NOTRE DAME

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I applied to various schools and was mainly wondering what my chances at Notre Dame will be. I’ve already been accepted to the Honors Program at Ohio State as my safety school. Here are my stats:

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite, 33M, 34R, 32E, 31S, 32W 10/12 Essay
SAT II: 740 Math I, 700 Math II, 620 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% 160
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took all AP courses available, Calc AB (5) US History (3) Lang. (4) Bio, and Lit. (Calc 2/Stats is a dual enrollment class)
IB (place score in parenthesis):not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Honors Physics, Calc 2/Stats, AP Lit, Latin IV, two required classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, High School Service Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer all 4 years (2 varsity letters), selected for St. Thomas Aquinas STEM program (participated and won first place in TEAMS Engineering competition at the University of Cincinnati), Captain of the Regional Science Bowl team for 3 years, Eucharistic Minister and Mass Coordinator for school masses and Altar Server and Lector for Parish Masses, National Honor Society, Ambassadors Program (club that is geared to recruiting eighth graders for the high school, Tutor for 4 years, School Leadership position

Job/Work Experience: Work construction job doing remodeling for 20 hrs/week since sophomore year, Certified Level 8 referee and ref ages 4-18 games for 4 hrs/week for half the year since sophomore year

Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours of service, founded my own service organization for the elderly and handicapped (BCF Service Organization)

Summer Activities: Went to Ohio State Engineering Summer Experience (2nd place in robotics competition there) and the Dayton Honors Engineering Camp both junior year

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5-10 I thought they were fairly good, had them reviewed many times
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9-10

Teacher Rec #1: 9-10 my soccer coach for four years
Teacher Rec #2: none
Counselor Rec: 10-10 loves our family and really spent a lot of time writing it
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <80,000 (9 kids)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy at Notre Dame (Dad and Grandpa went there, mom went to St. Marys)

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You got your LOR from soccer coach, not from your core subject teachers???

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He was my soccer coach as well as my math teacher @paul2752‌

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@‌Johndog19 For the last year? Your recs, generally, should be from an English and Math teacher that taught you during your junior year.

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Yes during my senior year @MandarinSin‌

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@Johndog19‌ Sorry about that, I meant junior year. If he is writing you a letter of recommendation without having had you for a year it is pretty shady…

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@MandarinSin‌ He’s known me for a while though so I think it’s fine

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Actually, it’s OK to ask for your teachers’ rec even though he/she didnt teach u for senior year.
Not many students have a same teacher fir 3 years. None of people around did.

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Yeah that’s true thanks @paul2752‌ can somebody actually chance me though?

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Low reach/highmatch

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I’d say it’s a Low-Mid Reach, you have some cool awards but none that are very competitive or stand out, and those SAT II’s will hurt you. Also, even though your courseload is the max at your high school it still seems a little bit lacking; only eight College/AP classes; however, your ACT score and GPA are good and those awards are cool too!

How do you manage to put 25 hours a week in working, probably10 volunteering, 60 in school and studying and probably 20 per week in sports and not die? That’s 120 or so hours and you only have 168 in a week. Awesome stuff tho!

Overall: Low Reach

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Thanks! I sent the SAT II’s in before I knew my scores and I regret that I did. Do you think they will negatively impact me or will they just disregard them? Thankfully all of my extracurriculars fit together nicely though and they vary from day to day so it’s not as bad as it seems. @MandarinSin‌

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Did you hear yet? I hope things went well for you. The Legacy part helps. Otherwise, it is incredibly competitive. They said thousands applied that were in the top 1% both in test scores and class rank, and half of those were turned away. My son was accepted, but now we have to figure out how to pay for it. He probably stood out because he has the unusual skill of being a pipe organist. All the best to you!