Transferring to Notre Dame Spring '12

konzer90
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:05:43 +0000

I was a transfer student at ND.

umdtransfer6, you’re a shoe-in. Good job.

darkdragon477: The swimming thing won’t mean too much to them. I guess if you get in you can try out or something? But the swim coaching staff probably recruits. I had a “low” SAT score of 1290 but a decent enough high school GPA. They didn’t seem to care at all about anything I did in high school; they only cared about my 4.0 from two years of college along with whether there was room for me in the department I wanted to join. So yeah, I guess the answer to your question is “yes, drastically improving in college can help your chances.” But your high school stuff is abysmally low. I mean, I guess you’ve got a good story to back it up, but it still hurts. Plus, CCs tend to be looked on lower than traditional four year schools. This can vary though - my transfer class had kids from CCs, and it had kids from Princeton. So really it comes down to how you can sculpt your application.

Also, don’t talk about Rudy, like, ever in a serious way. Especially comparing yourself to him, or writing anything in your personal essay about him. He’s kind of a giant inside joke. Yeah, we all like the movie, but it’s a little corny at this point.

But hey, go for it. See what happens. Who knows, you could get in.

Edit: Oh yeah, and ND IS full of rich kids. That’s pretty true. But it’s not as bad as Princeton. Trust me.