*Official EA Results Thread*

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] ACT: 33 (35 E, 33 M, 33 R, 30 S)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 UW / 4.54 W
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s and B’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) US History (5) Environmental Sci (4) Biology (4) Calc BC (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics H, Stats AP, English Lit AP, Spanish Lang AP, American Gov AP, Microeconomics AP, Comp Sci AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): California ELC Recipient (top 4% of graduating class), Bronze Medal U.S. Congressional Award, Top Scholar Athlete, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Tennis (3 years), Piano (4 years), CSF (4 years), Families Forward (3 years, Secretary), Talent Group (2 years, Treasurer, Events Coordinator)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (200 hours)
[<em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Good!
[</em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Good!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other: [ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none [/ul]
Reflection

[ul][</em>]Strengths: Rank, AP classes
[<em>] Weaknesses: ACT score, No subject test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rank, AP classes, short essays [/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 math 1/2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): all A’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/86
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:US Government, AP English, AP Chem, Physics, Religion 4, Spanish 4, AP Calculus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Attended ISEF, Baseball (4), Basketball (1), Football (2), Math club (3), Ski Club (3), Student Council (4), NHS, KCK, Film Club (3), Spanish Club (1),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Volunteer Corps, Special Olympics, Muscular Dystrophy Association
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about baseball, very good because I talked about playing around the world.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about the places I have lived in (Indonesia, Canada, Montana), good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[li] Interview:[/ul]Other</p>[/li]
<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] ISEF
Reflection It was nice as the three people who applied from our school were accepted

[ul][<em>]Strengths: ACT, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: no legacy
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]. My guidance counselor is a great intellect and he most likely scared the admissions rep into submission.</p>

63

<p>** Decision: Deferred**</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite, 34 english, 35 math, 34 science, 31 reading
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: unknown
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~16%</p>

<p>Reflection:
Low GPA because I had a 3.1 in 9th grade (3.97 without); very little community service and maybe a 34 isn’t high enough(?).</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Am I the only person who got deferred with a 34? …</p>

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<p>list] [ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 680 CR 720 W (2170)
[ *] ACT: N/a
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math 2 710 phys
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): 40/42 IB (4 hl subjects)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/32
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Business Econ Math Arabic b HL and Phys Eng A1 SL
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective: ummm honours… high honours… nothing really
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): 3 sports… student body president… umm head MUN Chair… Founded an Interact… Community service… and A lot of MUSIC
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 3 internships at major firms
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Interact club… pretty good essay
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Amazing essay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Supposedly amazing 3 pages…
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): knows me pretty well
[ ] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): not the best… a paragraph :
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Jordan
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[ ] Gender: Male
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/list] Leadership Positions and possibly URM
[ b]Reflection
[ list][ *]Strengths: ECs and essays, recs. and school grades
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT 2 phys…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]. dont question a blessing</p>

<p>Good lluck all</p>

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<p>^ I forgot to add this
Decision: Accepted</p>

66

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 - 710 math, 740 writing, 800 reading
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 690 math II, 700 lit, 710 chem, 720 bio - m, 790 us history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (4), chem (4), us history (5), english lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics, ap economics, ap english lit, ap latin, ap calc-ab, ap gov & pol.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with honor, trinity college book award, simsbury scholars award (top 5 % gpa)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity football, varsity mens volleyball (captain), mock trial, model un (vice president), student council, dodgeball, off-season lifting program
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 years of summer job at eye doctor’s office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lot of church stuff, previous interning at eye doctors, helping out with special olympics, countless other random ones all the time
[<em>] Summer Activities: working, training for preseason, volunteering
[</em>] Essays: pretty damn good if i can say so myself
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt see them but i was pretty close to both of the teachers and they wrote me really good letters for other things in the past so im assuming they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: as white as they come
[<em>] Gender: the dominant one, jk - male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80k - 90k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation American although my Mom did graduate college in Poland
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: taking all the hardest classes and excelling in them, being hardcore catholic, my essays were legit
[<em>] Weaknesses: freshman year started off rough with relatively low gpa and almost no extracurriculars, maybe sats?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: im a boss, who wouldnt want me?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to boston college honors, bucknell, colby, colgate benton scholars program, uconn honors and special law program, providence honors, university of virginia, and villanova honors. rejected ed from penn. waiting on cornell, dartmouth, duke, hillsdale, georgetown, holy cross, trinity, tufts, and yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: love notre dame. if i dont get in anywhere else this is most likely where im going</p>