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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the last 10 years at my kids' Catholic preps I've seen the #1 and #2 seniors head to Notre Dame nearly every year. These overachiever kids don't want to go to Ivies, Stanford, or Duke, they don't even apply to other top universities. It's basically Notre Dame or bust. The school is honestly underrated on US News. Love that kids live on campus all 4 years.

The flaws: Location does suck. Quite literally the worst location, by far, of any university in the top 50. They give too much boost to (rich) legacies. Football players (and other recruited athletes) are idiots, which really calls into question all the so-called campus integrity. [b]They also accept transfers who don't deserve to be on campus. [/b]Also, stupid gals at neighboring St Mary's desperately throw themselves at ND boys and pretend they're ND students; it's like Northeastern students pretending they're Harvard Students. Super weird dynamic. And yes, I get St Mary's was a "sister school" back when ND was boys only, but that was over 50 years ago.[/quote]

[b]Huh? How could you possibly know this? [/b]

And the living on campus thing is weird and paternalistic. Yes I know it’s common at private colleges. [/quote]

Just trust me. Frankly, truly elite private colleges really should not admit transfers; it's only allowed at some top colleges to backdoor students who weren't qualified to get in during high school. They're basically never up to par and they never actually fit in after missing out of first and even second year -- especially at ND, where the campus experience is forming tight bonds with housemates over 4 years.[/quote]

Umm no. You have no data on this. Every elite college admits transfers. Transferring into elite schools is especially important for nontraditional students. Transfers have already shown that they can handle college-level work (not AP classes, actual college classes), and these elite colleges admit very few transfers anyway. You’re not getting into ND as a transfer with a low gpa. [/quote]

Thank you.  I transferred into a top tier school bc I started at an smaller school on full scholarship bc my parents are working class and my public high school didn’t offer a lot of advanced courses.  At the small school, the work was not enough for me. I ended up PBK, high honors, magna cum laude and a  club president.  Speaking in sweeping privileged generalizations is ignorant.  Thank you to the other poster for defending transfers.  [/quote]

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