@gpo613 She applied REA or RD?
Accepted to the Mendoza Business School
SAT 1540
Math2-800 Physics-770
GPA- 3.86(UW) 8 APs
No ranking
Asian Male
@gpo613 @vlhmd1 Very sorry to hear that your daughter and son, respectively, have not been admitted. Legacy applicants face harder competition at Notre Dame year-over-year, irrespective of whether they applied to Notre Dame REA or RD. Even though there has not yet been statistical confirmation, it would not be totally surprising to see Notre Dame’s legacy admission rates going down from historically high levels. Again, very sorry to hear!
@GraceDad RD
Not a major setback as we probably couldn’t afford for her to attend. Just would have liked for her to get in.
DS accepted!
1530 SAT, 4.3 GPA.
4 years elected student government, 3 year STEM robot Captain,3 Varsity sports and Track Captain, school Ambassador, summer jobs.
NHS, Spanish Honor, Science Honor. Outside internships - science related. Multiple school honors. Catholic and from a Catholic HS. He is so happy. No hooks and not alum but his HS principal is alum and wrote him a very nice letter.
He is so happy!
From Maryland
Congrats @brownpoodle We got the wait list email. He is so bummed but has other options to consider. I am very happy for your son!!!
Declined
35 ACT
3.9 GPA
No ranking, large public school
Both parents ND alum plus other family members
Varsity athlete, unique community service, NROTC 4 year scholarship placed by Navy at Notre Dame
Yikes. sorry to hear that @lemonjelly . I was NROTC at another school back in the day and my son was just rejected by ND. I hate to say it but we are in good company. Good luck and GO NAVY.
Son accepted
SAT 1600
Math2-800 Chemistry-800 Biology-790
GPA- 4.00(UW) 4.88 (Weighted), more than 10 APs
No ranking
Several national academic awards, lots of sports, music and research activities as well as leaderships
Asian
@lemonjelly We have a family friend who was rejected from UNC this year and had an ROTC scholarship. An appeal was made and she was accepted. I wonder if there’s a similar process at ND??? Regardless, I wish you all the best.
@lemonjelly I think @COSpgsparent 's advice is right on the money: if you/your son or daughter, received a NROTC 4 year scholarship by Navy for Notre Dame, you/(s)he certainly should follow up with ND Navy ROTC and the ROTC Admission Counselor at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to review and clarify the matter: his/her test scores and unweighted GPA are in the ball park, legacy and ROTC scholarship should be strong supporting evidence. I definitely would encourage you to follow up. Best of luck and success!
@hpcsa Thanks for your kind words. I suppose what is frustrating is that he is a really good, honest kid and we went through the process honestly (no coaches, essay writers, etc)…his application, grades and activities were his own. Nothing was buffered. We did not send him on a mission or sign him up to do “research” at my husband’s University. We let him be a normal kid. The idea of the Notre Dame “family” seems long gone…regret having our kids be all in for ND - it’s broken their hearts.
@vlhmd1 Yes, I agree, this is very hard on legacy students and their parents. While legacy admission nowadays is being controversially discussed, i.e. https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article228077844.html ,
it is an important part of Notre Dame’s culture, heritage, financial funding and high admissions yield rate. One can only hope that Notre Dame Admissions will not move too far away from its successful model, going forward. Nevertheless, this is little if no comfort to your son or you in this situation. Very sorry to see indications of many very qualified legacy applicants being denied admission this cycle.
My heart goes out to your family. My son would have been 3rd generation at ND…applied last year. His grandparents sold their home in CA and moved to Holy Cross Village bc they believed in the ND family…well so far 3 for 3 of their grandkids did not get in (all parents ND Alum). They had visions of seeing grandkids when in college and having a place for all us to stay for football games and JPW weekends.
My son had international research (totally self initiated) along with solid stats and everything else and still did not get in.
We actually received the ND family reject letter…we recognize you are family but we are working on expanding our family…so no room for you.
It has been hard my son as he was born at ND and nearly all his firsts were on campus…so there will always be that reminder of not being accepted by “family”. He was even baptized in the log chapel.
Your family is not alone, and I am so sorry as I absolutely understand the heartbreak.
My S was rejected and we are shocked. 1540 SAT, 99 GPA, took every available AP course offered in HS, Captain Varsity Lacrosse, Co-Captain Varsity Football, President Robotics. Youth Ambulance Corps Volunteer, solid ECs, outstanding Letters of Rec, brother is sophomore at ND!!! HOW WAS HE REJECTED??? utterly disgusted I feel it’s a pure disgrace to let legacies in over students who have given blood, sweat & tears like my own did. ND was his dream since he was a toddler, and he did everything in his power to get accepted. We were there visiting my other son and it was during Early Decision Accepted students weekend so my high school senior son met many of the accepted students and his stats were well above theirs! I am blown away by the decision and he is devastated. ND has no idea the kind of kid they rejected.
Accepted to:
Clemson, Miami, Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State (all w honors and scholarships). Waiting on: Yale, Cornell, Michigan all of which he interviewed with and said went very well.
@blueher Not all legacies got in. My D19 was rejected and she is a legacy. Similar stats as your son.
My heart goes out to your son and your entire family. While I agree that Legacy status should not give one a “free pass” (our daughter, while an excellent student was not a good test taker, worked quite hard to muster a 30 on her ACT - so when she did not get accepted we understood), when qualified students, such as our sons, are not offered admission it is beyond comprehension. Expanding the “family” at the expense of long standing, loyal alumni in an effort to boost stats/standings seems antithetical to what our family had thought the “community” of Notre Dame had meant all these years.
God bless and best wishes to your son.
@blueher - It’s upsetting to watch you children hurt . But your son had been accepted to some great schools already. What I told my D is that it’s their loss that they don’t take her. My D was deferred from her “dream school” but some great acceptances have come in since then including ND. It took her a few days but she has gotten excited about some of the other great schools on her list. There is not school for any kids . I’m sorry but looking at his stats I’m sure he will do well anywhere
@blueher , @vhmd1 - I was in your position last year with both my sons rejection from USC. Then, USC proudly publishes that they admitted 69% students of color. It was a very tough pill to swallow. You know there were lower stats students who were accepted over your student. The state of college admissions today is crazy. You think your student is a ‘lock’ for admission only to be rejected. It hurts. Many on this board get it. We are sorry for you and your child having to go through this. Even though you are not going to be at ND, there will be a great location for your student that will help them blossom into a wonderful, mature adult. Good luck to all.
These are all very hard pills to swallow. Thank God for the gifts you have an any acceptances you were given. To be honest, I am glad that ND is trying to expand the family and be more diverse. I think it has a poor reputation for not being diverse, and I give them credit their efforts to rectify that. Your kids will be fine…I know it is painful because of your love and dedication to the institution. I think this may be a lesson to us all to not put our eggs in one basket and realize nothing is a given. Good luck to you.