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[quote=Anonymous]What does his school profile about the distributions of GPA at your school? I know that at my kid's public school 36% have GPA's over 4.0 and 12% have GPA's over 4.5, so a 4.1 would probably be about the 75th %ile. According to their Common Data set, 91% of Notre Dame's freshmen are in the top 10th, so he'd be quite a bit lower. However, your high school may have a different distribution of GPA's. In addition, Notre Dame considers academic rigor to be the #1 factor when admitting students. A kid who takes some honors, rather than all honors, might not make the cut. I know the kids who go to ND from the school where I teach are kids who are in all honors, and lots of AP's and still near the very top of the class. Given that, it sounds like the counselor is being realistic. The 4 schools they mention are great schools, and not easy to get into either. And there are plenty of great Catholic schools that can be safeties. [/quote]
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