What are my chances at Notre Dame?

Question

I am a high school junior in a very competitive school in California. I am American-Asian (Indian) and moved to America at the age of 8. I am planning to apply to Notre Dame Early Action.

Academics:

My gpa is about 4.0 Weighted.

I only took the SAT's once and received a 2260:

Math- 800

CR- 670

Writing- 790

Total- 2260

I have taken and am taking many honors/AP courses.

EC's:

Co-founded and was VP of the chess club in freshman year.

3 years of Spanish club

Planning to do Academic Decathlon next year.

Starting a Future Business Leaders of America chapter at my school.

Played two years of tennis for the school team.

I have played chess competitively since sixth grade and have received many awards. Some of them include:

1st place K-8 in NorCal 8th grade

Tied for 11th in World Open in 2006 and for 14th in 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.

I am currently ranked among the top 50 players for my age in the country.

Community Service:

Last summer, I when I visited India, I volunteered in an orphanage for a week, teaching children and playing with them. I also donated food, clothes, and toys, as well as as $200 of my chess earnings from tournaments.I lived with the kids there for a week and helped teach the children, play with them, and spend quality time with them. It was one of the most enriching experiences of my life (about 120 hours).

Helped teach kids in summer school in 2005. (80 hours)

Have taught chess.

Active volunteer in my local community for the city (40-50 hours).

I am leaning towards the business side, mostly finance and economics.

I also plan to write my essays about my volunteer experience at the orphanage, my chess experiences and what they have taught me, or my experiences immigrating to the US.

What are my chances at Notre Dame? I plan to apply Early Action. I'm happy with my SAT scores but my gpa is a bit low.

Also, I am not Catholic, and I want to know if this is bad for this college. Is the environment drastically different than other colleges, and will is be suitable for me, a Hindu (not too religious).

Thank you very much...

Answer 1

Wow that is amazing! i would be surprised if you didn't get into Notre Dame. Your the type of person colleges would kill for.

but not being catholic shouldn't be a problem.. but where i live, there's a notre dame high school.. and i just know that tuition is A LOT higher than it would be if you were catholic... i'd lie and put a check mark by the "YES" box