Was EA a stupid choice?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>I'm gonna follow the trend here and see what you guys think about my chances of admission under EA.</p>

<p>Academic:
Public High School =[
GPA- 4.4/4.0 cumulative (5.0/4.0 this year - weighted GPA not offered freshman & sophomore year)
Senior Schedule: AP Calculus, AP Econ, AP Government, AP Physics 2 "C", AP Chemistry 2, AP Spanish 4, AP English 12
Rank: 4/587 (after semester one, I will be 1/587 because no other senior is taking 5 weighted AP courses this year)
SAT: 620 CR, 750 Math, 730 Writing (2100 Combined)
ACT: 31 Composite
AP Tests: AP Biology - 5. Going to take the AP tests for all of my AP courses this year (See above)
Won various scholarships and contests for trigonometry and mathematics</p>

<p>ECs:
Student Council Representative
NHS Member
Science Team VP
Spanish Club member
Work (35 hours/week - hold management position)
Web Design (various local businesses. also founded from scratch a charitable networking website my sophomore year)
ACES (top 30 of graduating class)
Prom Committee Junior Year
Study Abroad Experience - 8 weeks in a Spanish immersion course in Spain (summer 2009) with Indiana University
Volunteer at the local hospital in the ER (4hrs/week)
Meals for Wheels volunteer experience</p>

<p>Essays were pretty decent, I wrote about my Study abroad trip and in the other one I wrote about my web programming skills and experiences</p>

<p>I've noticed that a lot of others applying EA have higher test scores than I do, but I'm hoping that my class rank (Top 1%) will help my chances, along with my study abroad and work experience..</p>

<p>So what do you think - Did I completely screw myself over applying EA? Give it to me straight - do you think I am going to get denied, referred, or accepted?</p>

<p>ND is such a fantastic school...I get chills every time I am on campus, and hopefully this all works out. & I've read somewhere that they accept a higher percentage of EA applicants than RA applicants (42% compared to 27%)</p>

<p>Thanks for reading - I'm hoping I can either... a) calm my nerves for the next few weeks until the decision letter comes. or b) start investigating other options =/</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>I personally don’t think it was a stupid decision but who knows. you look competitive to me… I am pretty confident you won’t get rejected, either accepted or deferred. the work experience, manager position, and 35hours/week is a huge positive as well. the only real negative I see are your scores but they are still solid. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I certainly don’t think it was a stupid decision for you to apply EA. You have a very high rank, a strong course load, and strong extracurriculars.</p>