<p>Son was deferred.</p>
<p>35 ACT, 2250 SAT. #2 out of #134 in his class. NMSF. Disappointed that he was asked to move his application from RD to EA. That seems like a slap in the face at this point. </p>
<p>I am in WI as well but nothing in the mail today. </p>
<p>Accepted in Cape Cod, MA! I love big fat white envelopes.</p>
<p>@Anxiety2015 can I ask are you in a larger city/town in Wisconsin? Maybe the mail came faster? </p>
<p>Were only deferred decisions through email? Nothing in mail here in dc</p>
<p>@Kerthorp Deferred decisions also come in the mail but in smaller business letters.</p>
<p>Is ND sending anything out over email? has anyone in CT heard?</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 one sitting, didn’t send
ACT: 35 composite
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), English Lang (5), APUSH (5), Psych (5), Micro (5), Macro (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Spanish Lang, AP Stats, AP Euro, Independent Study English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics (captain), School play (lead role, student director), Stage crew (stage manager), NHS, Spanish NHS
Job/Work Experience: Summer job at grocery store
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at girl’s summer camp, various mission trips
Summer Activities: Notre Dame Summer Leadership Seminar
Essays: Pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10–from my math teacher/forensics coach who knows me ridiculously well
Counselor Rec: 8/10–pretty good for a counselor rec</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): WI
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT score, recommendations, legacy
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths. The Leadership Seminar probably helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted University of Wisconsin, Case Western, Indiana University, still waiting everywhere else </p>
<p>Go Irish!!!</p>
<p>Southeast Wisconsin</p>
<p>[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 Super Score (660 CR, 770 M, 780 WR)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 730 Chem 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure … my school goes on a 100 scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), English Language (3), APUSH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1 and 2, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: NONE
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in orphanage, hospitals, museums, etc.
Summer Activities: Did summer@brown
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8-9</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: English, Solid 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: Math, Okay I guess 7/10 (he wrote it in 15 minutes)
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Ecstatic about the acceptance. Wasn’t sure I would make it early, but I guess my extracurricular and essays did the job. </p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars, Leadership
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>General Comments:
Don’t lose hope! </p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Secured a spot in Mendoza)
SAT I (breakdown): 2080. Writing: 710, Math: 690, Reading: 680 (Did not send)
ACT (breakdown): 34. English: 35, Math: 34, Reading: 34, Science: 32
SAT II: Did not send to ND
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Stats (5), Chem (4), Macro, Calc AB, Physics 1, Spanish
IB (place score in parenthesis): HL English, HL Spanish, HL History, SL Chem (5), SL Econ, SL Math
Senior Year Course Load: AP/IB Macroeconomics, AP Calc, AP Physics 1, IB English, IB ToK, IB History, AP Spanish, Honors Choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honorable Mention National Spanish Exam (does this count lol)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cheer coach, service club (president), NHS (treasurer), theater, vocalist, Spanish NHS, Girls State
Job/Work Experience: —
Volunteer/Community service: Cheer coach mostly, some random things here & there.
Summer Activities: Girls State, Fundamentals of Business at Georgetown
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 6 Very average, but showed organically why I wanted to attend ND.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8 probably</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: AP Chem teacher, loved me, so I assume it was good?
Teacher Rec #2: President of my (Catholic) school, priest, Theory of Knowledge teacher, he challenges me intellectually but appreciates my participation and insight.
Counselor Rec: My counselor is new this year but his letter was pretty strong because there were good notes about my performance in high school.
Additional Rec: –
Interview: --</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I won’t get it.
Intended Major: Business (Finance)
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, dual citizen</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: hooks, test scores, grades
Weaknesses: ESSAYS, I messed up my app (oops)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hooks, test scores, GPA, strong feeder school for ND
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far accepted at Georgetown & Xavier on top of ND</p>
<p>Son got the big white envelope in southern Cal this afternoon! Accepted and secured a spot in Mendoza. Congrats to all who got in. For those who didn’t, best wishes. I am sure everyone will find the right school for him/her. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): Cumulative- 36 E- 35 M-36 R-36 S-36
SAT II: 750 Chem, 740 Eng Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.60 (our school uses 0-100 scale)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank (but somewhere in the 20%-40% range)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), Lit (4), Latin (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Studio Art, AP Lang, AP US Hist, Micro/Macro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w Honors, NHS, Magna Cum Laude- National Latin Exam</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 7th grade basketball coach (youngest head coach in school’s history), Model UN Team (President), Art Club (Co-President), Student Ambassador (Member), Community Service Club (Member), Church Acolyte (Captain), Track and Field (2 year Varsity letterman- Triple Jump), Youth Church and Independent Band (Bassist and Keys)
Job/Work Experience: AAU 6th Grade Basketball Coach (Head Coach, paid $400 for the season), Basketball Private Skill Sessions (One-on-one or group lessons, paid $25 an hour per kid), Math and Latin Tutor (One-on-one or group sessions, paid $30 an hour per kid)
Volunteer/Community service: Church Outreach, School Outreach, Youth League Basketball Coaching
Summer Activities: Ga Tech camp, Emory Pre-College Program, Federal Service Language Academy at UNG, EFL at Vandy, overseas travels to India and Britain)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8ish, three of mine were good, the last one I wrote at 11pm on Nov 1
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): idk I didn’t see them</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: don’t know
Teacher Rec #2: don’t know
Counselor Rec: don’t know, but probably pretty good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Finance (got accepted into Mendoza)
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private Protestant Christian ~250 kids per class
Ethnicity: Indian (w a dot not a feather)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$400,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): other than the stuff above, nothing</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: test scores, extra curriculars, leadership positions
Weaknesses: grades, grades, grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my strengths outweighed my weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk yet, this was my first letter</p>
<p>General Comments: I grew up in an Ohio State household, hopefully I won’t be entirely ostracized. Few people here in Atlanta understand the magnitude of this opportunity. Unless I get into Stanford or Dartmouth on RD (which I won’t) I’m going to end up a Domer. Go Irish!</p>
<p>@marlotti
Fortunately, you and your family can still have a shared hatred of Michigan!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33 C 33 E 34 M 31 R 33 S 8 W
SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/311
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Lang (5), APES (5), APUSH (4), APSTATS (4), APCHEM (4), WHAP (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Spanish Lit, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, English 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Summer Internship, Math Club (President), Teen Summer Volunteer, Volunteer Club (President), Tennis, NHS, Rotary, Church Choir, Spanish Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours for Volunteer club and over 600 hours total
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (8), I liked one of my supplements a lot! It was the ideal intellectual field trip one! (9)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): They were really good! I got it from my english teacher I had for 2 years! He’s awesome!</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Awesome! (8)
Counselor Rec: Idk, did not read</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Did not report
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not many hooks, extracurriculars and internship</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Math Level II, Leadership Positions, Extracurriculars, One supplement essay I loved
Weaknesses: No special ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays and my extracurriculars helped a lot! Make sure to spend a lot of time with the supplements! Also show leadership and creativity! They are very important! 
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to some Colorado schools and Minnesota Twin Cities</p>
<p>General Comments: I am beyond excited! The mail came in at like 6:30 pm and it was a long day! Notre Dame is my dream school and I am so happy right now! I also learned that you should not look outside your window all day long because your mail man might just come at 6:30 pm! Go Irish! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35 CUMULATIVE (one sitting) E-35 M-31 R - 36 S- 36 W-10
SAT II: 710 Math II, 680 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/367
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4) APUSH (4) AP Lit (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Honors Physics, AP Lang, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Captain), NHS, Link Crew, Track, Soccer (captain), Basketball, School Musical, Dance, Foreign Exchange Host, Tutoring
Job/Work Experience: NONE
Volunteer/Community service: 60 hours a year
Summer Activities: Sports
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (8) - Really Passionate About what I wrote about; ND Supplements (9) -I loved what I wrote, I felt like it really captured why I wanted to be a part of Notre Dame and I wrote the “hook” one - I spent a lot of time on it and I thought it was unique but still represented me
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I have no idea. My teacher has not showed me yet.</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: I am assuming it was really good because I have known this teacher since eighth grade as a basketball coach, had him all four years as a teacher, and two years academically as a teacher, including AP Chemistry
Counselor Rec: Idk, did not read</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars, ACT, Writing
Weaknesses: Not a lot of focused volunteer work, no conenctionns to ND
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really showed my passion for Notre Dame, and of course my strong courseload/academics (4.0 unweighted, taking as heavy as a courseload as I possibly could) and lots of EC
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to a lot (also applied to a lot) - mostly state schools all around the country - Notre Dame most impressive on list; deferred at Tulane</p>
<p>General Comments: I am beyond excited and surprised! I knew I had a strong resume, but I did not believe that it would be good enough for Notre Dame (especially because I got deferred at Tulane)…But beyond happy. I LOVED Notre Dame from the moment I walked on campus. Go Irish!</p>
<p>[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 32. 11 on writing (but I heard ND doesnt look at writing scores)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7% (not sure on exact number)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5), Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Physics, Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC and Track all 4 years. XC team captain. NHS 11-12, Vice President 12, HOSA 10-11-12, Link Crew 12. Religion classes weekly through junior year (Catholic)
Job/Work Experience: Hostess at Texas Roadhouse (10-15 hrs a week)
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteering, especially for running events. Organized a food drive at my Catholic church
Summer Activities: work and running (lol)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): All 10’s- I wrote about my love for genetics and how for my “field trip” I would want to visit a nucleus to see DNA. For my “beginning of a story” essay I wrote about my great-great aunt who, at age 109, is the oldest living woman in Ireland. Her early life was really interesting, she fought with the IRA, so I wrote about her early life (beginning). Then for my “Why ND’” one I wrote about how I always views ND as the “finish line” (I kind of used a running metaphor) but really it would only be the starting line because it would help me to grow in my faith and as a person. I also wrote about wanting to join the ND community. </p>
<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: 10- from my AP World teacher, talked about my passion for learning
Teacher Rec #2: 10- from my XC coach. Wrote about me as a person rather than a student
Counselor Rec: didn’t submit, used my coach’s rec instead because my counselor has no idea who I am ( hashtag public school problems)</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
Intended Major: Pre-professional (Physical therapy)
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Big public (ranked 8th in state of Wisco)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:$150, 000 (not sure)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Catholic, legacy (my dad and grandpa both went there), my aunt is a current graduate student who has lived there for 9 years and knows everyone there, my uncle works for the university (rector for graduate family housing I think) and also attended there</p>
<p>Reflection- I really did not think I would get in. I really think it was my essays. You CAN get in even if you didn’t get a 34+ on your ACT! I consider myself sort of an average joe- I didn’t attend any pre-college programs, I didn’t start a charity, I didn’t attend an international science fair or intern on Wall Street or anything like that. If you work hard and spend a lot of time on your essays you definitely have a shot! Good luck to everyone!!! </p>
<p>Strengths: Family connections, essays
Weaknesses: “lower” ACT score, extracurriculars aren’t super academic in nature, lack of major awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays and family connections
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. </p>
<p>Hoping that I can find a couple hundred thousand dollars lying around on the street so I can attend my dream school!!! Good luck to everyone! And to those that didn’t get in, don’t worry about it, there are plenty of great colleges out there (plenty of cheaper colleges out there, too…) and remember you always can transfer into ND later on! </p>
<p>Shoutout to @stahboy on getting accepted! I hope you can find the time to study for finals and not to mention, delete some of them colleges on CA!! Congratz!!!@##@#@@$</p>
<p>Thank you @queserrva I hope for the best for you too! :)</p>
<p>@sdhotmama where in socal might i ask? still waiting for mine :(</p>