<p>Is anyone still waiting on a letter?</p>
<p>rockstrongo88.... where at in PA??</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Didn't Take
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn't Take
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.86 Weighted
[<em>] Rank: Top 3%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Arkansas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: grades=weakness
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: grades
[li] going to attend? Yeah, I'm thinking of just showing up... hopefully no one says anything[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1230 / 1950
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 / 670
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] GPA: 4.6
[<em>] Rank: 5, Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Did 5 hours prior to 11:59pm deadline and 8,000 miles away overseas in the Philippines (really)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: She promised to devote a day on it, sent 3 "in case"
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She knew me as an overachiever and "brilliant". I admit, I was definitely a privileged student with all the leeway she tolerated
[</em>] Hook (if any): National Honor Society President; hardcore political figure on campus; junior varsity golf; traveled extensively; eldest of 5
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Orange County, California, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public, poor: Orange High School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Poor time management and self-evaluation. Teachers say I have the "can-do" attitude, but that means I bite more than I can chew. Strong in challenging myself to study/be involved with a broad variety of subjects/activities.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Neither. Notre Dame has always been my dream school since the end of my sophomore year. By January of this year, however, I lost confidence in myself and decided 'not' to pay the application fee. I received many small-enveloped letters from ND asking me to send the check; I refused believing it would only lead to greater disappointment and $50 less. Tuesday afternoon, I received the formal letters from Cal and NYU-- although I was notified of my admissions 2 weeks in advance. Cal is offering me free plane tickets to attend senior weekend; in fact, I've already made several "new" friends (former acquaintances) there. NYU, on the other hand, is only attractive because of its law school ranking. Otherwise, the price tag plus the lack of campus feeling, the deadly liberalism, and lack of community is a no-no. Then on Wednesday, April 4th, God moved a mountain right before my eyes. As I was walking up the stairs, my mom had placed 'the' envelope on the steps. I didn't have to put any effort into carefully opening it and perusing through the letter; the word "congratulations" was offset in such a way that it revealed the content in a sec (plus the size of the envelope).
[li] going to attend? Deciding between Berkeley, NYU, and Notre Dame (I've given up on UCSD, UCLA, & UCI). Someone help! Prestige over academic rigor? I've always despised huge universities, but during the period between my Cal admission and ND's, I seemed to have been convinced that Berkeley will offer me more people to meet (or was I brainwashed?)![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Catholic tradition and the "college scene" (and no, marijuana never works as an advertisement of that idyll.)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW; 5.86/6.0 W
Amazing essays
11th at Swimming State Finals
Swimming awards and honors
9th in State Illinois Voice of Dem Speech Contest
Pres of Beta Club, Capt of club and hs swim team and other offices</p>
<p>wow 5.86... impressive! haha. good job guys. Im excited to hear for all of you. And to the ones who were rejected.. Its obviously just not the place for you at this time, but keep trying.</p>
<p>Another suggestion for next year's freshman applicants: Show that you challenge yourself academically as well as branch out of the larger student body. For example, I'm sure I wasn't the only applicant who did this, but I decided to take my foreign language classes at the community college starting my sophomore year; my first reason was to save my GPA from non-honors classes at the HS. Since then, I've had 3 years of Italian and 25 other college units (which ND won't acccept, but worth the effort). I later realized it wasn't just about the GPA, it was also about being exposed to a language no one at my school, at least, really took interest in. Plus, the language barrier isn't a problem anymore between the Popes and me, right? (except the Latin factor) Here's a list of the AP classes/tests I've taken:</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP world
Junior:
AP bio, env sci, psych, us hist, lang, govt (took the class at Yale Summer)
Senior:
AP calc, micro, govt (again), physics, lit, art hist, italian, human geog (at cc)</p>
<p>So, yes, mold something out of what you do and have done (even if it sounds extraordinary)! Adding meaning to your curriculum vitae wouldn't hurt, and in fact it would highlight you amongst the rest of the applicant pool who lists and lists. I took that list above and spoke of my interest in interdisciplinary studies.</p>
<p>BUONA FORTUNA
Remember, I was certain that I had been rejected. I even spent days gathering information on transferring my 3rd year into my dream school, but look! Only if I could share this blessing...</p>
<p>ND, NYU, or CAL?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/aldrich%5B/url%5D">http://www.myspace.com/aldrich</a>
<a href="http://aldrichanderson.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://aldrichanderson.blogspot.com/</a>
aim: aldrichanderson</p>
<p>help?</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 750 v 680 m 730 w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Bio, 750 Math I, 770 Lit
[<em>] ACT: 33 composite
[</em>] GPA: 4.2
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended Student
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: no idea
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: strong scores, east coast, heart, passion, very well rounded, who knows really?
[li] going to attend? most likely[/li][/ul]Other Factors: *Graduating a year early from high school<a href="should%20be%20'07,%20am%20now%20'06">/i</a>. no legacy. am strongly Catholic (go to church, involved in youth group, retreats, etc).</p>
<p>i don't know how to do that color stuff so....</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: n/a
SAT IIs:n/a
ACT:32
GPA: 4.56
Rank:22/600
Other stats: n/a
Subjective:
Essays: very strong
Teacher Recs: very strong
Counselor Rec: i assume strong
Hook (if any): TONS AND TONS of extracurriculars...including a catholic retreat leader, a v-show director, national honor society officer, etc...
Location/Person: chicago
State or Country:il
School Type:public
Ethnicity:caucasian
Gender:female
major strength/weakness: essays and extra curriculars
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: extra curriculars and essay
going to attend? yes here or umich
Other Factors: idk</p>
<p>angelwngs- i live in Reading and go to Wilson High School, u?</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: Accepted![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT:2250
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math 2- 640 US History-740 Lit-750
[<em>] GPA:93/100
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays:good i guess, i wrote about adopting my little sisters
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably excellent, i'm very close w/ my english teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec:excellent as well
[<em>] Hook: national merit, varsity sports, plenty of ecs
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] State or Country:Oklahoma
[<em>] School Type: tiny private
[</em>] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness:weakness would be any type of math
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my teacher rec
[ *] going to attend? if i can convince my dad to pay for it</p>
<p>Com.Anderson---Having checked out your links, I suggest you attend ND, not Cal or NYU. I say this as a Mom who raised four kids in Orange. You will love ND!</p>
<p>rockstrongo88........down in good old Greene County, bout 1 hr south of Pittsburgh. How bout this crappy weather? It sux</p>