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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated from Notre Dame - yes, I think it matters.  You meet someone from Notre Dame - they have a very similar experience.  They probably stayed in the same dorm all four years at ND. They never were in a fraternity or sorority.  They went to every football game. They probably are Catholic.  There's a better than 50/50 chance they went to a Catholic high school....etc....etc... etc...

It matters not just in the alumni network in absolute numbers either (frankly, ND's alumni number is around 120,000 while places like Michigan and Texas are 500,000).

A lot of people never went to ND but love it (the campus, the Catholic nature, etc.)  The "subway alumni" - I have gotten openings in life from many of them too.  A similar number hate the place but still have immense respective for it.    Whenever I say "I went to Notre Dame" they have a reaction - it may be good, it may be bad, but they have an opinion about it and they are going to tell you.  For many in my lifetime, that has been a positive opinion - even if not an alumnus(a).

Let's put it another way on the respect factor: There are a lot of students at the University of Some State (name just about any state - Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Florida, etc.) that could not get into Notre Dame.  There is no one at Notre Dame that could not have gotten into University of Some State.  [/quote]

There are a lot of students at Notre Dame that could not get into the any of the Ivies. There is no one at any of the Ivies that could not have gotten into Notre Dame. [/quote]

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