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[quote=Anonymous]There have been several mentions of Notre Dame in this thread, so I want to point to a statistical reality for Notre Dame. For a college of their stature and name recognition, they don’t receive a lot of interest, as reflected by the number of applications.

In their region of the country, private colleges of similar size and stature receive more applications. Not only do Chicago and Northwestern receive more applications, but so do Case Western Reserve, Washington University/St. Louis and Vanderbilt. So do Tulane and Rice, also in the middle of the country.

Among Catholic colleges, interest is exceeded by Boston College, Georgetown, and Fordham. Notre Dame received 26,000 applications this year while BC received more than 40,000. And colleges like Villanova and Loyola Marymount are coming up close behind with rapidly rising numbers of applications.

What Notre Dame has going for it is that students who apply there really want to go there. The result is that their yield is exceptionally high - over 60% last year for this current freshman class. They accomplish this by catering to alumni and admitting high numbers of legacies. It’s a good strategy and it works for them. However, it also means that they don’t have a large margin for error. Yield for Notre Dame doesn’t have to drop all that much for their acceptance rate to rise quickly. The SCOTUS appointment of Amy Comey Barrett has solidified their reputation as a place for conservative Catholics unlike many of their .Catholic college competitors which have broadened their appeal. Catholic colleges already have a more limited pool of applicants, but a college which limits their appeal to only a smaller segment of that niche has the potential for future declining interest.

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