notre dame vs BC

[Anonymous]

Has this been asked a million times? I searched and didn't see it.

I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on kids and culture (have had plenty of family in both), but I'm interested in two things:

selectivity - is one a much harder admit than another?
and reputation in the business and government world - they have engaged alumni networks, but is one thought of as more prestigious. I think ND was but not sure anymore.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

For real Catholics, ND>>>BC. Great sports. Mendoza business is excellent. Difficult admit though. BC is no slouch but compared to ND it’s the little brother in every way.

[Anonymous]

I'd agree w the above but I'd skip the "for real Catholics" bs. I say that as a Catholic.

Mendoza is very strong and ND is very represented in both DC legal circles and intelligence community.

[Anonymous]

Notes Dame is a much harder admit.

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame is a significantly more prestigious school than Boston College. And a much tougher admit.

[Anonymous]

They both beautiful and great options. The thing I’ve noticed is that being a nd grad seems to be a huge part of adult life for a lot of alumni, to the point if it being a personality trait. I don’t think that’s true for bc.

[Anonymous]

Yes - all these comparisons have been asked a million times. Just google

[Anonymous]

If you can get in, ND.
No doubt.

[Anonymous]

All true, coming from a family with alums of both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They both beautiful and great options. The thing I’ve noticed is that being a nd grad seems to be a huge part of adult life for a lot of alumni, to the point if it being a personality trait. I don’t think that’s true for bc.

I have a lot of ND family (big midwestern catholic family here) and this point is true and also weird. It's like the people who are still really into our high school boosters. They drive to see the ND games a few times a year, a lot of branded clothes constantly, they use branded coffee cups and beer mugs in their home. It's a LOT. And I consider it not a great thing - although, for men.. I kinda get it. Men don't make friends in adulthood so these are their people and if everyone around you is doubling down, so are you. I feel sorry for the spouses tbh.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have an impression for how they would be for a Catholic-lite family? We have been to both Georgetown and Holy Cross this Summer, and our tour guide at Holy Cross had never been to mass. Student life seems largely secular. We are planning on visiting BC, but we’re going back and forth on Notre Dame. DH visited in the late 90s and said it felt much more practicing than the others and thinks it has likely become more so over the years. Thanks for any recent impressions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They both beautiful and great options. The thing I’ve noticed is that being a nd grad seems to be a huge part of adult life for a lot of alumni, to the point if it being a personality trait. I don’t think that’s true for bc.

I have a lot of ND family (big midwestern catholic family here) and this point is true and also weird. It's like the people who are still really into our high school boosters. They drive to see the ND games a few times a year, a lot of branded clothes constantly, they use branded coffee cups and beer mugs in their home. It's a LOT. And I consider it not a great thing - although, for men.. I kinda get it. Men don't make friends in adulthood so these are their people and if everyone around you is doubling down, so are you. I feel sorry for the spouses tbh.

Weird take. Why do you care what makes other people happy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have an impression for how they would be for a Catholic-lite family? We have been to both Georgetown and Holy Cross this Summer, and our tour guide at Holy Cross had never been to mass. Student life seems largely secular. We are planning on visiting BC, but we’re going back and forth on Notre Dame. DH visited in the late 90s and said it felt much more practicing than the others and thinks it has likely become more so over the years. Thanks for any recent impressions.

You went all the way to MA to see Holy Cross. But couldn’t drive 45 minutes to BC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have an impression for how they would be for a Catholic-lite family? We have been to both Georgetown and Holy Cross this Summer, and our tour guide at Holy Cross had never been to mass. Student life seems largely secular. We are planning on visiting BC, but we’re going back and forth on Notre Dame. DH visited in the late 90s and said it felt much more practicing than the others and thinks it has likely become more so over the years. Thanks for any recent impressions.

Lots of Catholic-lite students at BC. A small portion of students attend mass weekly on Sunday nights. The vast majority do not attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have an impression for how they would be for a Catholic-lite family? We have been to both Georgetown and Holy Cross this Summer, and our tour guide at Holy Cross had never been to mass. Student life seems largely secular. We are planning on visiting BC, but we’re going back and forth on Notre Dame. DH visited in the late 90s and said it felt much more practicing than the others and thinks it has likely become more so over the years. Thanks for any recent impressions.

Student life at all of the schools is secular. I and some siblings went to ND, and we also just toured Holy Cross. They seem the same to me in terms of religion/not.

Plenty of kids at all the Catholic colleges never go to Mass on Sunday, plenty do. And a lot of kids who do go to the dorm masses at ND are there for social reasons, not religious. Not all, of course. A huge number of people get through Confirmation in 8th grade, drop religion until it is time to get married and then want the traditional Catholic wedding, so they go back to church until their own kids are confirmed, lapse again, and return in old age. It's basically the norm for the majority of teens and young adults.

I'm not sure how your husband's visit to ND in the 90s could leave an impression of how "practicing" the entire student body was. Did he spend all of his time in the church? What I said above is my lived experience in the early 90s. It's a party school. Some people practice their religion (i.e., go to Mass on Sunday), but unless you are in church with them on Sunday, you wouldn't know it.