (participation all 4 years)
Student Treasurer of School’s robotics club: writing grants to sponsors, organizing fundraisers, budgeting
Intern at a Children’s Museum for their robotics camp( two years)
VP of Speech and Debate Team: Local competitions for congressional debate, led meetings and trained new members
Treasurer for school tutoring club: tutor at local middle schools (all four years)
TA for summer camp at local university: assisted in Technology camp for middle school students (two years)
Research Assistant at an ecological biology lab (11-12)
National Honor Society (10-12)
Singer and Violinist in Church Youth Group (all four years)
Church Outreach Volunteer (all four years)
Competitive Dancer of Indian folk dancing, modern, and tap (4th-12th grade)

Volunteer/Community service:
over 250 hours of service: tutoring, church

Summer Activities:
A few Leadership camps

Teacher Rec #1: v good, 9.5/10,
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes I need it lmao
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian, probs a minority at ND loll)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~200ish
Hooks

Reflection

Strengths: SAT score, ECs
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to a few safety state schools
Where do you expect you will attend and why?
Hopefully ND if financial aid works out, otherwise UNC if I get in