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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another year with ND in the top 20. Another year the haters will say it won't last. Always get a chuckle out of this.[/quote]

Notre Dame is 3.59% black. Shameful[/quote]

A Catholic school in Indiana isn’t a huge draw for POC? Shocking!![/quote]

ahem. Using the same argument, there should be only 18% Catholics at ND because Indiana is only 18% Catholic.

No, when doing this analysis the experts compare to the national percentage of blacks, which is 14%. Hence, Harvard's black population is 14%.  So it is at the other top schools. How do they achieve this? By offering generous merit and financial aid packages. Clearly, ND isn't vested in increasing diversity for the sake of its own student body by trying to increase the number if black students, Catholic or not.[/quote]

4% of US Catholics are black. This lines up with the percent of blacks at Notre Dame.  Notre Dame is a religious school and has different institutional priorities than secular universities. [/quote]

Agree. ND is well known for its religious priorities and the students it attracts. Why anyone would expect different percentages of ND is ludicrous. Move on folks. [/quote]

+100

I am the one who posted that haters complain each year saying ND doesn't belong in T20. The fact of the matter is that ND will continue to focus it's priorities on its Catholic identity. This means there will be less appeal to the general non-Catholic public and limits its ability to attract people of more diversity. Despite ND's dedication to its strong Catholic identity, it manages to say on top of the rankings, likely because it makes up for this limitation with other very strong characteristics, like it's great academics, beautiful campus, strong athletics, and welcoming community. People here saying that other Catholic institutions manage to have more diversity, keep in mind that those schools are not as blatant about its religious affiliation. Specifically, ND has chapels in all of it's residence halls, a very active basilica on campus, Touchdown Jesus, the grotto, and many of the main student events have an element of religion sprinkled in. This might make some students uncomfortable -- hence the attraction is just not there. Still, it remains a T20 and that is what irks most people here on DCUM.[/quote]

According to the most recent US census, almost 70% of US population is Christians.
So, majority of Americans would feel fine at ND.

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you missed the memo that many Christians, especially Evangelicals, don't think Catholucs are Christian[/quote]
This is the stupidest belief. Catholics were the ONLY Christians for about 1600 years. [/quote]

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