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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before applying early action, you really should visit both. Notre Dame is a very unique environment. When we were looking at colleges, ND had the nicest, friendliest kids. But compared to other schools, it's not particularly diverse. It is fairly isolated in South Bend, which is not a wonderful town. But the campus is beautiful. Both humanities and the Mendoza business school are outstanding. Chicago is not too far away. Notre Dame is very much a big name school in the Midwest. Football and sports generally are a big part of the Notre Dame experience. The school inspires an almost cultish devotion. Its alumni network is among the best in the country. But you have to visit. You either feel it or you don't.

Over the past 15-20 years, I'd say Notre Dame has been on the ascendent compared to Georgetown. From a rankings and opportunities point of view, they're comparable schools, particularly for business or humanities. But the Notre Dame endowment dwarfs what GT has. GT has really struggled financially. Its basketball team is nothing these days. Not much school spirit. Its facilities are run down. Not a lot of alumni seem to donate. But it's in DC, which is very different than South Bend. Besides the Catholic thing, they seem like very different schools.

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First of all, it would make more sense to call it GU, not GT (that would be more like Georgia Tech). GU has not "really struggled financially." It's true, their sincere commitment to Jesuit traditions precludes it from investing in over the topness. Notre Dame could take a lesson. The campaign just launching focuses on raising capital to invest in making the world a better place, not a state of the art swimming pool. Would my gym-loving, bro business school son there love a better gym? Maybe. But he really loves the scrappy culture of it all at Georgetown. I just think people leave there feeling proud they are at a place that lives its Jesuit traditions, to give back and do good. I don't know, because I haven't experienced it and only know how badly some current kids there rub me, but I just don't get  the sense that ND people have that same attitude.[/quote]

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