Hello everyone, I have not seen a thread for this yet, as I have seen for many other schools, so I made one. This is for discussion of the anticipation of and results from the regular decision at University of Notre Dame.
DO we know a date of acceptance notice?
They posted on their snapchat story that “Decisions for the Regular Applications will be out sometime in Mid-March”
We are also waiting for RD. What are your stats? Let’s compare. 
1430 SAT, graduating community college with AA degree same time as HS. captain of hockey team and lots of community service and awards
Notre Dame releases their RD decision the same way every year. They will be released on the monday following St. Patrick’s day at 6:42 pm, which this year is March 19. Good luck to you all!
Source - I’m a ND freshman
For REA we were all certain they would be coming out on a certain day, as predicted by trends from the last few years. But it actually came out 2 days later (at 6:42pm as previous post says). Good luck to everyone!!!
Why exactly 6:42 haha… is it referring to some ND tradition or something?
It’s 1842 in military time, which is the year ND was founded.
Is it a bad sign if we were not emailed about the honors program
What honors program do you mean, @ak9800? Glynn? If that’s what you mean then no, it’s not a bad sign.
For those waiting on Regular Decision, ND updated the Common Data Set for the class that enrolled in Fall 2017. 18.9% acceptance rate, 55.4% yield rate, mid-50% SAT of 1370-1520, mid-50% ACT of 32-34, 91% in top-10% of high school graduating class, and about 11% accepted off the wait list.
@GeronimoAlpaca ND’s Admissions Stats are actually a little bit higher for test scores. 33-35 on ACT, can’t remember SAT.
@parent365 Just curious about the source for the statistic re: ACT scores? Though I don’t doubt that ND applicants generally have pretty high scores, the statistics from @GeronimoAlpaca are directly from the 2017-2018 Common Data set for the freshman class that entered in Fall 2017. I’m not good with numbers, and though I’m new to this board, I’ve already learned that when it comes to numbers, @GeronimoAlpaca knows what’s what. ^:)^
The middle 50 percent of ADMITTED students scored between 1390 and 1530 on the SAT and between 33 and 35 on the ACT.
https://admissions.nd.edu/apply/faqs/
The middle 50 percent of ENROLLED students scored between 1370 and 1520 on the SAT and between 32 and 34 on the ACT. See the common data set that @GeronimoAlpaca referenced.
Both the ND stats and the CDS stats are actually correct, and believe it or not, both sets of data are for ENROLLED students who entered ND this past Fall.
Here’s why the 2 data sets are slightly different, and I only know this because I finally decided to just call ND Admissions about it because it was bothering me (…and because I was kind of hoping that the lower CDS range was the correct one!).
When ND admits a student, the Admissions Office will take the applicant’s highest test score, either the ACT or the super-scored SAT. About 25% of ND’s applicants submit both an ACT score and an SAT score, and for those students, ND ignores the lower score and keeps the higher score. So, when ND reports that the mid-50% range for ACT is 33-35, and 1390-1530 for SAT, those are the stats for the 2,051 students who enrolled in Fall 2017.
So why then does the CDS show 1370-1520 and 32-34 for enrollees? It’s because of the 25% of ND applicants who submit both an ACT & SAT. The CDS requires that the mid-50% testing range calculations are based on data for ALL enrolled students, so say a student applies to ND with a 1530 SAT and a 32 ACT. For admissions purposes, ND will keep the 1530 SAT and throw out the 32, but for CDS reporting purposes, BOTH scores are required to be included in the testing mid-50% calc.
So for any students like me who were sort of hoping that the CDS ranges were more reliable than the ranges that ND provides on its Admissions Stats page, I have some bad news. ND’s ranges of 33-35 and 1390-1530 are the “truer” picture of what accepted students needed to get in. (Translation: Dead Man Walking)
@GeronimoAlpaca Thank you for that explanation, that is interesting and makes sense, and answers a long time question here on the ND page. And please don’t call yourself Dead Man Walking. I think you know better than most, as a veteran of this page, that ND looks at apps holistically. As long as you’re in the ballpark, test scores are only one piece of the pie and there are other ways to shine. Hang on and keep the faith until acceptances come out. Good luck!
@GeronimoAlpaca I’m not sure why ND have you the long explanation. @GraceDad is correct. The CDS is stats from ENROLLED students and the other higher stats are from ADMITTED. THERE is a difference. They admit many students with higher stats, but who actually ends up ENROLLING brings those averages down.
@GeronimoAlpaca @LvMyKids2 I understood from Geronimo’s explanation, and please correct me if I am mistaken…that some kids will submit both SAT and ACT scores even tho only one set will be used for admission, BUT, ND reports both scores for enrolled purposes since both were submitted by the enrollee.
@GeronimoAlpaca Your explanation makes sense as to why the CDS is lower for the 2017 year as the number of scores exceed the number of enrolled students and the percentages when added together exceed 100%.
This appears to be a change from prior years, as the number of standardized test scores reported in prior years equaled the number of students enrolled.
In 2016, the initial report of admitted students showed the mid 50% scores to be 1420-1540 and 33-35.
http://ndsmcobserver.com/2016/04/class-2020-statistics/
The enrolled students showed the mid 50% scores to be 1390-1530 and 33-35
https://admissions.nd.edu/nowhere-else/nd-student-profile/
The CDS (which based upon the old method in which they were reporting where they weren’t reporting both ACT and SAT scores for the same student) showed the mid 50% scores to be 1350-1540 and 32-35.
https://www3.nd.edu/~instres/CDS/2016-2017/CDS_2016-2017.pdf
I would expect the CDS and the info that was reported on the ND website for enrolled students to be the same for 2016 since it appears the same method was used in what scores to report, but they are not the same.
Two things can be concluded at looking at all of the information.
- Notre Dame's data that is being reported in different spots doesn't always appear to be consistent. This continues to lead to confusion.
- As @GeronimoAlpaca explained, the 2017 CDS might give someone the false impression that scores may have dropped compared to prior years. That is not likely the case as ND changed the reporting method which they were using.