<p>Hey there! Anyone else wondering if they should have waited instead of doing EA?</p>
<p>My credentials look a little like this:</p>
<p>ACT: 32
W GPA: 4.5
U/W GPA: 4.0
E/C: Video production crew, marching band, Spanish club (president one year), symphonic band, National Honor Society, also National Merit Commended
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Rank: 7/311
Essay: To the point, very power-packed, uses an old, worn pair of flip-flops to reflect on my personality; I also tried to make the admissions folk laugh a little just to make sure the essay sticks out to them. I feel GREAT about it.
Teacher Eval: Excellent, I'm assuming; from my AP US History teacher
School: Public
Religion: Catholic</p>
<p>My essay is my pride and joy; that was easily the best essay I have written in my entire life. Aside from all that, I've never gotten a B in high school, and I got a 4 on the AP US History exam and my senior year classes look like this:</p>
<p>Symphonic Band
Anatomy & Physiology
AP English/Special Topics English
Accelerated Calculus
AP Spanish
21st Century Problem Solving
P.E.
New Testament Theology</p>
<p>I'm completely terrified. I can't wait for that letter to get here. I've been tearing the mail apart daily looking for it. This is the worst week of my life, I think (I might add that, to make it worse, my grandfather was admitted to the ER this morning with a stroke... this is just not a good week)</p>
<p>I wish everyone luck; I hope we all hear good news sometime in the next few days.</p>
<p>Samantha, breathe, you made the choice to go EA for a reason and I think you are fine going EA with those stats. It is just that decisions are about to come out and you are probably catastrophizing (sorry, I am a psych major, you are worrying too much). You have worked hard for almost four years now in high school and have some achieved some wonderful things. Have faith that all that hard work is what will carry you and that, no matter what happens, it will happen for the best. </p>
<p>It is hard because you have worked so hard for all those years and now it is hard to accept the fact that the work is done and you just have to wait for the decision. It is passive and hard to get used to when you have always been active (I went through it) but trust me that it is normal and it isn't a bad thing.</p>
<p>Try to relax and have faith and know that whatever is meant to be will be. If it would help, since you are Catholic, you may want to consider praying to Mary. She is the patroness of the school and I firmly believe that she truly does look out for all of us and looks on Notre Dame with a little extra favor. This school was founded in honor of her and anyone who has been on campus will tell you that it is a special place (I feel in large part because of her). Pray to her and ask for her guidance and ask for her to look over you and she will and she will guide you where you need to be (and hopefully that is at her university).</p>
<p>God bless Samantha. If you need to talk please get in touch; my contact info should be available to you if you click on my user name. Feel free to email, PM or IM me as I am just around here studying for finals and praying to Mary as well for guidance and help!</p>
<p>hey Samantha, relax. Your record reads as though you'll have as good a chance as anyone to get in here. Besides which, why worry about having gone EA v the regular decision. Even if you don't get in early your application still matriculates to the main pool where it is looked at again (that's if your not rejected outright, which I don't see happening). Enjoy the days leading up to Christmas and quit worrying so much about something that you'll find out about soon enough.</p>
<p>...guess I ought to go write a paper due Thurs, stupid exam schedule...later.</p>