**Official Notre Dame Class of 2017 Decisions Thread!**

PowAlto
Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:31:20 +0000

I know I’m a little late to the party, but…

Accepted!!

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2140
[]SAT II: Math 2 (800), Physics (740), Biology (730), US History (740)
[]ACT: 34
[]GPA: Weighted (4.41), Unweighted (3.96)
[]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 11 AP/IB’s by the end of the year

[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I thought they were very good in general, byfar the most time I spent on them out of all my other application essays.

1. Intelligence vs. Wisdom- I used a greek myth as a method of explanation.

2. What I will always believe- I wrote mine about believing in Santa Claus=].

3. The one about passion- I wrote about my experience with founding an alternative energy startup.
[]Teacher Recs: Never read them, thought they would have been very good.
[]Counselor Rec: Same as above
[]Supplementary Material: None
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None [/li]
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Maryland
[]High School Type: Private, Catholic
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male

[/ul]Other [list]
[]Extracurriculars: Founder/President of an alternative energy startup, Karate (10 years) with lots of competition and teaching experience, engineering internship at state flagship university, published writer for an online publication/newspaper, school clubs/leadership, lots of spiritual leadership around my school (sorry, I’m a little lazy to write out the whole list, but you get the idea)
[]Awards: A few awards at the national level for karate, a few awards from my school for accomplishments in academics/extracurriculars, nothing huge
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m soooooo excited!! Getting that letter must’ve been one of the happiest moments of my life. Our financial aid package wasn’t as good as what we were hoping though, so I’m praying to God every day that I’ll be able to enroll for next year.[/li]I was rejected from Harvard, MIT, and UPenn.
Waitlisted to Duke, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon.
So, for those waitlisted or rejected, I feel your pain, but I know that you all will find great schools to spend the next 4 years. To everyone accepted, CONGRATS!! And I hope to se you all as classmates next year! GO IRISH!!