Why is Notre Dame bot as selective as it's peers?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

A T20 school is not a niche.

It actually is.

60-70% are Christians and 80%+ are religious in the US.
Secular schools would be more of niche.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

[Anonymous]

ND wants to see meaningful public service.volunteer hours. No chance without that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND wants to see meaningful public service.volunteer hours. No chance without that.

yep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

Not sure what you mean by dark and old. Many older buildings that are meticulously kept up as well as brand new buildings that blend with the old seamlessly. Yes, the weather is pretty rough...can't argue about that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

Not sure what you mean by dark and old. Many older buildings that are meticulously kept up as well as brand new buildings that blend with the old seamlessly. Yes, the weather is pretty rough...can't argue about that.

Nice aerial shot. However, walked the campus several times with my kid. That was his opinion. To each his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

Not sure what you mean by dark and old. Many older buildings that are meticulously kept up as well as brand new buildings that blend with the old seamlessly. Yes, the weather is pretty rough...can't argue about that.

Nice aerial shot. However, walked the campus several times with my kid. That was his opinion. To each his own.

Me again. For the record, I liked it!

[Anonymous]

My Catholic school kid crossed Notre Dame off the list after visiting. South Bend was just awful. The campus was gorgeous, but hearing everyone go on and on about the house system felt like they were trying a little too hard. Kid didn’t see the appeal beyond really fun football tailgates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does ND admit more students from the area's Catholic schools, or does coming from that environment make it more competitive? Just curious how their selectivity is.

Notre Dame cares more about hard numbers, especially test scores, than many other top schools. If you have those and are at a Catholic school, even better.

They have lower test scores than most other T25s

No, they don’t. In the most recent entering class of about 2000 more than 2/3 submitted test scores. The median SAT was 1510 and the median ACT was 34. Show me a list of the top 25 where “most” are meaningfully higher than this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Do your research before posting your bullshit. Look up the demographics of the entering class. ND is just about the most geographically diverse school in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

lol ok. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

lol ok. Ridiculous.

Not really. Just because it was for you doesn't mean it's for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND has a niche with midwestern Catholic HS grads. Most secular private school or public school grads aren't interested because of the overt religious overtones. Also, the location dims interest among a lot of people.

Yes, the location is horrible. South Bend is depressing AF.

Agree — I wouldn’t want to live there but the campus experience is amazing. Gorgeous campus and great residential life.

I think it is all so very subjective. My kid didn't like the campus so much. I think it was a combination of the cold windy weather in April when we were there and the dark old architecture. Like I said, it would appeal to some and not to others.

lol ok. Ridiculous.

Not really. Just because it was for you doesn't mean it's for everyone.

The kid can say he doesn’t like the weather, sure. But that’s not the campus. By that definition every college that gets a lot of snow has a shitty campus.

The architecture isn’t old. Anyone who went to ND as recently as 20 years ago would barely recognize the campus today. That’s how new it is.

You can throw a lot of shade at ND for a lot of reasons, but once you start saying it doesn’t have a beautiful campus it’s clear you have an axe to grind.