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NP: I am very familiar with ND (I'm from the midwest and multiple relatives attended) and think it's a fine school with a supportive community, but agree that it's overstated and comes at the price of some homogeneity.

1. Don't know the suicide rates at ND but would imagine a Catholic school which is a religion which considers suicide a mortal sin would have lower rates since students may believe that suicide sentences them to eternal damnation.  Doesn't mean there isn't depression and other negative outcomes just on average less likely to result in suicides.  Also, while media publicizes stories on colleges and suicides because it plays on parents fears and links suicides with an identifiable institution which is newsworthy, there is no college that has a suicide rate higher than the national average suicide rate and college is actually a protective factor against suicide (as is religiosity).  Poster who mentioned W&M having a high suicide rate is responding to a time when there were news stories on a suicide cluster at W&M, but overall they have a very low suicide rate compared to average.

2. As posters noted, ND is relatively homogenous which can lessen tensions on campus and give the supportive community feel.  But you're just pushing away the inevitable engagement with real diversity and a fuller range of worldviews.  Of course people feel happier while they are there because their core beliefs aren't being challenged.  It's important to look at how they fare later (compared to equally prepared and privileged students at less homogenous institutions) in situations when they encounter real diversity and conflict.[/quote]

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