Early action at ND - worth it?

TymeflysBy
Wed, 28 May 2008 18:12:43 +0000

My son applied EA. He wasn’t over the top in grades, but had a fairly strong application; probably as strong as it would had been had he applied RD… He was deferred… RD came around and he was waitlisted…(talk about an EA application being drawn out, lol.) He was disappointed, but not discouraged- as he felt he would end up at ND. He sent an additional letter of interest as well as a peer recommendation- talking about him as a person as compared to his academics. Low and behold, by the Grace of God he was admited off the waitlist on May 9th. His Fin Aid package from ND was comparable to the packages he had received from his other schools (for ex. BC, GW, Villanova etc).

To be quite honest I always believe that you end up where you are meant to be. It may not be where you think you want to be, but I am a firm believer in fate. Four children (2 now in college and 2 with learning disabilities- I have learned you just take life as it comes…because it always comes)

Good Luck with your decisions…and enjoy this time…