How much do Notre Dame & UPenn value alumni connections?

rharan5930
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:53:56 +0000

my uw GPA is 3.5, my weighted GPA is 3.8.
my sat composite is 1940 (sat math: 690. sat cr: 630) but i’m going try to get it up past 2100 total by october.
i’m pretty confident in my EC’s and essay writing skills.

i know that my grades aren’t very much up to par with the other applicants to UPenn and notre dame, but i do know some individuals (two different orthopedic surgeons) who graduated from both universities. i was just wondering if i showed interest in the colleges (applied early action or maybe ED to one, visited the campus, etc) and the alumni that i know write excellent recommendation letters, would I have at least a slightly reasonable chance at acceptance?