Notre Dame experience

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Anonymous wrote:ND is a great school. If it weren't so Catholic (80%!) it would be a top choice for my ds. (Dh was raised Catholic but we did not raise the kids religious at all.) Are there other schools you all would suggest for a kid who loves Notre Dame - the strong academics, the sports, the amazing alumni, the dorm culture, the lack of (as someone above put it) sharp elbows, the emphasis on service?

Some might say Vanderbilt, the nearest to ND in rank. But Greek life is important there, so I think the overall vibe is really different.

Usually, when you get very strong academics, you get sharp elbows. I think ND is a real outlier in having one but not the other. Maybe Brown? I hear that's a friendly place, but it's a (somewhat) harder admit, esp. for girls, and it doesn't have big sports.

You're gonna kill me for this, but . . . UVA.

Sorry, but UVA in state is a much easier admit. It's also much bigger, less friendly, and Greek (though not predominantly). Plus, the business school culling in sophomore year doesn't help.

Yeah yeah, we get it -- you're one of the many on here who for some bizarre reason hate UVA. That doesn't change the fact that there are many similarities between the schools. Oh, and "less friendly?" Ok . . .

UVA is a great school, but I don't see a lot in common with ND. ND is Catholic -- VERY Catholic. UVA is public. ND is mid-sized. UVA is a large state school, with mostly VA students. ND has no Greek life. At UVA, Greek institutions are important to the social lives even of non-Greeks.

You could be right that UVA is less known for sharp elbows than many of its peers, though.

Oh Lord. The question asked was is there a school that is LIKE Notre Dame but WITHOUT religion? So to respond to the UVA suggestion by saying that UVA is public is pretty silly.

Strong academics. Big sports culture. Mainstream student body. Lack of sharp elbows. Strong alumni base. Etc. No, they're not a 100 percent match, but no two schools are.

Another poster suggested Brown. Seriously? Who in the world thinks Brown and ND are similar schools?

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Anonymous wrote:ND is a great school. If it weren't so Catholic (80%!) it would be a top choice for my ds. (Dh was raised Catholic but we did not raise the kids religious at all.) Are there other schools you all would suggest for a kid who loves Notre Dame - the strong academics, the sports, the amazing alumni, the dorm culture, the lack of (as someone above put it) sharp elbows, the emphasis on service?

Some might say Vanderbilt, the nearest to ND in rank. But Greek life is important there, so I think the overall vibe is really different.

Usually, when you get very strong academics, you get sharp elbows. I think ND is a real outlier in having one but not the other. Maybe Brown? I hear that's a friendly place, but it's a (somewhat) harder admit, esp. for girls, and it doesn't have big sports.

You're gonna kill me for this, but . . . UVA.

Sorry, but UVA in state is a much easier admit. It's also much bigger, less friendly, and Greek (though not predominantly). Plus, the business school culling in sophomore year doesn't help.

Yeah yeah, we get it -- you're one of the many on here who for some bizarre reason hate UVA. That doesn't change the fact that there are many similarities between the schools. Oh, and "less friendly?" Ok . . .

UVA is a great school, but I don't see a lot in common with ND. ND is Catholic -- VERY Catholic. UVA is public. ND is mid-sized. UVA is a large state school, with mostly VA students. ND has no Greek life. At UVA, Greek institutions are important to the social lives even of non-Greeks.

You could be right that UVA is less known for sharp elbows than many of its peers, though.

Oh Lord. The question asked was is there a school that is LIKE Notre Dame but WITHOUT religion? So to respond to the UVA suggestion by saying that UVA is public is pretty silly.

Strong academics. Big sports culture. Mainstream student body. Lack of sharp elbows. Strong alumni base. Etc. No, they're not a 100 percent match, but no two schools are.

Another poster suggested Brown. Seriously? Who in the world thinks Brown and ND are similar schools?

The Brown reference was concerning lack of sharp elbows plus strong academics, which usually don't co-exist. I don't think that PP was making a direct comparison between the two. My son hated Brown when he visited but loved ND.

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Anonymous wrote:ND is a great school. If it weren't so Catholic (80%!) it would be a top choice for my ds. (Dh was raised Catholic but we did not raise the kids religious at all.) Are there other schools you all would suggest for a kid who loves Notre Dame - the strong academics, the sports, the amazing alumni, the dorm culture, the lack of (as someone above put it) sharp elbows, the emphasis on service?

Some might say Vanderbilt, the nearest to ND in rank. But Greek life is important there, so I think the overall vibe is really different.

Usually, when you get very strong academics, you get sharp elbows. I think ND is a real outlier in having one but not the other. Maybe Brown? I hear that's a friendly place, but it's a (somewhat) harder admit, esp. for girls, and it doesn't have big sports.

You're gonna kill me for this, but . . . UVA.

Sorry, but UVA in state is a much easier admit. It's also much bigger, less friendly, and Greek (though not predominantly). Plus, the business school culling in sophomore year doesn't help.

Yeah yeah, we get it -- you're one of the many on here who for some bizarre reason hate UVA. That doesn't change the fact that there are many similarities between the schools. Oh, and "less friendly?" Ok . . .

UVA is a great school, but I don't see a lot in common with ND. ND is Catholic -- VERY Catholic. UVA is public. ND is mid-sized. UVA is a large state school, with mostly VA students. ND has no Greek life. At UVA, Greek institutions are important to the social lives even of non-Greeks.

You could be right that UVA is less known for sharp elbows than many of its peers, though.

Oh Lord. The question asked was is there a school that is LIKE Notre Dame but WITHOUT religion? So to respond to the UVA suggestion by saying that UVA is public is pretty silly.

Strong academics. Big sports culture. Mainstream student body. Lack of sharp elbows. Strong alumni base. Etc. No, they're not a 100 percent match, but no two schools are.

Another poster suggested Brown. Seriously? Who in the world thinks Brown and ND are similar schools?

The Brown reference was concerning lack of sharp elbows plus strong academics, which usually don't co-exist. I don't think that PP was making a direct comparison between the two. My son hated Brown when he visited but loved ND.

Brown is full of people who wish they were HYPSM. Very sharp elbows. ND Catholicism is a huge turn off for those kids so ND kids are completely different.

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When I decided to go to ND, Duke and Vanderbilt were my other options. Ultimately, I was turned off by Greek life and liked the ND residential system.

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Does Notre dame have a football team ?