Chance for Notre Dame EA. I'm extremely nervous!

NDGuy93
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:05:03 +0000

I applied to Notre Dame EA because it’s my dream school and because I wanted option of applying to the Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program. Please let me know if you think that I stand a chance of being admitted this year via EA! I’m extremely nervous!!


Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Catholic
State: Florida
ACT: 32 (I’ve only taken the ACT one time).
SAT: 1380/2140
SAT II: US History: 750, Biology E: 680, Spanish: 610
Class Rank: 27/750 (I attend one of the most competitive high schools in the state of Florida. We are academically ranked in the top 50 in the United States).
Unweighted GPA: 3.96 (out of 4.0)
Weighted GPA: 4.94 (on a scale of 6.0)
AP’s Previously Taken: AP World History (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang (4), AP Biology (4), AP Physics B (3)
AP’s Currently Taking: AP English Lit, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity/Magnetism, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Calc AB


Academic Awards/Honors:

Princeton Book Award

AP Scholar of Distinction

Senior of the Month: October

County-wide Senior of the Month: October

Certificates of Academic Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, English, Spanish Language, Performing Arts, Student Leadership, Cultural Geography, and English.

Clubs/EC’s:

Currently, I’m Student Body President.

In the past, I have been Junior Class President, Sophomore Class Senator, and Freshmen Class Senator.

Currently, I’m treasurer of NHS.

Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)

Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society)

Sigma Delta Tau (English Honor Society)

Drama Club (I was casted as an actor in “Footloose” (10th grade) and “High School Musical” (11th grade)).

Community Service:

Catechist at my local Catholic Church for the past 4 years (I earned approx. 200 hours through my service to the church).

Led a community-wide fundraiser for the American Brain Tumor Association.

Organized an “Adopt and Afghan Platoon” project at my local church.

Organized, with the help of local government officials, several environmental beach clean-ups at the local beaches.

Participated in Relay for Life (I have organized a team for the past two years).

Help to organize an “Invisible Children” initiative at my high school. The program assists with the construction of schools in the country of Uganda.

Miscellaneous:

I have attended 6 different student government conventions (including the Southern Association of Student Councils Conventions, National Association of Student Councils conventions, and the Florida Association of Student Councils Conventions).

I was selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at Harvard Medical School, but was unable to attend due to financial reasons.

I attended a regional leadership camp during the summer of 2010. I have been hired to return as a counselor of the summer of 2011.

Thank you for reading all of this and giving me your opinion. Hopefully I’ll get an admission decision in the coming week. GO IRISH!!