Anonymous
12/17/2025 13:54
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
As is anecdotally reflective, word out of South Bend is this round of REA was far more brutal than last year.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 13:52
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Lol BC is consistently ranked in the 36-40 US News ND 18-20 range. ND highly successful grads while BC was a commuter school until the 1990s like DePaul. Nice try.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 13:36
Subject: Re:Notre Dame tonight
ND and BC are not 3% points apart. ND is ranked 20th. Linkedin has it in top 20 too. BC is amazing but a back up option.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 13:29
Subject: Re:Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:BC is not on tier w/ ND
their acceptance rates are about three percentage points apart. Notre Dame is very slightly more competitive to get into.
As far as being on tier, yes they are absolutely on tier.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 13:25
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
IMO, Boston College has never been on the same level of Notre Dame -not even close. Georgetown is a small step below ND but is more secular. Holy Cross(in Massachusetts) was always the third option for high achieving Catholic families perhaps a full step below ND but HC grads do exceptionally well.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 12:51
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Holy Cross is a great option for kids deferred by ND. HC has always been a top 25 SLAC and like Notre Dame has a fervent alumni base. Holy Cross has RD of Jan 15.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 12:42
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:
BC is not a "fall back" option for ND. Neither is Georgetown.
Maybe it's not really true in today's world of competitive admissions, but for generations of Notre Dame students, BC stood for "Backup College."
Anonymous
12/17/2025 12:06
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DC was deferred two years ago, and then rejected. They ended up at an Ivy.
BC, Villanova, Fordham - all great fall back options.
BC is not a "fall back" option for ND. Neither is Georgetown.
BC is absolutely the fallback option. BC will start sending out letters soon if they haven’t already asking if RD applicants want to move to ED2 now that decisions for EA and ED have come out. That is prime ‘we are second tier’ behavior.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 11:58
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’ve got a nervous kid! This is her dream school (and most of her Catholic school’s lol). Anyone else awaiting tonight?
Cue the Catholicism bashers!
Jesuits welcome dissent because they understand it strengthens faith. If that makes you uncomfortable, maybe the Jesuit schools aren’t for you.
NP: Not just Jesuits, Catholics. Stop trying to divide the faith. Jesuits are not alone in this.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 11:50
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For those R'd, in addition to Holy Cross, check out some of the Jesuit schools, if you haven't already. I'm sure many are still accepting applications.
Holy Cross is a Jesuit school. My DC really liked Fordham. University of Dayton (Catholic, not Jesuit) is popular with many, too.
No it’s not. It’s holy cross, like notre dame and Portland.
Uh, College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is Jesuit.
There is also a Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, IN, which is run by the Holy Cross Brothers.
https://www.hcc-nd.edu/about-holy-cross/
Anonymous
12/17/2025 11:40
Subject: Re:Notre Dame tonight
BC is not on tier w/ ND
Anonymous
12/17/2025 10:54
Subject: Re:Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:DD was deferred. Very somber mood around here. We were pretty surprised based on what we were being told by her CC and the fact she is in a feeder school. 35 ACT, 3.95 UW GPA, strong rigor, leadership, brother and grandfather attended, lots of service and religious activities, unique summer internship helping in a research lab. She got into Georgetown, so that is a good backup should things not work out, but she really has her heart set on ND. Trying to see the upside of Georgetown right now...closer to home (for my selfish reasons), in a nice metro area, warmer weather. I wish Georgetown had the same level of spirituality as ND because DD is very strong in her Catholic beliefs and that was part of the draw to ND. Hope if she does end up at Georgetown, she will find her people. She will also apply to BC, which she actually liked more than Georgetown, but RD might be tough. She doesn't want to take ND off the table by applying ED2 to BC.
Honestly, she seems to be coping better than her parents...very resilient young lady. Very proud of her.
My DC was also deferred. So were all their friends. I am sure the pool was extremely competitive, and the standard top-grades excellent student profile was just not enough. My DC is also reevaluating. College admissions is a game, and don’t forget it.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 10:54
Subject: Re:Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:DD was deferred. Very somber mood around here. We were pretty surprised based on what we were being told by her CC and the fact she is in a feeder school. 35 ACT, 3.95 UW GPA, strong rigor, leadership, brother and grandfather attended, lots of service and religious activities, unique summer internship helping in a research lab. She got into Georgetown, so that is a good backup should things not work out, but she really has her heart set on ND. Trying to see the upside of Georgetown right now...closer to home (for my selfish reasons), in a nice metro area, warmer weather. I wish Georgetown had the same level of spirituality as ND because DD is very strong in her Catholic beliefs and that was part of the draw to ND. Hope if she does end up at Georgetown, she will find her people. She will also apply to BC, which she actually liked more than Georgetown, but RD might be tough. She doesn't want to take ND off the table by applying ED2 to BC.
Honestly, she seems to be coping better than her parents...very resilient young lady. Very proud of her.
Happened to my kid last year at Georgetown---way above the green in SCOIR, and they typically send lots of kids there each year. Kid was accepted RD, which I am sure your daughter will be. I think there is good bit of yield protecting where they think these kids are going to choose them no matter what so they can use the early rounds to pick up the kids that meet their institutional priorities, urm, first gen, etc., first. The schools I have seen doing this over the last few years end up losing these kids RD to Ivies and other T20s because it really upsets the kids to have wasted that early application.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 10:40
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For those R'd, in addition to Holy Cross, check out some of the Jesuit schools, if you haven't already. I'm sure many are still accepting applications.
Holy Cross is a Jesuit school. My DC really liked Fordham. University of Dayton (Catholic, not Jesuit) is popular with many, too.
No it’s not. It’s holy cross, like notre dame and Portland.
Uh, College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is Jesuit.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 10:24
Subject: Notre Dame tonight
Anonymous wrote:DC was deferred two years ago, and then rejected. They ended up at an Ivy.
BC, Villanova, Fordham - all great fall back options.
BC is not a "fall back" option for ND. Neither is Georgetown.