<p>optical illusion, I got the Notre Dame Scholar thing too. I have no idea what it means!</p>
<p>From what I understand, being a Notre Dame Scholar means that you are in the top 20% of students that Notre Dame admitted and you are supposed to receive preferential financial aid..</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:Accepted![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 680 Math 660 Reading 720 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 Biology 740 US History 670 Math Level II
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] GPA:4.5 Weighted, I'd say about 3.8 Unweighted
[ *] Rank: School doesn't rank, but at least top 4% out of around 400
[ *] Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, National Merit Semifinalist, Eagle Scout, played football for two years and track for three, pretty good AP and IB test scores
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Probably good but I didn't see them
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good but I didn't see it
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Private/Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Pretty good mix of grades and community service
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Who knows, but I think the Eagle Scout and IB Diploma really helped
[ *] going to attend? Without a doubt</p>
<p><em>sob</em></p>
<p>my letter won't come until wednesday AT THE EARLIEST... so i'm stuck waiting until then.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: not as good as ACT
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800-USH, 780-Math II, 730-Bio
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: UW-4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/102
[</em>] Other stats: individual journalism state champ, editor of newspaper, two varsity sports
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: common app one was great, supplemental was good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: fine
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: rural public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: I think it's all pretty good
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: stats and ECs
[li] going to attend? depends how it goes with HYPS this spring [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I'm a Notre Dame Scholar too</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 700CR, 770M, 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800(Math2), 760(USHist), 730(BioM)
[<em>] ACT: 35 (35E, 36M, 33R, 34S)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: No rank, top 1-5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good, never saw though
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hopefully good, never saw either
[</em>] Hook (if any): I painted the Golden Dome
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Public, 410 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whitey
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Community service, job experience, personality
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Solid scores, ECs, overall
[li] going to attend? Nope, bound to UPenn via ED[/li][/ul]Other Factors: </p>
<p>Also a Notre Dame Scholar... anybody know any more about it?</p>
<p>YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ *] SAT:N/A
[ *] SAT IIs:N/A
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] GPA:3.9
[ *] Rank:20/295
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:very unusual....i thought they were decent
[ *] Teacher Recs:good
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (if any):i emphasized growing up on a farm so idk if that worked
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Minnesota
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness:i think my essays were good, i have a ton of ECs
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ECs, Recs, essays
[ *] going to attend? MOST LIKELY :)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100...770 CR/670 M/660 W
SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 720 Math I, 720 Spanish
ACT: 35, all subscores 35
GPA: 4.3 w, 3.8 uw
Rank: 16/656
Other stats: NMSF, 5's on both AP tests I've taken</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good
Teacher Recs: pretty good? I don't know
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): not exactly a legacy but my grandparents are buried on campus and a lot of my extended family went there so I included that in the "extra info"</p>
<p>Location:
State or Country: OH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: ACT score I guess
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know
going to attend? It's likely</p>
<p>ND scholar...what is that?</p>
<p>are any of you from the east coast?</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: W:760, M:750, CR:730
[ *] SAT IIs: Math2:720, Bio:780, US History:710
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] GPA: W:4.48, UW:3.87
[ *] Rank: NA
[ *] Other stats: NA
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, nothing special
[ *] Teacher Recs: never saw em
[ *] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[ *] Hook (if any): eagle scout, business passion.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Orange county, CA
[ *] School Type: very competitive religious private school
[ *] Ethnicity: NA
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: ?
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good stats?
[ *] going to attend? probable
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Since people in the midwest/california already have decisions, us east coasties should get letters tomorrow.</p>
<p>^Word, maybe tomorrow. But this forum has given me hope-a lot of white kids from public schools (like me) are getting in with similar or lower stats. Of course, this is not giving us the whole picture because the rejected kids are probably too depressed to post their stuff, so it's possible a lot of great people have been shot down and we just don't know it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 760 Chem
ACT: 35
APs: 7
GPA: 4.0
Rank: ~7/350
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I wrote mine about cooking, so it was different
Teacher Recs: I think it was good
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any): My sister goes there?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: One job for almost three years, pres of beta club,
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Everything together
going to attend?: Probably</p>
<p>Other Factors: Notre Dame Scholar</p>
<p>Yeah, this thread defnitely upped my hopes. Especially in comparison to the "stanford slaughter" (WOW) and similar stuff with gtown. Good luck buddy. Let's hope for the best tomorrow.</p>
<p>And I got my letter on Saturday if that helps anyone</p>
<p>haha yeah compared to Stanford, it seems like Notre Dame has the same high standards for admittance as a community college...</p>
<p>Never thought I'd see so many damn rejections of qualified students</p>
<p>What size is the envelope?</p>
<p>iomr, if that's how you look at it let's hope you don't choose Notre Dame. There's nothing more pathetic than basing one's admiration of a school on the percentage of applicants it rejects. Notre Dame is a more beautiful school than any of the Ivies, and people who lust after the latter usually do so for petty reasons. Do you really have a problem with a student body of 8000 with an average SAT of 1400+? If that's what you consider community college standards, I'd like to know what community you're from. You would do well to compare two schools like the University of Chicago and Brown. The former admits about twice the percentage that the latter does, but there's no contest academically.</p>
<p>Anticipation16- it's a white 8.5 X 11</p>
<p>aristophanes- I totally agree</p>
<p>iomr- If you want to keep complaining about Stanford and bashing on Notre Dame, then go on the Stanford pages</p>
<p>what's the deal? Why are there no people that were deferred or rejected? Do you think those letters went out later?</p>