Notre Dame or Georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

They said they were an RA. South Bend is COLD.

yeah, I read what she wrote, but I'm not buying it. It can be cold, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. It not Minneapolis or Madison or Milwaukee or Syracuse or Montreal or Buffalo or Hanover or Brunswick or Ann Arbor, for example.

[Anonymous]

Only reason to go to Georgetown would be if you wanted to go to school in DC and got rejected by GW.

[Anonymous]

What is GW? Is that a college?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not allowed to apply EA to both.

From Notre Dame's Admission website: "A student applying Restrictive Early Action to Notre Dame may apply to other Early Action programs at either private or public colleges or universities."

Well, actually it's a bit more complicated than that, but that's an interesting REA because REAs usually say "no other privates". For example, DD applied SCEAa to Princeton and was allowed to only apply to other publics . https://admissions.nd.edu/apply/early-action-regular-decision/

ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

They said they were an RA. South Bend is COLD.

yeah, I read what she wrote, but I'm not buying it. It can be cold, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. It not Minneapolis or Madison or Milwaukee or Syracuse or Montreal or Buffalo or Hanover or Brunswick or Ann Arbor, for example.

ND alum here. This is a weird list. Ann Arbor is not that far from South Bend and only a little further north. I take it that you think of Chicago as having tough winters, and South Bend is 90 minutes east of Chicago. It's true that SB isn't as cold as Minneapolis or as windy as Chicago, but the winters are definitely harsher than they are around DC. They are also gray and wet, thanks to the lake effect. Lots of cold rain and light snow. In fact, I remember snow flurries during final exams in May two of the four years I was there. It could be a tough adjustment for someone coming from someplace like southern California.

Having said all that about the bad weather, I loved ND. You buy good outerwear and you get used to it.

[Anonymous]

Another ND grad here. East Coast native. South Bend IS cold AF.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't complain about weather, cold or hot when you get into a T20 school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only reason to go to Georgetown would be if you wanted to go to school in DC and got rejected by GW.

LOL now we know you are dreaming. OP, we realize you hate Georgetown, but you are coming across as quite desperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only reason to go to Georgetown would be if you wanted to go to school in DC and got rejected by GW.

Signed,

Rejected from Georgetown, and My Kid Was, Too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

They said they were an RA. South Bend is COLD.

yeah, I read what she wrote, but I'm not buying it. It can be cold, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. It not Minneapolis or Madison or Milwaukee or Syracuse or Montreal or Buffalo or Hanover or Brunswick or Ann Arbor, for example.

Sure it is. It also gets more snow than many of those places because of the lake effect. No reason to be dishonest about it. The difference between all of these cities is negligible. If you don’t like Madison weather or Ann Arbor weather you’re not gonna like South Bend weather. End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

They said they were an RA. South Bend is COLD.

yeah, I read what she wrote, but I'm not buying it. It can be cold, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. It not Minneapolis or Madison or Milwaukee or Syracuse or Montreal or Buffalo or Hanover or Brunswick or Ann Arbor, for example.

I don’t understand all this talk about Ann Arbor being Arctic. Most people who have lived in other northern areas are pleasantly surprised by how relatively mild southeast Michigan is. My spouse is from Spain & thinks it’s very tolerable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

Actually South Bend is on the border of the central time zone, which means their sunset is very late in the day. My son who just graduated misses that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think you ever went to ND.

I mean, it's colder than Texas but it's not killer winter and not especially long. Kids stop wearing coats in March (average highs 47)

Seasonable affect? It's not especially north. There's more lake effect in Syracuse.

The inability to do other things? lolz

Actually South Bend is on the border of the central time zone, which means their sunset is very late in the day. My son who just graduated misses that.

Nevertheless, it is cold: "How cold does it get in South Bend?
COLD: Winter temperatures reach their low in January with the average 23.3. Daytime highs average 30.4 and lows 16.1.":

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is GW? Is that a college?[/quote]


George Washington University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD applied to both ND and Georgetown early action. We really think she'll get into both and are already discussing the differences, the pros and cons. Any insights on the schools from people who have kids there now. Things besides academics as both are great in that regard. Thank you.

To share my completely subjective and emotional impressions:

I found Notre Dame stifling when I visited. All those rah-rah, white, wealthy, Catholic kids who've been boy or girl scouts and who are just so wholesome, self-satisfied, and assured of their places in society. Self-congratulatory and naive about their privilege as rich, white Christians. I preferred Georgetown. I thought the students, on balance, had more humility and creativity and less artless myopia, and I preferred the religious diversity. These are my purely personal takeaways. Others will no doubt see these schools differently. I didn't apply to ND, got into GU, and went to Northwestern.