Accepted to engineering 1550 SAT, 200+ income bracket. To be honest, I don’t know that much specifically about Notre Dame engineering. I live in Indiana but I have only been on the general tour. I also have 2 other great options in Engineering at Purdue and free tuition Computer Science at IU. Notre Dame is a really beautiful place with great alumni but i don’t know if its worth the extra cost vs Purdue or IU considering that I likely will likely be paying near the full price tag for tuition. I want to decide soon so I can give my spot to someone on the waitlist if I decide to not go. Any advice?
Congrats to everyone!!
Anyone know where we can see our financial aid?
Waitlisted
Deferred REA
Male, OH
SAT: 1520 (780 MATH, 740 ENGLISH)
10 APs (all 4s and 5s)
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted: 4.45
National Merit Commended
3 Year Varsity Soccer
Model UN Officer, Math Club, German Cub
NHS, N German HS
Service - started a special needs soccer program/league in community
Attended ND Summer Scholars
Not a legacy
Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I: Didn’t send
ACT: 35 Composite
SAT II: Didn’t send any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: Top 5%
AP: Human Geography (4), European History (5), US History (5), Seminar (5), English Language (5)
IB: None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Research, AP Lit, AP French, AP US Government, AP Calc AB, Honors Law and Honors Forensics
Major Awards:
National Merit Commended Scholars
AP Scholar
Anticipated AP Capstone Diploma
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Ice Hockey all 4 years
Mock Trial Club: Secretary sophomore year, President junior and senior year
Worked at local ice rink for 3 years
Quilt in my spare time
Volunteer/Community service:
Freshman mentor at my school, local food pantry, and other random activities (Around 80 hours)
Summer Activities:
Last summer I took a class at Northwestern and worked at a country club
I also volunteered at my local library the summer of 2017
Teacher Rec #1: Couldn’t read but I feel like it would be good
Counselor Rec: Couldn’t read
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: none lol
Accepted
Asian female (filipino), California
Catholic
SAT: 1560 (790 math, 770 eng)
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.5 weighted
Rank 6/580
13 APs (5s and two 4s)
3 year varsity basketball and basketball w/ special education students
NHS, Parkinson’s disease club officer, Boys and Girls club co-founder, Key club, Math team, altar server at church
@daniperez I think financial aid for regular decision comes out in a week or two
Rejected after being deferred ea
white female
34 act
4.5 w
13 aps
catholic
4 year varsity athlete
captain of varsity team
best buddies officer
lots of community service
@mgerv23 looking like uva for me too
Accepted!!!
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 32 C 35E 33R 30M 29S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) Micro/Macro (4) US History (5) Lang (4) Stats (3)
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Gov, AP Physics, AP Lit, APCSP, PE, ASB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Presidential Service Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Founded my school’s newspaper
ASB Treasurer and 11th grade pres.
Academic League + Other things
Volunteer/Community service:
Internship w Californian Senator
Summer Activities:
I work a lot at local place
Teacher Rec #1: 11/10
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: econ
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100ish
Hooks
none maybe URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays and LOR
Weaknesses: ACT is on the low end of their demographics
General Comments:
Go irish!!! Watching Rudy right now!
Rejected
SAT 1470 (not super scored)
5.4 GPA
15/750
AA dual enrollment
AICE diploma Cambridge University
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DD Accepted
Objective:
SAT I: Didn’t send
ACT: 31
SAT II: Didn’t take any.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Senior Year Course Load: Mostly APs and honors classes. AP Calculus, AP Gov, AP English, Honors Anatomy, Honors Spanish
Major Awards: Scholastic Writing Award, highest honor award in English Honors, Community Service Award
Extracurriculars:
Mock Trial
School Musical
Student Council (Senior Class VP, class representative all other years)
Best Buddies Executive Committee
Volleyball captain, 4 years, 2 years captain
Nominated to local leadership program
Student Advising Committee
Volunteer/Community service:
Local Homeless Center, Hispanic Daycare Center (volunteer and tutor), Local food bank, active in church activities
Summer Activities:
IT assistant, tutor, babysitter
Teacher Rec #1: Solid
Counselor Rec: Solid
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $125,000+
Hooks: Catholic
Accepted to Finance with 1310 SAT!
Antes que nada, arriba México!
Now for real
Accepted: Finance major
SAT: 1310 (yes, you read right, 1310!}
710 Math 600 English
WGPA: 4.2
Applied for financial aid
International (Mexican) Male
Full IB Diploma (predicted scores)
HL
BM (7)
French B (6)
Spanish A Lang Lit (7)
SL
Physics (6)
Math (7)
English A Lang Lit (6)
ToK + Extended Essay (2)
Predicted: 41/45
Extras:
- Composed musical album (instrumental/piano) to raise funds
- Solo performer and piano composer
- In-school swimming TA (6 months)
- Bottle cap collection committee
- MUN delegate Junior year
- Volunteer at Home for the Elderly.
Some other minor activities.
In Mexico, there are not many student organizations nor clubs (at least in my school). Consequently, some leadership awards simply do not exist.
Hooks:
This is what truly made the difference. I am a visually impaired student, and I struggled through middle school both academically and socially. However, in High School, I decided to make some serious changes to my perceptions and my attitude and things improved. Perseverance and resilience really did pay off.
My essays were… quite original, which really helped. (Probably)
Teachers claim I awe and inspire them, so my rec letters (I presume) were pretty good.
In other words, show the Admission Officers that you can surpass challenges and succeed in your environment and they’ll notice you. Believe me, you don’t need the 1500+ SAT. I thought I did, but… I was proven wrong.
Congrats to everyone that got in, and good luck for everyone for all university decisions.
Denied Mendoza
NJ
Full IB Diploma
3.759ish UW gpa, but would be at least .5 higher in a normal high school
attend top school in us
1540 SAT
Average EC
Good supplements- spent a lot of time
Average to pretty good CA essay
Good rec letters
Visited
Income Bracket: 125k+
Accepted
Mendoza College of Business
Hello everyone! I am a Notre Dame student in the class of 2023, and last year I was waitlisted RD. I remember feeling heart broken when I opened the email–but being waitlisted was not the end of the road for me! With some hard work and a bit of schmoozing, I received a call from my admissions counselor in May 2019 with the news that I had been accepted. If any of you waitlisted students (or any of you at all) have questions about advice for getting off the waitlist or what being a Notre Dame student is like, then please reach out and ask!
Congratulations, and good luck to everyone!
My DD was accepted into the ND/HC Gateway program from REA. If you are looking for Gateway conversation visit College Confidential Notre Dame Gateway Program 2024 or last year 2023.
Son was Rejected
1550 SAT, UW gpa 3.7, W gpa 6.3
Highest rigor classes
Third generation legacy
White Male
CT
Tons of sports, captain, leadership, coaching, Best Buddies
Has a Patent on a product
@My5Kiddos Very sorry to hear this! His sibling currently is attending ND? I am sure your applying son will do well wherever he will go. Very bets of luck and success to him and the whole family!
@camrynrbarnett Hello, thank you! This was so reassuring! Do you mind sharing how you specifically reached out to admissions?
Sorry to hear that @My5Kiddos ! Wow - your kiddo has a patent?
Thanks for sharing your story with us…we are future applicants who are lurking on this thread and realize how very difficult it is to get in. We have friends who were a) legacy and b) whose first son was accepted but second son was not accepted - even though equal in all respects (including 36 ACT) and captains of their teams.
Accepted
OOS Florida
SAT 1470
SAT II Bio 760
Unweighted 4.0 W 5.1 (6 APs and IB Diploma Candidate)
Piano 9 years
Outreach Coordinator and Fundraising Coordinator for two non profits
Secretary SNHS and member in five other clubs
Catholic Born in Mexico moved in 2010
Accepted: Boston College, UF, FSU
Deferred: Brown
Rejected: Wash U St. Louis, UNC