Notre Dame is my Dream. Answers appriciated!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Can anyone help me out?

High School Junior at a catholic school in New York

Hooks: I am a URM (Hispanic), a first generation college student, musician, and I’m also adopted

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take yet goal score of 1800 for May, goal score of 2200 by October

ACT (breakdown): not taking

SAT II: Taking US and Chem in June

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank

Course Rigor: Frosh- Stage Band Honors, Integrated Geometry Advanced (took Algebra 1 in middle school). Sophmore- Biology Honors and Global History Honors, Junior Year: APUSH

AP: taking US in May

IB (place score in parenthesis): not available at my school

Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit AP Environmental AP Government Honors Calculus Business Law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too significant

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 150-200 volunteer hours, golf team, bodybuilding, peer tutoring 4 yrs of band, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society

Job/Work Experience: 3 years in 2 different businesses 20 hours per week during school 35 in the summer, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society

Summer Activities: Mainly my job, hope to go to business boot camp this summer at Molloy college.

Essays: I plan to talk about my adoption and how my work and volunteer experience has inspired my interests, and how Ive loved Notre Dame since i was 5.

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Try to get atleast a 1400 on the SAT (math and critical reading since they don’t look at writing).

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being a URM will help a lot though, so scoring a bit lower could suffice. GPA is average for ND.

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Have you spent time here?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-notre-dame/

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Thanks people :slight_smile:

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I was accepted at Notre Dame and we seem to have somewhat similar profiles in basic stats.
I agree that your urm status will aid you but I wouldn’t rely on this at all. Your GPA is ok for ND, could be better if higher though. Goal scores unfortunately mean absolutely nothing so I wouldn’t be able to gauge your viability as a candidate before seeing actual scores. Maybe try taking official practice exams and see what your average tends to be. That increase is very difficult to achieve btw (1800 to 2200), not impossible just very difficult. I speak from personal experice, I went from an 1830 to a 2170 through intense self-study with the official sat guide which I would recommend for you if you really wanna bring it up like that. I literally took an entire practice exam (4 hours long each) every single day for 6 days straight before the actual test after a bunch of practice and studying with the book. Also, ND really values character and commitment to community so if you do volunteer, that’ll be a definite plus. Either way, I wish you the best and sincerely hope you get in. Best of luck bud!

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Learn how to spell appreciated first! :smiley: