<p>I was wondering what my chances of being accepted to notre dame would be-- i really want to go there and many people have told me ill get in but my mom is freaking out and making me take all these last minute act prep classes and stuff...</p>
<p>i got a 31 on my act i have a 4.7/4 (weighted) and am ranked 3rd weighted and i am ranked about 15 unweighted (3.99/4) ... ive gotten one B all of high school (damn calc bc) and the rest A's and by the end of my senior year i will have taken i think 10 ap classes.</p>
<p>i play football and basketball and am captain for both varsity teams right now (my senior year) ... other than that i have not really been in a lot of clubs as sports are a great all year round time committment </p>
<p>same thing with volunteer hours i did some but i probably have no more than like 50 </p>
<p>also my cousin goes there i dont know if that matters but they ask if you have any family members that go there...</p>
<p>what are my chances of getting in? and is it really imperative that i take all these act prep classes and stress myself out like craaaaaazy just to try to get my score up to a 32/33 (i believe the mid 50% of act scores is a 31-34?) also, my mom wants me to do all this last minute volunteering but i dont get out of fball till 730 and i am in 6 ap classes</p>
<p>Just to add to my last message my school is pretty large and very competitive my class has about 650 people... as you can see ive only gotten one B and my unweighted ranking dropped to 15 which means there are at least 14 people who have all A's</p>
<p>thanks just wanted to add that hope to hear from someone</p>
<p>I would probably try the ACT again and take the SAT, just because ND is getting crazy, but I think you have a pretty good shot right where you stand.</p>
<p>i tried the sat... yeah im not good at that ha... so i focused on the act but idk how much a point or 2 would help me and idk if its worth all the stress its causing... but i have a question on a admissions essay if ne1 has an opinion...</p>
<p>freshman and soph year i used to drink and party a lot then i got caught and suspended from fball and bball games and i really let my coach down and it totally changed me and i spent rest of h.s. trying to change my image that was once perfect and instantly destroyed and i did and became football and basketball captain and i havent drank since and im basically responsible for getting the fball team to go from a bunch of partiers to kids who dont drink at all...</p>
<p>would this be a good idea for my admissions essay? it totally explains who i am but its seems risky and my #s are pretty good so a normal decent essay could get me in but i really want to write about that... would they just reject me from the beginning when the hear me say i used to drink and got suspended from fball games???? ill have a really good recommendation letter from my coach who helped change me and got me to use my leadership skills in a positive way and he'll mention that in there im sure...</p>
<p>I do think in your case working for a few more points on the ACT is worth it...just in case.</p>
<p>Also, I think that essay would be fine. They know that drinking happens, and that partying happens...they can see that in the dorms on campus! I think if your story speaks of you and your leadership and the things you have learned, then it would be appropriate. We will see what the other people here say, but that is my vote. Sometimes admissions likes essays like those because it shows that the person took a chance!</p>
<p>thanks so much any other opinions would be nice if anyone checks out this thread... oh yeah and on a side note... we just played tommy z's old fball team in fball (buffalo grove) and the last time they game to our school to play was when tommy z was qb and they were ranked top 10 in state and our school got murdered... this time they were top 10 in state again but we beat their asses!!! yeahhhhhhh go shs fball!!! thanks irish68 n every1 else</p>
<p>irish, u have over 1,000 posts, just curious what the benefits are for you lol is ND admissions paying you by the posts to answer questions or what ha</p>
<p>Nope. Since I was a transfer, I actually have applied to Notre Dame twice, and both times I really relied on a message board (not this one though, this is back in the good old days of the Princeton Review board where all the schools were mixed). I got a lot of good information from those boards and they helped keep me sane and focused through it all.</p>
<p>When I got to Notre Dame I realized I had learned a lot about admissions, especially transfer admissions, and I also realized that if I hadn't done as much research as I had done I may not have made it (I like admissions stuff, weird hobby). Because of that, I came over to this board and started helping where I could.</p>
<p>Now I am on this board and at the same time on the SDN board asking for help with getting into grad school, so it is a strange cycle. I am still here because I think I can help, and i want to help you guys get into Notre Dame. </p>
<p>Notre Dame is an amazing place, and it is truly a family atmosphere, but that atmosphere must extend past campus out to the future Domers. I hope that I welcome you guys well to the Notre Dame family and help show why Notre Dame is not just any other school. We have a lot of current students on this board, not just me (and another with just as many posts) and I do think it helps make Notre Dame special. I don't know of any other school that does it like we do, at least not a school our size. Maybe that is just my bias, however...</p>
<p>if you take an honors class then the average a 5 into your gpa instead of a 4 and ive taken basically all honors/ap classes... theoretically you cant have a 5.0 though because there are several required classes that arent accelerated so yeah thats how it works...</p>
<p>Irish: That is interesting. Are you applying to graduate school in counselling? (Per your mention of SDN Board). I can easily see you doing college counselling; very good money if done privately after some experience, very interesting, and you obviously like it. A great career choice. If so, do you see yourself getting a degree and then working someplace like the ND admissions office and then going private - or degree and then an admissions office and stay there - or degree and then direct to private? I think the last would be harder to do. Most of the good people I have heard of this field seem to have worked for a while in high school counselling at a high school Or in college admissions at a college.</p>