***OFFICIAL NOTRE DAME CLASS OF 2018 RD ACCEPTANCE THREAD***

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2000 (not reported)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Physics, 710 USH, 790 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 4.6
[</em>] Rank: 8/800
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: In retrospect, not the best they could’ve been.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Hopefully good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Hopefully good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): no hooks.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: grades, recs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: essays didn’t individualize me, test scores not outstanding
[<em>] going to attend? One of my top schools, so I will ask to stay on the waitlist.
[/ul]Other Factors:
[li] Really think the competition was intense for ND this year. [/li][</em>] Waitlist letter mentioned 0-100 students are admitted from 800 waitlistees. </p>

<p>Congrats to those accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110 (CR:700, Math:760, Writing:650)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not send
[<em>] GPA: School does not report GPA
[</em>] Rank: School does not report this either, but I’d guess around the top 10%
[li] Other stats: I’m an international student, so I studied under the British educational system. I took 4 A Level subjects under an accelerated program and 10 O Level subjects, scoring (reasonably) well in all of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I spent a fair amount of time on them, and I think they turned out to be the best part of my application. I wrote my essays in such a way that they all cohered around a central theme even though they each differed in aspect and content.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good (I think). I never looked at my recs, but I asked teachers who know me well both personally and academically so I think that did the trick.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Nothing great and no major awards. Editor of school magazine, heavily involved in campus ministry, taekwondo black belt (won a competition once), and some community service hours as a volunteer teacher
[li] Hook (if any): (Possibly) My diverse background and experiences</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Malaysia
[</em>] School Type: I went to an international high school (in Malaysia) and then transferred to a local institution for my A Levels.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Sri Lankan (technically speaking). I’m also part Chinese and Finnish.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths - Essays and recs, Weaknesses - Lack of extracurriculars and community service
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My essays and recs. It’s known that ND wants to diversify its student body, so the fact that I’m an international student with different experiences might have helped a little.
[li] going to attend?: I will have to consider all the universities that admit me but ND remains a strong choice!</p>[/li]
<p>I’m really interested to know if anyone from Malaysia was accepted as well. Does anyone know whether ND notifies you about other admits in your country so you can get in touch with them? </p>

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<p>Huge congratulations to all the acceptances! I’ll see y’all next year!</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>2050 SAT, 3.58 GPA, 4.68 HPA, top 20%, lots of ECS</p>

<p>Stats are super low for ND. Looks like I’ll either let go of my dream of being a Fighting Irish or apply as a transfer… </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (680 CR, 750 M, 770 W, 10 E); didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 35 S, 11 E) (second sitting)
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 Math II, 750 Literature, a few others I didn’t submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/155
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5), AP English Language (5), AP Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Religion, Spanish IV, Government, AP Biology, Calculus II (dual-enrollment), Statistics (dual-enrollment), Honors Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award (not really that major), lots of school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Basketball 9-12 (JV captain 10,11); NHS 11-12 (President as senior), Ambassador Club 11-12, Altar Server at my parish (Head Server since 9th grade, been serving since 4th)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kroger (courtesy clerk for ~4 months in 2012), Wendy’s (staff member for ~3 months summer 2013), been working at an old folks’ home for the past 3 months
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer at a center for inner-city kids every winter, worked basketball camps for my school, worked at parish festivals, nothing major.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State 2013, a class at the local hospital for gifted science students, work, basketball. Family doesn’t have much money for me to ever do anything else.
[<em>] Essays: My Common App essay was really good, 9/10. Really introspective and I think it characterizes me well. My supplementals were likely okay, didn’t spend much time on them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: One from my Honors Chemistry teacher junior year. The guy loves me so I’m hoping he wrote a good one. The other is from my math teacher the past two years. Probably pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great. She loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t get one. Seemed a bit unnecessary but what do I know.
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $160k-$180k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m the definition of anti-hook. White, male, upper middle class, intended economics major. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My stats, essays, and possibly my recommendations.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My extracurricular involvement, although it’s never seemed that way to me, is a bit shallow by CC standards. All I know is basketball at my school is a full-time job and then some so I’ve never had much time for anything else.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Really good stats and essays probably got me in.
[</em>] Where else you are applying or have already applied: Princeton, Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Miami University, USC (SoCal), Notre Dame, Vanderbilt
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: It’s a long and grueling process. October was a difficult month because of all the stress. </p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>] ACT: 34 [34/36/33/32]
[li] SAT IIs: 800 physics, 780 math 2[/li][</em>] GPA: 3.9
[li] Rank: Top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>sorry, too depressed to list everything else</p>

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<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2040
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2: 740 Bio: 700 US history 710
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 31 (36 math im going into engineering)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, wrote about how my parents went there and how i lived in singapore for 2 years
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): double legacy
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: half white half asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: below average scores
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Not academically competitive enough
[</em>] going to attend? probably wont accept waitlist spot</p>

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<p>Congratulations to the accepted students :slight_smile: Did you get your financial aid package with your acceptance letter?</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210 (760/740/710)
SAT IIs: 790 Math/700 Chem
ACT: 34 (One sitting as sophomore)
GPA:4.0 UW
Rank: 2/180
Other stats:AP English 11(5); AP English 12, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Biology
E/C’s - Lettered in 3 sports (basketball/baseball/golf), 2 year captain - baseball/basketball; Youth basketball coach for 4 years; Sunday school teacher’s aide
Awards: National Merit Finalist, West Point Leadership Award, National Honor Society
Essays: Good, not great
Teacher Recs: Great - had both of these teachers for several classes and they pushed me to apply to reach schools.
Counselor Rec: Good, I’m guessing
Other Rec: Glowing letter from a Notre Dame Alumnus who basically recruited me to apply.
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person: Pennsylvania
State or Country: USA
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Good grades, very involved in school activities
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Alumnus letter was difference in my opinion
going to attend? Need to visit first!
Still in shock …</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=Yellow] **Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2210 790 CR 660 M 760 W
[ *] SAT IIs: Latin 690, US History 740
[ *] GPA: 3.8 W
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Common App was very good; supplements could’ve been better
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (if any): Eh not really
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: Pretty good SATs, good teacher recs. Weaknesses: Poor extracurriculars, poor freshman year brought down my GPA, and should’ve put more effort into supplements.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I had already been deferred and I think all of my weaknesses explain why.
[ *] going to attend? Joined waitlist.
[ *] Accepted: BC, Fordham, Marist, Villanova, Scranton, Fairfield (All EA)
[ *] Deferred EA and Waitlisted RD: Notre Dame
[ *] Waiting on: Dartmouth, Cornell, Tufts, Georgetown (REALLY scared) </p>

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<p>Just Checked the Mail
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *]SAT I (breakdown):2130 Reading 760 Math 680 Writing 690-superscored but 2100 in one sitting
[ *]ACT:Did not take
[ *]SAT II: US History 780 Biology 690(in my defense, I’m still taking bio for the first time)
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.81/4.0
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):11/265
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Psych 4, Environmental Science 4, Human Geo 5
[ ]IB (place score in parenthesis):Did not take
[ ]Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Health, French Independent Study, AP Calc AB, AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, National Merit Commended National Achievement Scholar- not really major awards though
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Peer Leader, Book Club(President), Community Service Club(officer), NHS, Class Council
[ *]Job/Work Experience:team member at a food est.
[ *]Volunteer/Community service:at library and nursing home(lots of hours at both places)
[ *]Summer Activities:volunteering and work
[ *]Essays:Creative, basically a bio of my life and influences
[ *]Teacher Recommendation:both great
[ *]Counselor Rec:general
[ ]Additional Rec:None
[ ]Interview:did not have
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[ *]Intended Major:Biology
[ *]State (if domestic applicant):PA
[ *]Country (if international applicant):
[ *]School Type:public
[ *]Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):African-American
[ *]Gender:Female
[ ]Income Bracket:140k
[ ]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):urm
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[ *]Strengths:essays
[ *]Weaknesses:Essays, no major awards, too many ECs? test scores
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:essays & diversity
[ *] Accepted: UNC(EA), Bucknell(likely), Cornell(likely), UMBC, Pitt, Temple
[ *] Waiting on: Stanford, Brown, UPenn</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33E 30M 28R 27S
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not send
[<em>] GPA: 4.14W
[</em>] Rank: 58/665
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: GREAT!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Perfect
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay
[<em>] Hook (if any): ND Vision, 700 hours community service, Strong Catholic
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: 5A Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian/White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ACT scores/GPA
[</em>] going to attend? I wish haha
[/ul]Other Factors: Kinda sucks being rejected but all is good. Now deciding between Emory University and Penn State</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT (breakdown): 1960 (680 CR, 640 M, 640 W, 10 E)
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank 1/7
•Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Honors Religion, Honors History, Honors Latin IV, Honors Logic, Honors Humanities, Italian, Human Anatomy, Choir, Art, PE
Subjective:
•Extracurricular: Student Body President, Secretary and Class Rep, 12th, 11th and 9th grade, too many others to list
•Volunteer/Community Service: Far too many to list, many focused on service and the Church
•Essays: I think they were good but who can honestly objectively critique their own work
•Teacher Recommendations: Excellent
•Counselor Rec: She said the best she has ever written
•Additional Rec: Excellent</p>

<p>Other
•State :In the Mountain West
•School Type: Private, Catholic
•Ethnicity: Caucasian
•Gender: Female
•Income Bracket: >$250K
•Hooks: Legacy</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: GPA, Recommendations, Service focused on others
•Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected.: I think in my essays I showed how my outlook on life, faith and service is in line with the mission of Notre Dame.
•Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted at Catholic University of America-Honors, Providence College, Saint Mary’s College, and seven others.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Blessed to be offered the gift to attend ND. I worked hard and tried to be thoughtful and helpful to others along the way. Notre Dame, Our Mother!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 32
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): didn’t submit (veryyyy bad)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.68
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/350
[<em>] AP: two 5’s, one 3
[</em>] IB: one 5, one 6
[<em>] Senior Year Course load: all IB classes (full Diploma candidate)
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 3 of us total
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): won an international essay contest; Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards; won a few state piano competitions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Girl Scout Ambassador, Editor in Chief of our school paper, President and Founder of my own service club, school rep of my city council’s advisory board, very accomplished pianist - ranked at state level, Vice President of 2 other school organizations, other activities… I was on Varsity tennis but I ran out of room on the CA so I didn’t list any of my sports
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: research internship at a university; marketing internship
[<em>] Summer Activities: travelled; conducted environmental research abroad
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: 1000+ hours from Girl Scouts, implementing service projects, and environmental fieldwork - I also mentioned volunteering at my Church a lot
[<em>] Essays: I found the supplement relatively easy to write to; Common App essay probably wasn’t the best choice though
[</em>] Teacher Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read - he doesn’t know me very well at all though, so I’m assuming it was generic
[</em>] Other Rec:
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: mixed
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket Range (Very optional): Well… I’m not going to receive any financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s definitely
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores and possibly my CA essay
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea at this point
[</em>] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected?
[<em>] Accepted: UCLA, Oxy, BU
[</em>] Waitlisted: Rice University
[li] Rejected: Pomona College</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors: I’m Catholic!</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice: Still waiting on a few more schools but I’m quite content with ND and could very well be attending in the fall! Congrats to all who have been admitted (hopefully I’ll see you soon!) and good luck to all of you as you continue to pursue your education! For those who were waitlisted/rejected - remember to embrace those who’ve embraced you! For all those who will apply in the future: don’t do things to build a resume - follow your passions and let the resume build itself.</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>2000 SAT
31 ACT
4.18 W 3.8 UW (3/150)
Extracurriculars: Outstanding</p>

<p>Why I didn’t get in: Pretty low scores, not really interested in Notre Dame, didn’t mention my Catholicism ANYWHERE in the application except when filling out the religion section</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT (breakdown): 2260 (800 R, 720 M, 740 W)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36 R, 36 Sci, 36 E, 32 M)
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank 1/82
•Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, Band, Honors Physics, Honors Spanish 5, AP Calc AB, AP US Gov, Bible
Subjective:
•Extracurriculars: lots; NHS (officer), Band (officer, honor bands), Class Officers, Peer Mentoring, varsity cheer
•Volunteer/Community Service: over 300 hours over all of high school; lots of religious work/mission trips
•Essays: decent; wrote a pretty moving one about my relationship with my younger brother
•Teacher Recommendations: several objective people said it was the best rec they’d ever seen
•Counselor Rec: good
•Additional Rec: none</p>

<p>Other
•State :Ohio
•School Type: Private, Christian
•Ethnicity: Caucasian
•Gender: Female
•Income Bracket: >$250K
•Hooks: none</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: GPA, test scores, took heaviest coarse load available, service
•Weaknesses: consistently low math scores, could’ve done more ECs although I had lots
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed through my essays and course load that I challenge myself; strong test scores/GPA didn’t hurt
•Where else you are applying or have already applied: accepted at Santa Clara, Boston College, Northwestern
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I stressed way too much about this. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2230 (M 800 R 680 W 750)
ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (subject, score): History: 800, Math Lvl 2: 750, Chem: 740.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/208
AP: three 5’s, three 4’s
Senior Year Course load: 8 classes, 5 APs)
Number of other applicants in your school: 3 of us total as far as I know (at least among the top 20%) One accepted as well and one rejected.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): won National History Day at the state level and finished 14th national, World Quest winners twice in a row, Top 10 in National Chemistry Olympiad for my state, National Hispanic Recognition Award, AP Scholar with Distrinction,3rd place at the state level for DECA.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Vice President of School Ambassadors, NHS, Vice President of Media of FBLA, DECA, Science Bowl, Varsity Quiz Bowl (high scorer for 3 undefeated regular seasons), state senator for Boys State.
Job/Work Experience: worked at Little Caesars during the summer and this year.
Summer Activities:job, national competitions
Volunteer/Community Service: over 300 hours
Essays: Common App: 8/10. 2 good supplements for ND and a rushed third one.
Teacher Rec: Honestly among the best ever written
Counselor Rec: didn’t read - she doesn’t know me very well at all though, so I’m assuming it was generic
Other Rec:
Interview: none
Other
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Nevada
School Type: public magnet, best in the state
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket Range (Very optional): less than 60 k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): URM, Questbridge
Strengths: Test Scores, extracurriculars, most challenging schedule at my school, job
Weaknesses: grades relative to most of those accepted
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Very touching essays and also very outstanding test scores for a hispanic male.
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected?
Accepted: Amherst College, University of Nevada Reno
Rejected: Chicago, Northwestern
Waiting: Cornell, Dartmouth, USC, Vassar, Georgetown
Will I attend?: Yes, I love ND more than the prestige of any other school.</p>

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<p>Decision:</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 30 (34M 31E 27S 26R)
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.5-3.6UW
[</em>] Rank: none</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was about me living in two countries and i though all 3 of my ND essays were great, possibly even better than my common app one
[</em>] Teacher Recs: did not read, but I’m assuming great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not read, but I’m assuming great
[</em>] Hook (if any): </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whiteee
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Ec’s, Recs, Essays
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: TEST SCORES!!
[li] going to attend? I wish lol</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: At first i was really sad about this rejection, but i knew it was coming. ND is just really focused on high test scores, and i did not have that. I got accepted to BC so its all good and will try to attend there if possible. Good luck everyone, and big CONGRATS to all accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 (690cr 720m 650w) ACT: 31
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA: 4.47w 3.9uw
[</em>] Rank: school doesn’t have rank. Top 10% of 290
[<em>] Other stats: First Honors 8 semesters, 7 AP Classes over 4 years, 8 varsity letters (track & cross country), School Newspaper Editor, English Tutor, Junior Counselor at a summer camp 2011-2013
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Story that Defines Your Idenity (Common App): Talked about how being a triplet has affected and defined me. Supplement (Accomplishment that went unnoticed, Try Something New, Why ND?): Talked about being a Junior Counselor at a Summer Camp, wrote a poem about my four years running XC, and finally talked about how Notre Dame has always been an important constant in my life and compared that with the tree people (including my family) always take pictures in near the grotto.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I had her twice in class & was a moderator for an activitiy I did, she also went to ND
[</em>] Counselor Rec: knew him pretty well since he was also my dads school counselor 30 years earlier
[<em>] Hook (if any): legacy: both parents received undergrad there and both siblings were accepted EA fall 2013
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Mid-Sized Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength: GPA, essays, hook Weakness: Test Score
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[</em>] going to attend? yes
[/ul]Other Factors:
Accepted: Notre Dame, Boston College, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Villanova, St.Marys, Iowa</p>

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<p>Accepted:
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 Super score, 800 CR, 740 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 720 US History
[<em>] GPA: ~4.3
[</em>] Rank: Top 1%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very good. Spoke about his inner-directedness (which is a nice way of saying that my son is stubborn and mostly does what he wants to do), as well as difficulties in life that he’s had to overcome.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good to excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not an URM. Not an athlete. Not a legacy. But some life experiences that are somewhat out of the ordinary.
[/ul]**Location/Person:/b][ul]
[li] State or Country: Maryland[/li][</em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: European-American
[</em>] Sex: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: His personality / Weakness: His personality.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Excellent test scores, excellent grades, pushed beyond the boundaries of his school’s curriculum
[li] going to attend? Still making up his mind.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>