****OFFICIAL Notre Dame Class of 2019 REA Decisions Thread****

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>Denied- </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120: 730 M, 660 CR, 710 W
ACT (breakdown): 32 C (?)
SAT II: na
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (weighted=4.6)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%(15/393)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro(3), Lang(4), Psych(5), Gov(4), HG(4), US(5), also took AP Lit but I was given the wrong test (the makeup test) and got it invalidated—bummer bc lit is really "my thing”
IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish 4, IB Contemporary History HL, IB Psych HL, IB Descriptive Statistics and Calc 5, IB Biology, IB English Lit HL, Theory of Knowledge
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Finalist at International FPS Competition, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective: School is one of the tops in Florida with large, well-respected IB Program. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):<br>
National Honor Society 11,12 (Secretary 12), Future Problem Solvers 10,11,12 (Co-President 11,12), Varsity Softball 9,10,11,12 (Captain 12), Youth Leadership Jacksonville 11(school representative), Science National Honor Society 11,12 (Treasurer 12), Young Republicans 10,11,12 (Secretary 12), Hispanic Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National English Honor Society, Link Crew Leader 10,11,12 (peer mentor), Acts of Random Kindness Club, Digging into God’s Grace (prayer group), Sharing Our Stories Club (Secretary/Co-founder)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Bagger/Cashier at Publix Supermarkets (11,12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Link Crew (180ish hours)
Volunteer Babysitter for Widowed Neighbor (over 250 hours)
Volunteer at Children’s Clinic (over 50 hours)
Relay for Life participant
Youth Softball Camp counselor
Camp counselor at Home Schooling Convention
Habitat for Humanity</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Travel Softball, volunteer at children’s clinic, part-time job</p>

<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 8-8.5- wrote about choosing to go to the high school with iB Program, as opposed to the one all of my friends went to. well-written, but not absolutely crazy about
Intro Supplement: 10- My absolute favorite college essay I handwritten so far. I wrote an intro to myself in a unique way. My English teacher went crazy over it and though it was adorable.
Intellectual Field Trip Supplement: 8- wrote about one of my passions, Habitat for Humanity
Why ND? 8-9 I poured my heart and soul into it, but reading it now, it comes off a little cliche </p>

<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9.5-10- Very good relationship with teacher. This teacher historically writes amazing letters of rec, but I never got to read it.
Teacher Rec #2: na
Counselor Rec: at least an 8—never saw it though, but I have a good, personal relationship with her
Additional Rec: na
Interview: na</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I’m not sure, checked the box, but never filled out a form. But I will be.
Intended Major: Biology!!!
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 70-80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my uncle is alumni (but I think ND only considers parents for Legacy), Catholic(?-not sure if this is a hook)</p>

<p>Strengths: leadership, some of my essays
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Alabama Honors, applied to Florida State, Florida, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and UPenn</p>

<p>Reflection: I was absolutely heartbroken. Probably cried for 2 hours at least. ND was really my dream school, and now I have to deal with telling everyone that I wasn’t even good enough to get a deferral. I know that with my test scores made acceptance a long shot, but I at least thought I could get deferred. I terrified for applying to Duke and UPenn now… But, nonetheless, congrats to all those who got it!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading 710, Maths 800, Writing 700
ACT (breakdown): n.a.
SAT II: Maths Level 2: 800, Physics 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.25 or what, I actually don’t know coz my school is using a weird system
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n.a.
AP (place score in parenthesis): n.a.
IB (place score in parenthesis): 42/42 + A in TOK, no EE predicted score yet
Senior Year Course Load: IB Chinese A SL, English B HL, Economics HL, History SL, Physics SL, Mathematics HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no big awards </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School House Leader, Create New Student Program, Student Government, Yearbook, Swimming, Piano
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Qeelin as office assistant (a jewelry company under Kering), Waitress at my Dad’s restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Quite a lot but I didn’t really put them on CA cuz there’s no space
Summer Activities: Traveling basically
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 My two teachers said it is very moving
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: I would say 10 though I didn’t read it. she gave me really good comments every time on my report card
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: No idea. should be fine though
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Program of Liberal Arts
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: International School
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: IB score and essays
Weaknesses: ECs are not very strong
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am Chinese and non-catholic I guess? I am getting the sense that ND kinda wants to diversify its campus but dk whether it’s true lol.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred by Georgetown </p>

<p>General Comments: I am so happy!!! I checked email on my phone this morning in the bathroom and started screaming, and terrified my Mom…Congrats to all those accepted and best of luck to all others! </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted - 4.0; Weighted - 4.62
ACT: Composite - 32; English - 36; Math - 28; Reading - 34; Science - 31
Class Rank: 2/305 (top 1%)
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Lots of Extracurriculars (athletics, clubs, volunteering, leadership positions, etc.)</p>

<p>Applied to College of Science-Physics Major</p>

<p>Not legacy
Not Catholic
Not part of a minority
Not first generation</p>

<p>Strengths: Multiple summer research experiences/programs, teacher recommendations, and essays
Weakness: Test scores (and no “hooks” to compensate for any statistics-based weaknesses)</p>

<p>Reflection: Congratulations to everyone who got in! For everyone else that got rejected or deferred, I, too, feel your pain. Although Notre Dame was not necessarily a top choice for me, rejection is nevertheless an unpleasant feeling and (unfortunately) a necessary evil for most students out there applying to many top universities. Good luck to all of those deferred and/or applying to other schools!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760CR/800M/690W
SAT II: Math II: 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% at top 100 public high school
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemsitry: 4
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs: Spanish, Bio, BC Calc, Pyschology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Notre Dame Junior of the Year finalist for our city</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 Season runner, student council rep, NHS, JSA, Link Crew, treasurer of JSA/NHS
Job/Work Experience: 2 summer jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 193 hours. Active church member
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 overall. Procrastinated a bit, definitely a point of weakness.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: 10 (I was able to read)
Teacher Rec #2: Unable to read, likely a 9 or 10
Counselor Rec: Unable to read, likely 8 or 9</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Legacy (1 parent, 1 sibling)
2 relatives employed at university </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Test scores/GPA/Recommendations/Comm. service
Weaknesses: Most writing
Why you think you were accepted: Legacy+SAT+GPA</p>

<p>General Comments: Very excited to have a chance with ND. First acceptance was a good one.</p>

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<p>First of all congratulations; this is a very exciting, yet painstaking experience. It’s difficult to feel self-worth when a prestigious university rejects your application. It doesn’t feel like that though- it feels like they are rejecting you as a person. Today, I was rejected from the University of Notre Dame. I have a 4.15 weighted GPA, have all As or A-s on my report cards, and am a full diploma candidate for the International Baccalaureate program. I take four higher level classes, which is more than the required three. I became president of the National Honor Society and captain of the Forensics team. I participated in 150 creativity, action, and service hours and wrote a 4,000 word essay over the summer regarding the misconceptions of the Underground Railroad. I play sports and have a 15 hour-a-week job. I feel like I work my (excuse my language) ass off. I wrote my three best essays for Notre Dame supplemental essay prompts. I feel cheated and self-depreciating because I was rejected. I believe I was rejected because I got a 31 on my ACT. I studied diligently for the Math portion, but I couldn’t score higher than a 27. I excel in English and Reading, where I scored a 34 and a 35. There’s a part of me that envisions a bored, tired admissions counselor who looked at my ACT score and tossed my application aside without bothering to look at my essays and extracurriculars. Getting rejected from college is like not fitting into a pair of jeans at that one store from middle school that the other kids idolized. If you couldn’t fit into those jeans, you weren’t good enough. I used to give optimistic advice that God has another plan, but the feeling of getting rejected sucks. So as I’m sitting here in the back of my car with fat, salty tears running down my face, I can’t suppress the green-eyed monster that despises those who are accepted. </p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED (Through Gateway Program)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math, 710 Reading, 740 Writing
ACT (breakdown):N/A
SAT II: Not Sent
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (Quartile) Top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5), Spanish (4), Euro (4) Calc AB (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
Invite-Only Senior Thesis Scholars Program</p>

<p>AP Art History
AP Literature
Physics
Spanish V
Latin V
Western Civ
Apologetics</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Eagle Scout, National Latin Exam Maxima Cum Laude</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BSA (Eagle, SPL), Varsity Baseball (4 yrs, Captain), Varsity Squash (4 yrs, Captain), Varsity Rugby (2yrs), Chase House Men’s Shelter (4), Red Cross Volunteer (4), Piano (4), Editor of School Newspaper (4 yrs), co-created a flag football organization for schooled and homeschooled kids combined
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Marshalls for year, Worked as camp counsellor before
Volunteer/Community service: Answered before
Summer Activities: answered
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I spent a lot of time on them and had them edited many times. But at best id give my ND specifics a 7, although I love my Common App Essay and would quickly give it a 9 or 10. I did a lot on that one
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I had 2 notre dame alumni give me teacher recommendations, and they taught me 2 classes each and one was also a special advisor. so probably a 9 or so</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1:before
Teacher Rec #2:before
Counselor Rec: A U Dallas alum, he likes me a lot
Additional Rec: My Stanford-accepting peer, Amelia
Interview: NONE</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Philosophy (dont think ill stay true)
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:Lower Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Aunt was an alum</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses: Weak comparative GPA and weak math+reading. My main numbers are weak but they obviously liked the rest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mostly because they must have liked the extracurriculars and the support
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No other decisions so far</p>

<p>General Comments: The Gateway Program is really interesting and apparently 19 other students and I were given the opportunity to attend ND this way</p>

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<p>I am a QB finalist and was deferred as well. They said they had made my decision…</p>

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<p>@uniofblank‌ I feel you so much. I am also an extremely high achieving student who got rejected from Notre Dame. I am a legacy applicant, I have a 2290 SAT score and I am captain of my Varsity field hockey team. I am fluent in four languages, and I taught English and science to underprivileged kids in India this summer. My GPA was probably what got me rejected - it was a 4.15 (?) weighted, 3.62 unweighted, and even that was due to special circumstances (family deaths) that I clearly noted in my application. I wrote three amazing essays and had a stellar recommendation from our principal himself. Despite all this, Notre Dame decided to reject you and me, for what reasons I cannot discern. Surprisingly, I didn’t cry as much as I thought I would, and I felt infinitely better after tearing my letter into a million pieces. I suggest you do the same, if you haven’t already, and I want you to know that there are lots of seniors in the same position as you. As my literature teacher put it, colleges never admit students who don’t deserve to get in, but they unfortunately must reject many students who do deserve to. Stay strong, and move on; it isn’t us who didn’t deserve Notre Dame - it’s Notre Dame that didn’t deserve us. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite, 1 sitting: 36 english, 34 writing, 31 math, 29 science, 10 on the essay
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 4.4 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n.a.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 on AP Euro, 5 on APUSH and AP Lang, 3 on AP Chem (1st year with the new impossible test…)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Latin, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov, Chorus, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and Theater
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Science Nat’l Honor Society, Latin Nat’l Honor Society, Music Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Headmaster’s List all 4 years</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Equestrian Captain 3 years (and am top placing nationally), Varsity Basketball, All my singing, Theater, Science Olympiad team, Math Mentor Board member
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a few barns, horse training, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring for underprivileged elementary school kids, run Prep Book drive at school for past two years, worked at Wildlife Center
Summer Activities: Took Physics class, lots of traveling, exchange program in england, research trip to St. John USVI
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay good… supplements not fab i guess
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): prob all 10s</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Good, teacher I’ve had for three years
Teacher Rec #2: Great, teacher I’ve had for 3 years and loves me
Counselor Rec: She loves me sooo
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Elite Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 600,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None…</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: I thought my ACT… class load, extra curriculars
Weaknesses: Essays not great, I have no hooks
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know, I’m catholic and go to church and really liked ND. Hopefully the decision will be good in March but deferral is never a good sign
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, in at Tulane with a scholarship</p>

<p>General Comments: Blahhh getting the little envelope didn’t feel great </p>

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<p>Notre Dame’s loss. They rejected my son as well. He also had very strong qualifications. Hard not to take it personally. Good luck with your other schools. You will land where you are supposed to and you will never look back. </p>

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<p>I heard from my guidance counselor that for unhooked applicants they were looking for 1540+/1600 on the SAT.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 710 reading, 740 math, 780 writing = 2230 total
ACT (breakdown): Did not submit to Notre Dame
SAT II: Did not submit to Notre Dame
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
AP Scores: Mix of 4 and 5
Senior Year Course Load: Double blocked marching band, double blocked AP chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP English 4, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Four year member of my school’s highly competitive marching band, was on the drumline (only freshman to make the drumline, Section Leader my junior year, Percussion Sergeant my senior year) Four year member of a competitive indoor drumline program at our school (Percussion Sergeant, won two state championships in the activity) Four year member of the high school Symphonic Band (Percussion Section Leader) National Honor Society (Community Service Committee Chair, designed and coordinated community service events)
Work Experience: Worked close to full time for my dad’s startup this past summer
Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours of logged service throughout high school, help coordinate community service events for the National Honor Society as a Committee Chair
Essays (rating 1-10, details): A range from 8 to 10 depending on the essay</p>

<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9
Teacher Rec #1: English 3 AP teacher, incredibly smart guy. Waved my right to read it but confident it was very strong
Counselor Rec: Read it, very good</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet, but planning on it
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
School Type: Public, one of the highest rated in Texas
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Passion for drumming, longtime demonstrated interest to attend Notre Dame, legacy</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Transcript was near perfect, depth and commitment to a select few extracurriculars, solid rec letters, and being a legacy
Weaknesses: SAT score out of 1600 was just average
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have near perfect grades and a strong commitment and success level in the extracurriculars I was involved with
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Texas at Austin, still waiting to hear from multiple other schools in regular decision but Notre Dame is my #1 and where I will be attending next year</p>

<p>General Comments:
I love Notre Dame and I am excited to attend next year. I sympathizes with those deferred or rejected because I am sure you were all amazing students and people. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>I am in So California and still have not heard. Other students at my school have heard. Should I call admissions? Would they even tell me over the phone? Do you know if anything is coming out in email later? I hate to wait until everyone at ND has gone home for break if it is maybe lost in the mail. Has anyone else not heard a decision yet?</p>

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<p>@dancing1‌ I am in so cal and haven’t heard back either </p>

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<p>Hi everyone, Notre Dame has been my dream school my entire life. I am a legacy and live in California, where i attend a very prestigious Cathlic high school. I was deferred from early action, and I was wondering what you guys think my chances are? Here are my stats</p>

<p>33 on the ACT
4.37 GPA (3.95 unweighted)
Really great recs (got a former valdedictorian, the bishop, and teachers)
I think my essay was really well written, I spent a long time on it
Varsity Lacrosse
2 years cross country, 1 year of track
Junior year AP classes: Calculus AB AP (5), English Literature AP (4), Physics B AP (3)
Senior year classes : psychology ap, calculus bc ap, chemistry ap
Started a charity collecting lacrosse equipment for low income kids in St. Louis and helped start a lacrosse program there
80 hours volunteering at a camp for families affected by childhood cancer
Worked in Guatemala over the summer for a week at an extremely low income school</p>

<p>Two kids from my school got in, one with a 33 act and a 4.5, the other with a 4.3 and a 1540.</p>

<p>What are my chances for admission? And what could I do to improve my application.</p>

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<p>Can anyone tell me if I can apply to another school for ED II? (I was rejected from ND REA)…
Please let me know :)</p>

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<p>@adtphd‌ Thank you so much for your reply. It’s on this forum that I found the most comfort for my rejection. Congratulations on your achievements because I think they make for a stellar application. I think that they should have accepted you. Any college would be lucky to have you. It peaked my interest when you said that you traveled to India. I’m not sure where else you are applying to, but I strongly suggest Duke. Duke has a program called Duke Engage that is funded by Melinda Gates. Students have the opportunity to travel globally for service projects and it is free of charge for Duke students. I haven’t had the opportunity to travel somewhere to do that, and I would really like to. If you apply by December 20th, you are highly considered for an alumni interview. I’m jumping on that opportunity because I am passionate about public speaking and I think I do well in interviews. I think that would help my application because my ACT score isn’t high enough. I feel that with your contributions and superior academic achievements, you would get in. My prayers go out to you. The morning on the day that I was rejected (I didn’t find out until the afternoon) a girl who is number 1 in our class and the smartest person at my school was deferred from MIT, which is her dream school. I told her that it wasn’t meant to be and that maybe it was the universe’s way of protecting her, like from a freak lab accident there that would paralyze her. I didn’t know how she must have felt until that afternoon. I felt crushed and I wasn’t expecting to feel so crummy. My parents and schoolmates made me feel worse, and it is from this website’s members that I feel truly understand me, which is ironic because you don’t even know me. So, thank you so much for your kind words because I feel infinitely better. You changed my day and I am so grateful. Good luck to you, because Notre Dame missed out on not only a great student, but a great person.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 35 Composite: 36 Science/ 35 Math/ 36 Reading/ 35 English/ 8 Writing
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/ 4.12 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/153
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (4), AP US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, College Credit Spanish 5, College Credit English, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer for a Christian service group in my community; Spanish club (officer); Student Government 4 years; Student Ambassadors 4 years; Soccer - state league team for 5 years, JV 2 years & Varsity 2 years; Cross Country - JV last 2 years
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter: full time during summer & weekends during school year; Cashier at a minor league baseball stadium over the summer
Volunteer/Community service: Frequent volunteer at a domestic abuse shelter (2 hrs/week, 3 weeks/month); Co-Chair of Giving Tree program at my Church; & a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff I didn’t put on my application; all together >240 hours in first 3 years of high school
Summer Activities: Just babysitting & working at stadium
Essays: I devoted a lot of time into them because I knew those would be the deciding factor of my application, so I would give my Common App a 9/10 and my three ND ones 10/10.
Teacher Recommendation: Very good relationship with my AP Bio teacher - so probably 10/10
Counselor Rec: He was new this year so I have no idea</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Honestly, I’m a middle class, white girl from the Midwest, so I don’t really have any hooks other than being a legacy student. </p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: ACT, GPA, also Class Rank b/c my school has a good history with ND as a very competitive school so even being #2 is remarkable
Weaknesses: I didn’t have any strong leadership activities, my two actual positions are both ~2 hours per week at most & only a few weeks per year, but being co-chair of the Giving Tree is more of a time commitment
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that I really showed my dedication to the school and proved to ND that I would be a good fit there. I know there’s a lot of really good students who have a lot better resume than I do, so I’m actually not really sure other than that.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SLU, St. Thomas, UW Madison(accepted) </p>

<p>General Comments:
This past summer I read all these past threads about admissions decisions at ND & really stressed myself out. I was convinced I would never have a chance to get in (even though ND is my dream school & I had the stats to get in) because I could never compete with people who go on international service trips or have started their own company or complete >1,000 hours of volunteer work & even some of them got denied. From an extracurricular standpoint, I think I’m actually fairly average, I mean I spend most of my free time taking care of my younger siblings or playing soccer, which I stopped this year. So, I just wanted to post this to show that you don’t have to be a superhuman high school student with millions of extracurriculars to get accepted, as long as you can show you have the motivation and attitude to be a good fit at ND. I’m still ecstatic that the admission team gave me this opportunity! I wish the best of luck to everyone still awaiting a decision! </p>

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<p>

@divein, yes, now that ND’s REA decisions have been made, you are free to apply to another school for ED II. Best of luck to you! </p>

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<p>@Sophia13133 anything today? Are there still So Cal Students waiting to hear?</p>