Oh, another chancing thread?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>Entering my senior year at a private Catholic School in San Diego, CCHS. Your two minutes will be reciprocated with my utmost gratitude</p>

<p>LOCATION: San Diego, California
ETHNICITY: White as can be
MAJOR: Chem E., or the closest alternative</p>

<p>GPA
UW: 3.96
W: 4.45</p>

<p>SAT I Reasoning: 2080 (ugh). 690R, 720M, 670W
SAT IIs: Math II - 770, Chemistry 800
ACT: 34 Composite; 36 science, 33 math</p>

<p>Classes, omitting normals
Freshman:
No 5 point classes offered; notable classes are
Advanced English
Geometry(A)</p>

<p>Soph:
English 2 Honors
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
AP European (received a 3; basically a movie watching class taught by our V water polo coach. fond memories, non of which related to history)</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Chem (received a 5)
AP Enviro (received a 5)
Pre-Calc H</p>

<p>Senior Year planned schedule is as follows, omitting normals:
AP Gov
AP Econ
AP Phys B
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>ECs are mediocre
-Piano for 10+ years, Sax for 7 years, Tai Kwon Do 7 years
-Science and Engineering Club, 9th-12th grade
-USD Chemistry Olympiad Participant
-~150 combined service hours
-JETS 2011 team participant
-2011 Summer Internship at Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery Law Firm. I'm typing this from my desk atm, probably should get back to work soon.
-NHS, CSF, 50+ hours of official tutoring
-JV tennis junior year? Hah</p>

<p>Hobbies..... :I
-I make fireworks, man
-Dude, I build computers
-I play a lot of video games, this is the clincher</p>

<p>"Awards"
-Certificate of Merit up to level 6
-Bausch and Lomb Science Award (11th grade)
-Honors awards miscellanea</p>

<p>Let me know if you need more info!
Thanks for your time</p>

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<p>34 ACT is good. Don’t send the SAT-I scores. Overall you should have a good shot (assuming you don’t mention some of those hobbies). Any leadership possibilities between now and application deadline?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. Summer options are pretty slim as of now, but as soon as I’m able, I’ll go straight to my councilor arms flailing. Does going to a catholic HS give any edge whatsoever? Just out of curiosity.</p>

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<p>if you legitimately build fireworks, not just set fire to gunpowder aimlessly you could try to tie that in to your desire to be a Cheg (and not come across as a dangerous pyro). ditto on computers w/engineering. ND’s looking for legitimately unique people who jump off the page.</p>

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<p>You have a pretty solid chance! Don’t send your SAT scores though. Your ACT score is great on its own. But you essays are also a very important part of your app so make sure they really show off who you are!</p>