What are my chances of getting into the University of Notre Dame?

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<p>Hi, my name is Heidi Free and I am looking to apply to the University of Notre Dame in less than a month. Notre Dame has been my dream school since I was younger and I would like to see if anyone could offer me any insight on my chances based upon the information I will supply for you below. </p>

<p>*Most Important: I am applying to college as a junior. June 2014, I will graduate my high school as a junior with all requirements met both to graduate from my high school and apply to my college at the University of Notre Dame.</p>

<p>Major: Pre-Professional Studies; I aspire to eventually obtain my doctorate in veterinary medicine.
GPA: 4.33
Rank:1
SAT Scores: I took my SATs through the Johns Hopkins Talent Program in 7th grade and took them twice again sophomore year of high school. My best score was 2010.</p>

<p>My transcript is as follows</p>

<p>Freshman Year Schedule:
Algebra 2 Honors
Geometry Honors
Physical Education/Health 1
Computer Applications 1/Computer Applications 2
Spanish 2
Biology Honors
English 1 Honors
World Cultures Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP Physics B
Chemistry Honors
Instrumental Lab
US History 1 Honors
Pre-calculus/Trigonometry Honors
English 2 Honors
Ag Science
Physical Education/Health 2</p>

<p>Junior Year:
English 3 Honors
AP Calculus
Ag Biology
College Freshman Composition
AP US History 2
AP Biology
Spanish 3
Physical Education/Health 3
Advanced Personal Finance</p>

<p>My Extracurricular/Activity List is as follows:</p>

<p>-WPC Teacher - I am Roman Catholic and have taught religious education to younger students for a total of five years at my parish.
-Clarion Yearbook - Editor of the yearbook all 3 years in high school
-FFA Officer - I am an officer in the FFA. I am #13 in the state of New Jersey in land judging and #1 in the state in Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Judging. I am a member of the 2013 National Dairy Judging Team which will compete in Louisville, Kentucky this coming October and will hopefully become ranked in the country. I also have received my Greenhand FFA Degree, Chapter FFA Degree, and will receive my State FFA Degree at the end of this school year. I am also the Star Greenhand recipient of my school.
-Leo Club - I am an active member of Leo Club and have earned my Gold Award for having over 100 service hours in a single school year.
-HOPE Club - HOPE Club is a community service club which is unique only to my high school. I am the Vice-President and run a caramel apple stand at all home football games, participate in Adopt a Grandparent, and volunteer at Common Sense for Animals on a regular basis.
-STAND - an organization where I take a stand for discrimination such as mass genocides and raise money for foreign countries through various events
- Diversity Club - recognizing other ethnicity in the school
- Book Club - reading and sharing opinions monthly
-SADD - Students Against Destructive Decision. I have ran Open Gym Nights, Drug Awareness Movements, and a live car crash demonstration with helicopters and ambulances.
-Math Club - I am the president of my school's math club and have participated in several competitions at universities such as Seton Hall and Lehigh. I also teach SAT Prep for math within the club and have created our school wide math competition.
-Science Club - Vice president in conducting experiments outside of class.
-Ecology Club - participated in river side cleanups and co-chaired a solar panel project for my school including giving presentations to the board and town environmental committee, contacting businesses for grants, and providing means of installation.
- Scarlet Scoop - Co-editor of the school newspaper
-Extended Learners - school's gifted and talented program
-Model UN - mock United Nations where I received a medal freshman year for having the best Social and Humanitarian resolution.
-WHAM - Warren Hunterdon Academic Meet/ captain
- Consumer Bowl - team member of a quiz bowl about consumer affairs
-Gettysburg Yearbook Experience - won scholarship to go to Gettysburg College for a week for a yearbook editing class where I won the Power of One Award at the end of the program.
-Homecoming Committee Member</p>

<p>Any other information you wish to know about me, just leave a comment and I'll reply! Thanks in advance for any of your critique or advice!</p>

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<p>Couple of comments. First, your SAT seems kind of low. What is your M+CR score? ND does not evaluate the writing component, so if that is what is bringing your score down, you might be ok. Second, is your 4.33 weighted or unweighted? Also, it seems as though your EC’s are very member-of-as-many-clubs-as-possible, without the kind of leadership which I know ND values. The one somewhat unique thing is your involvement in FFA, which I would be willing to bet ND doesn’t see very much. I wish you luck, though. My daughter is currently a freshman there and couldn’t, from the moment she set foot on campus, see herself anywhere else.</p>

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<p>ejcclc has some great advice. I would definitely cut your EC list at least by half. Some of them might be impressive, but get swallowed by the sheer volume of the others. Of course, I am a bit skeptical of some of them (what yearbook names a freshman as editor?).</p>

<p>ND’s freshman 25/75 percentiles for the SAT are 2050/2290, so yours would be in the bottom 25%. I would strongly suggest that you plan to study hard for the next test and try to bring your score up as much as possible.</p>