<p>I am an upcoming high school senior and am curious about Notre Dame. I like how Notre Dame is good with academics and also moral. I was originally thinking MIT but I want to have fun and don't want to be "b***s to the walls" my whole college life.
I am a fairly good student. I go to a charter school that is number 2, out of all schools in my state, where my whole school is pretty much the top 10 percent, I believe I am 98 out of 186 in my class. I have a 3.5 GPA, due to difficult classes, and I have a 27 on my ACT which I hope to raise with my next test. I am a leader in my school's National Honor Society and am currently 25 credits away from my associates degree. My school allows us to take Early College, Concurrent, and AP classes. Early College takes place in an actual college class, at Weber State University, and concurrent is a college class taught by a high school teacher in a high school setting. I do not take AP but will have my Associates Degree a month before my high school graduation.
I really believe Notre Dame has the ethics, I am Christian just not Catholic, and academics for me. I just am wondering if anyone has advice or anything good and bad about Notre Dame. I am not really athletic though I would not mind trying to be. And I know that they probably won't take all my credits, which I really do not care about. Any thoughts on my chances? Thanks :)</p>
<p>Does your school have Veracross, or a similar program that lets you see where past students have gone with a similar GPA? At Notre dame, where the average student was in the 95th percentile and Their ACT score was a 33, context towards the rigor of your school’s program will mean a lot. Also, in the freshman packet they gave out, they mention that duel enrollment classes won’t give you college credit, but having your associate’s degree could put you in a different field. Also, what kind of extracurriculars do you have? Just the NHS isn’t much. 75% of students at ND were varsity athletes in high school, and most did significant service. You can check out the 2018 results thread to see how students did. </p>
<p>Final thought: when I met with a VP of admissions, he talked about how some students could still get in with bad test scores if they had incredibly strong grades and extracurriculars. The bad score he mentioned was a 31. You should really focus on getting that ACT up a lot this summer if you’re serious about applying.</p>
<p>Thanks. I have a few other extracurriculars that I am going to do this year. I am doing TSA, the Technology Student Association, which i tried last year but i didnt finish because of my hectic schedule and personal reasons. I am also going to be starting a tutoring group at my church. And I will be sorta interning with the group Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, using it for my capstone project. Unfortunately my schedule keeps me doing a lot of extracurricurs, I have night classes three nights a week.
And I wouldnt mind trying to be athletic, I used to be but my school doesn’t have it’s own sports teams so I would of had to play at my local public school and I didn’t want to play with a bunch of prissy skinny girls who only think about guys, no offense that is really how they were.
I am going to try and raise my ACT score, I usually go up about 3 or 4 points each time and all my scores are consistently good, two 27s and two 28s. I saw a graph on Cappex from 2012 that showed some people with my GPA and ACT have gotten in but I still want to improve.
Thanks for the advice. Are there any extracurricular activities that you think I should try and do that might help my chances?</p>
<p>No: at this point, loading on extracurriculars won’t mean anything, because they want to see someone who has done something at least for all of high school. Also, someone getting into ND with a really low ACT was likely a heavily recruited athlete, because even recruited athletes typically need at least a 30-31 (was told this by friends recruited to the fencing team)</p>
<p>Look at the admissions statistics for ND and see for yourself. <a href=“http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/admissions-statistics/”>http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/admissions-statistics/</a>
You can also look at your school’s Naviance if there is one.<br>
There are many Catholic/Christian colleges that might be a better fit for your academic profile. Perhaps look into some of the Jesuit colleges. <a href=“Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities--Jesuit Colleges and Universities”>http://www.ajcunet.edu/institutions</a>
I’d suggest you speak to your guidance counselor, do some research (look at some books like Fiske, Princeton Review etc.), and come up with a list of colleges to apply to.</p>
<p>Another reason I am looking at Notre Dame is the Architecture Department which is one of the best in the country. It has the mix of values and ethics with the high academics that I want. I have noticed that I often times do not think about the things that I have done that will look good on an application. I am also ready to retake the ACT for a better score. Unfortunately I cannot do much about my GPA, but taking very difficult classes and missing two weeks of school two years in a row due to an injury, 10th grade, and losing your baby brother when your mom is 30 weeks along, this past November, I think I have a bit of an excuse. And despite that I have continued to go to college classes at a four year university, where I will be getting an Associates Degree from this April. This is just temporary, it is apart of my high school’s opportunities that I have been able to take advantage of. It has put me better off than ANY person who has a perfect GPA and 36 on their ACT or someone who has taken all AP classes. I just want to go somewhere that is looked upon with respect and where I will feel apart of a family, as I have heard about Notre Dame.</p>
<p>My original number one school was MIT but I want to have fun and not want kill myself because of the crazy workload. I have other schools on a list but Notre Dame is number one and I will do anything academically to get in.</p>
<p>Sorry if I sound rude but I am just being honest and it is how I am feeling about people telling me that I have no chance at something that I will prove I can do, and a 27 is not a really low ACT it is top 90% of the effing country. I now know that I will just ask my questions to the Admissions people at the school instead of going here. </p>
<p>Thanks and sorry if I sound rude, but getting your thoughts across can do that sometimes.</p>
<p>You ARE being rude. You asked for opinions and you got them. If you don’t like the answers, that does not give you license to go off on people. Nobody here is trying to hurt or upset you. And there was not one poster who told you not to apply to ND and see what happens. You should just realistically look at where you stand relative to other applicants and like everyone else you need to develop a list of colleges to apply to which includes reaches, matches and safteys. </p>
<p>And yes, by all means take all of your future questions directly to ND admissions. </p>
<p>While a 27 maybe 90th percentile in the country, it’s also 5 points lower than the bottom 25th percentile of notre dame students. I don’t know how an associate’s degree will affect your application, nor does anyone on this site. We can only make educated guesses, because we’re random people on the internet. Take everything we say with a grain on salt.</p>
<p>I would recommend looking at the 2018 results thread: you’ll pick up a much better prospective than someone could ever tell you.</p>
<p>Here’s the link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-notre-dame/1628191-official-notre-dame-class-of-2018-rd-acceptance-thread.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-notre-dame/1628191-official-notre-dame-class-of-2018-rd-acceptance-thread.html#latest</a></p>
<p>A 27 is simply not competitive for ND – students really need a 32 and above to be a serious candidate, and even a 33-34 is routinely rejected. </p>
<p>As parents, we sympathize with the tribulations you and your family have been through. If you are interested in Architecture programs, take a look at the Arch board for suggestions of programs that could be more of a match. Architecture is funny in that a lot of good programs are found at schools that are not as well known. </p>
<p>Good luck to you in your search. </p>
<p>I am sorry. And thank you for the advice, I was feeling kind of insulted but that also goes with the internal battles that I rage in my brain.
I am going to be raising my scores and hopefully that will help.
Sorry again i was upset and that was uncalled for.</p>