<p>@pleaseletmeknow I just received my acceptance letter in the mail today! I hope everyone else from so cal has heard and best of luck to everyone who has not yet heard back! </p>
<p>I am also from so cal and I received my acceptance today! Hopefully all the other so cal people have as well. If you haven’t heard, I hope you do soon. I know the waiting is tough!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite - 22 English, 28 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science, Writing 8/12
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang and Comp and other electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Chancellor’s List, Principal’s</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV and Varsity Basketball, Student Government, FBLA, Morgan Stanley Program<br>
Job/Work Experience: 25 hour per week job since 9th grade
Volunteer/Community service: Delivering meals to elderly on thanksgving and christmas, breast cancer walk and aids walk
Summer Activities: summer youth employment
Essays (rating 1-10, details): ?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Good
Teacher Rec #2: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Good
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>General Comments: 2nd Choice. </p>
<p>Ugh. Reading through several of the posts, it is obvious that what an earlier applicant stated is true. My son is a white, Catholic, and lives in the ND region, and was denied admission. Yet, a few students who earned early admission do not have the scholastic or leadership credentials he has–but they are minorities. I support universities seeking to diversify their student bodies and don’t begrudge anyone who has been accepted. I just wish there were enough spots in the class for everyone who qualifies academically and who live the “Notre Dame” spirit.</p>
<p>What drives a knife deeper into my (our) souls are the number of applicants who were accepted but say Notre Dame is “2nd Choice” or not their top choice. Isn’t the whole point of early admissions to lock up students who will go to Notre Dame if accepted? My son’s top choice is still Notre Dame–and its not for t-shirt wearing reasons. It is because he sincerely and deeply wants to live his Catholic faith now and in his future career. Yes, there are many good Catholic universities around the nation–but Notre Dame has special significance to our family. Besides growing up in the shadow of the campus, sharing the University’s care of the regional Pottawotomi people, my son is related to St. Andre Bessette, the Holy Cross order’s latest saint. His essay answers nailed these sentiments so well.</p>
<p>@michianadad That is very tough. Not even a deferral? My heart goes out to your son and your family. Is there a way to appeal the rejection? </p>
<p>@MichianaDad While I understand your frustration, as a student here I know that the locals are overrepresented in every freshman class. There are approximately 50 “townies” in my freshman class (St Joseph’s, Penn HS have at least 15 kids each, Marian has 8 and the others combine for the rest). We also have 110 African American students in the freshman class, with athletes overrepresented in this group. How does a region of half a million inhabitants get half the spots as a group compromising over 40 Million Americans? Notre Dame is seeking diversity and at the same time to improve its academic rankings (every freshman class has even higher test scores). Qualified locals will be rejected but so will qualified students across the country. Too many deserving people for too few spots.</p>
<p>To sdhotmama: I think you are a fraud. No one “secures a spot” in Mendoza as a freshman. If you knew anything about ND - you would know all freshman take an general course of study and THEN declare a major in their sophomore year. While there are some restrictions for transfer students - majoring in business (Mendoza School) is open to all who choose it. This forum is used for people to keep informed and de-stress on a very important moment in there young lives. Your mis-information only creates more stress!!! </p>
<p>@kevkelly New admissions policy restricts entrance to Mendoza in order to keep each class at around 550 students. Do some research instead of calling other people frauds while misinforming the readers of this thread.</p>
<p>@kevkelly a person can apply to Mendoza as an incoming freshmen and they are guaranteed a spot in Mendoza come sophomore year. Others can apply for Mendoza later, but there will be limited spots due to those who were accepted as incoming freshmen. </p>
<p>You really shouldn’t call someone a fraud if you’re uninformed…</p>
<p>@kevkelly. Here is the link so you may do your research. <a href=“http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/prospective-first-year-students/new-business-major-policy/”>http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/prospective-first-year-students/new-business-major-policy/</a>
No reason to lash out at people.</p>
<p>@pleaseletmeknow I live in socal, and I still haven’t gotten anything</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Secured spot in Mendoza</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (690 M, 720 CR, 790 W)
ACT (breakdown): 33 Composite, 34 Superscored
SAT II: Chem 740, Math 1 740, Math 2 720
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): At least top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4) English Lan (4) US History (5) Calc AB (?) Physics 1 (?) English Lit (?)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP English Lit, AP Physics 1, Psychology, Business, Spanish IV Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, President’s Volunteer Service Award, National Spanish Awards, Girl Scout Bronze & Silver Award</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (Executive Board), National Honor Society (Exec. Board), Science NHS (Exec. Board), Spanish NHS, Rho Kappa, Varsity Winter & Spring Track (Captain), Operation Smile, Gaelic Society, Community Service Fundraising Club (Treasurer), Yearbook (Co-Editor), Tutor in Math, Science and Spanish
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Ice Cream Store since sophomore year
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout, Camp Counselor, Volunteer at Hospital, etc.
Summer Activities: People to People Trip, Business Program at small college
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 Common App, 10/10 Why Notre Dame, 8/10 other 2 supplements
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 Teacher 1, 8/10 Teacher 2, 10/10 Counselor</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Great
Teacher Rec #2: Good
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided - Business
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, all girls, very competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $300,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA & Course load, Well rounded (extracurriculars), essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: SATs/ACTs could be better, not many nationally recognized awards, nationality
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays really showed how my personality matched Notre Dame perfectly
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Georgetown (Accepted), BC (Deferred), Villanova (Accepted)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35 (Reading-36, English-35, Science-34, Math-33)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/250
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4) — school doesn’t offer AP classes
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Honors College Composition
Honors Econ
Honors Gov
Anatomy
Honors Stats
Honors Spanish III
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), NHS (Elected Officer), Spanish NHS, Journalism NHS, Forensics, Track, Teens for Life (Student Leader on 2015 March for Life), Senior Ambassador
Job/Work Experience: Hostess at a restaurant for 3 years, 6 week internship for Congressman Kevin Yoder
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club member (200+ hours)
7-day mission trip to New Orleans my sophomore year
Weekly volunteer at an advice and aid pregnancy center
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App Failure Question (9), Why Notre Dame (10), Get Us Hooked (10—Talked about the 2014 March for Life), Ideal Intellectual Field Trip (10—Talked about the Maycomb County Courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird because that’s where I decided I wanted to be a lawyer)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1:Didn’t read but probably very well written
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but probably generic
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: I was accepted to the Mendoza College of Business so something in business
State (if domestic applicant): KS
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Suburban, Catholic, 1,000 students
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT, GPA, essays
Weaknesses: typical candidate — white, catholic, from the midwest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Villanova, Fordham, Creighton</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Just remove the ‘a’ in the bold, size and color in your decision.</p>
<p>Posting for DS, a little late!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34 C (I don’t remember the breakdown)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but would guess in the top 2-3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Euro (5), APUSH (5), Macro/Econ (5), Chem (4), AP Eng Lang (5):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC,AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Micro, AP Gov, I think there are one or 2 others, I can’t remember!</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity sports, student government, NHS,Model UN, Key Club…there are others and some he has leadership roles–just don’t have the full list. In general, your regular involved kid–but not overly so that he headed a start up company or discovered a cure for cancer (or something like that).
Essays (rating 1-10, details): thought his essays were well written and interesting to read–but couldn’t begin to rate them on a 1-10 scale. </p>
<p>Teacher/Counselor Recs: don’t know, but can’t imagine they weren’t good
Interview: he didn’t do this</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Economics, but through Liberal Arts as currently he plans to combine this with pre-med track, so this seemed more compatible with his future goals.
State (if domestic applicant): IL (Chicago area)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, suburban, about 2200 students
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA, essays
Weaknesses: no hooks, lots of legacies at his HS (and in the Chicago area in general)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure, but definitely happy. I do think he is great “fit” for ND and from my perspective this came through in his essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Villanova, SLU, Miami (Ohio), won’t hear back from the others (WUSTL,Northwestern,Grinnell, U of Illinois) until March or so.</p>
<p>General Comments: congrats to those that were accepted and best of luck to those that were deferred until the RD round!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210- 720 CR, 770 M, 720 W
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: Math II- 730, Physics- 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank, but top 20% have GPA’s from 3.89-4.0
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), APUSH (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Comp Gov, AP Chemistry, Number Theory (Dual Credit), Choir, International Studies, and Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Ignatian Scholar, NHS, School Science Award</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (Section Leader), Leader on School Retreats, School Ambassador, JV Lacrosse (Most-Improved Player Award), School Play (Ensemble Member), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter
Volunteer/Community service: 120 hours at Boys & Girls Club, 50 hours working for School Food Drive
Summer Activities: Summer Calculus Class
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App Essay- My ND regional counselor wrote me a note that she really liked my essay about failure. I talked about overcoming one of my fears.
Supplemental Essays- Weren’t as good as my Common App one, but they did reveal a lot about me that wasn’t explicitly stated elsewhere in the application
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I didn’t read my English teacher’s or my counselor’s recommendation, but I am close with both of them and so I’m assuming they were good.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA and courseload, essays
Weaknesses: Subject Test Scores and ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I go to a very competitive college prep school, and so I think my 4.0 along with a lot of honors and AP classes stood out, especially since I’m a first generation college student. Plus, I think my essays were very well-written.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to four colleges. Accepted at University of Oregon and Notre Dame, still waiting to hear back from UVA and USC</p>
<p>General Comments:
I’m was very shocked and excited to be accepted to ND! Of all the schools I applied to, my counselor told my ND was my “wild card,” and so I’m hoping this is a good sign for the rest of the schools I applied to. ND is my first choice, but I’m not sure if my family can afford it since we don’t qualify for financial aid (my dad owns a small business and so his reported income is much higher than what he actually takes home).</p>
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (770 M, 800 CR, 780 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.22
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/210
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) APUSH (5) English Lang (5) Spanish Lang (5) Physics C (4) Environmental (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov, Economics Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, Nation Hispanic Recognition Program
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of campus ministry, nhs executive board, Vice President of spanish honor society, Vice President of mission club, brought mangrove restoration project to school (300 propagules)
Volunteer/Community service: Summer international service trips, started a non profit
Summer Activities: Interned at pharmaceutical lab, service trips
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 Common App, 9/10 Why Notre Dame, 7/10 other 2 supplements
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Great (notre dame alumni)
Teacher Rec #2: Good
Counselor Rec: ehhh I guess it must have been okay!
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Private, catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $500,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, immigrant
Reflection
Strengths: class rank, sat score, why notre dame essay
Weaknesses: counselor recommendation, maybe ap scores, the other two supplement essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk but I’m happy!!
@irishdance24 it’s crazy that you counselor said it was your “wild card”, your stats are awesome!
ACCEPTED WHOOP WHOOP
Thank you so much @Runnrunaway ! Goodness your stats are jaw-droppingly amazing. Thankfully my parents are on board with sending me to Notre Dame, and I’m really excited to be surrounded by smart, kind, and talented classmates such as yourself. Go Irish!
@irishdance24 
me too!