****OFFICIAL Notre Dame Class of 2021 REA Decisions Thread****

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Since decisions should be released in the next week, here is the official decision thread.
Please don’t use this thread for questions or comments.

Copy the text below into your post, remove the ‘a’ in the bold, size and color in your decision.

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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Bump… Just moving this up the list of threads.

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Any second now…

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Deferred! 34 ACT, 3.75 GPA. Congrats to all who were accepted!

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Deffered. 33 ACT 3.83 UW GPA

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D is in. 35 ACT. 4.0 GPA. 800 math 2, 760 Bio E

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Deferred, 4.0 gpa, 1500 sat. Wishing everyone the best of luck with the college process

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Rejected: 34 ACT 3.96 GPA

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (800M 740 CR)
ACT (breakdown): Didnt send
SAT II: Didnt send
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 91.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), AB Subscore (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics, AP Economics, Other non-AP stuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Baseball, Eagle Scout, Tutor, Recycling Club, Math Team, NHS
Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s
Volunteer/Community service: Ya, but didn’t really report it anywhere
Summer Activities: Baseball
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 8, probably a bit too risky ND Essays: 4-5, very weak, wrote them in one night, probably what killed my app
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 6, wasn’t super talkative in the class

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: She liked me a lot
Additional Rec:
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business (Accounting)
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, Maybe ECs
Weaknesses: Essays, GPA, Recs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely essays. I didn’t have my heart in it and probably took too many risks without thinking it through. Teacher rec could have played a major factor too though.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Alabama Applying: Boston College, University of Chicago, Case Western, Illinois, Miami (Florida), Northwestern, UPenn, USC (my number one actually)

General Comments: I’m not bummed that they denied me as in I won’t be able to go to the school, but more bummed that this could be a good indicator of some of my other apps. I never really had my heart into ND (I’m an atheist heh), and this rejection will allow me to completely cut myself off from it. Too bad. Good luck to everyone else though.

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Accepted: 35 ACT 4.24 GPA (school’s weird, A+ = 4.5 A = 4.0 B+ = 3.5 etc.)

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Decision: Accepted REA

School/major: Biology, economics

Objective:

ACT: 35C
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; 4.75 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not known
AP (place score in parentheses): English (5), Spanish (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (4), U.S. Gov (5), Hum Geo (3)
Senior course load: AP Psych, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc AB.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public charter
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: Upper Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

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Decision: Accepted

Intended Major: Biochemistry

ACT: 34 Composite (32 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 35 Science)

Unweighted GPA: 3.991

Weighted GPA: 4.163 (only AP classes are weighted at my school)

Rank: Top 5% of 450 students

AP Classes: Human Geography (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Lang & Composition (5), English Lit & Composition (4)

Senior Courses: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Physics 1, AP US Government & Politics, Psychology Through Literature, Honors Writing Portfolio, Spanish V, Gym

Awards: National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Yale Book Award, Silver Award in Mathematical Sciences for the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards in Chicago, Twice state finalist in the Youth Creative Patriotic Art Contest

Academic Activities: National Honor Society (President), Quiz Bowl (2 year team captain, led the team to compete in the 2016 National Tournament), Science Olympiad (Medalist in the Anatomy & Physiology, Invasive Species, and Green Generation events), Economics Team (Metro Champions and 2nd in Upper Midwest Regionals for JA Titan Challenge, 3rd in State for Econ Challenge in the Ricardo Division, 3rd in State for Personal Finance Decathlon, H&R Block Budget Challenge Student Ambassador)

Artistic Activities: Jazz Band (lead trombone in my school’s top ensemble, three years), Speech Team (Varsity member in the poetry category, one year), Art Club (one year)

Athletic Activities: Bowling (varsity member for two years), Tennis Team (four years), Cross Country (two years)

Service Activities: National Honor Society (President), Salvation Army Harbor Light Center (I have been a weekly volunteer for the past 6 years in the kitchen where I serve breakfast to those in the Drug Rehabilitation and Emergency Housing programs, 500+ hours), Animal Humane Society (I was a part of their teen summer volunteer program and I worked with cat adoption, 90 hours), Johanna Shores Senior Living (I am a one on one volunteer in the Memory Care Unit, I also created a pen pal system to connect seniors with local fourth grade students, 100+ hours), Shoreview Human Rights Commission (I am student commissioner)

Essays: Personal Statement (Very original and very much me, 9/10), Short Essays (I wrote about my family and Civil Rights, 7/10)

Recommendations: Counselor (8/10, flattering but not very personal), Teacher 1 (my APUSH teacher really liked me but I didn’t see the letter, 8/10), Teacher 2 (my art teacher said she wrote a “dandy” letter, very personal, 10/10)

State: MN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Legacy: My brother and sister-in-law are both ND graduates

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Deferred. 33 ACT and 4.4 weighted gpa

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Accepted!!! 34 ACT 3.95 GPA

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Deferred. 32 ACT. 4.78 weighted gpa. 3.86 unweighted gpa.

I knew it was one of my stretch schools, so I’m happy that I wasn’t flat out denied lol. Congrats to everyone who was admitted, y’all deserve it!

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Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank 4 0f 260
AP Numerous 4’s:
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s and 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars NHS VP, Captain Varsity Golf, Peer Mentor:
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 250 hrs plus
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Recs had to be very good

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Pre med
State NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, ACT, Recs, I have worked hard and treated people with compassion and kindness my whole life. The teachers in my school saw that through 4 years of watching me. I’m sure they supported me
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on Georgetown, Princeton and Harvard

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Accepted
1520 SAT 4.0 GPA
Couple ECs and leadership positions, some community service, NDLS (Probably the biggest factor).
Hooks: URM, First Gen College, (Divorced Parents?)

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1200 (didn’t submit)
ACT (breakdown): 31C (33E, 33R, 28M, 33S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.0 lmfao but upward trend throughout high school (3.1, 3.2, 3.7)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25ish percent
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: ap calc, ap physics, rest are honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): in school merit award for 3D animation class
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 sports
Job/Work Experience: employed last summer
Volunteer/Community service: generic volunteering
Summer Activities: nothing much
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): probably 8/10

Teacher Rec #1: history teacher for 2 years. I loved the class and went from a B- in history honors to an A in APUSH
Teacher Rec #2: n/a
Counselor Rec: counselor was also my baseball coach. He specifically told me that my letter would be easy to write since he knew me well.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering, second choice Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: low performing public (average ACT is 22)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none

Reflection

Strengths: essays and recs
Weaknesses: ACT, GPA, involvement (just everything that really mattered)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa, act, white male
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Michigan State and USC Columbia. Only heard from them so far

General Comments:
expected a denial, got a denial, not even mad

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Physics

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 ( 790 M, 740 CR&W)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35E 35M 33R 36S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/a
Weighted GPA: 107.666/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/268
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Bio, AP Calculus, AP Java, AP Psych, AP English Lit, Study Hall
AP Scholar with Distinction
Commended National Merit Scholar
OOS

Subjective:
Very good common app essay
Very good supplements (Take a risk and first impression)
Excellent recommendations (1 counselor, 1 physics teacher, 1 history teacher, 1 cross country coach)
Extracurricular: Cross country and track captain, NHS treasurer, piano, flute (founded a flute group at my school), tons of volunteer hours

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <180k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

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Decision: Accepted
ACT (breakdown): Composite - 34, English - 35, Math - 36, Reading - 34, Science - 31, Writing - 24
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.61
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP: Biology (4), European History (5), APUSH (5)
IB: Visual Arts SL (4)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio HL, IB English HL, IB History of the Americas HL, Spanish 4 H/IB Spanish, IB Math SL, IB Theory of Knowledge (first semester only)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school and club volleyball for 3 years (captain on JV and club teams)
Job/Work Experience: courtesy clerk at grocery store
Volunteer/Community service: tutor at library, CSF (Committee), NHS, Health Club (Secretary)
Summer Activities: none
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 6, not terrible, but slightly superficial, did them the night before
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9 - very close with this teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 7?
Counselor Rec: 7? - don’t talk to my counselor very much
Additional Rec:
Interview: no interview

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Accounting
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian and Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $110,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: good grades, IB student
Weaknesses: mediocre essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know yet