5 Questions for ND students/ people who know ND

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<p>I am visiting the ND tomorrow ---</p>

<p>Just thought I would post my questions for ND!!!!</p>

<p>1)What do you like about Notre Dame the most??</p>

<p>2)What does your school do in terms of advising for your major?</p>

<p>3) How is diversity at Notre Dame like?
Do you find a lot of Irish people there? Do people hang out by "races"?</p>

<p>4)What does it feel like to be in a Catholic college?
Do you have to take madatory theology courses?
What do you think Catholic school is different from a regular college?</p>

<p>5)How does it feel like to have an awesome football team in your college? Do you feel like it is a huge part of the culture at Notre Dame?</p>

<p>Answer to any one of these questions would be greatly appreciated, thanx!!!!</p>

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<p>1A) the people (you are able to develop relationships with your professors, I’m close friends with nearly everyone in my section and my RA, your academic adviser, Rector) there is a sense of community and unity that I have never seen anywhere else. People are not cutthroat and super competitive like the Ivies but they want to see everyone do well.
1B) Academics,Tradition, Sports, Dorm Life, Catholic Identity are all tied.
2) You are required to meet with your first year adviser several times, and I like it a lot because they genuinely care about your academic plan and want you to be successful so they are very helpful and know who to ask if you have a question they don’t know. There are also lectures and seminars for each major throughout the year that talk about what each major is about.
3) There are “Irish” people but there isn’t “a lot” of them, I guess. But the diversity at ND is improving, some minorities hang out together a lot as freshman because they met each other early in the year through retreats or clubs but the there isn’t really “clicks” other than the athletes are usually hanging out and eating together.<br>
4) I am Christian and not Catholic, but it is not a big deal at all, the only time it affects me is on meat-less fridays during the holy season and they do require 2 credits of theology, but I’ve been able to do well in the class since it does not require you to have a previous catholic education to do well, I like it because it is based on the notes and material that we learn in class.<br>
5) I wouldn’t define the football team as “awesome” based on the past few seasons, but with Brian Kelly we might finally turn it around. Football Saturdays are awesome because the whole campus is filled with alumni and a buzz that only happens 6 or 7 weekends of the year. But while the team hasn’t played up to the standards yet, the student section and traditions are always very fun and they have been one of my best experiences so far during my freshman year.</p>

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<p>1)I love so much about ND! Mainly, I just love the great friends I’ve made-- I met them during Frosh-O and I feel like I’ve known them forever. I also love all the traditions that we have. Ohh and the food is great. Lots of my friends at state schools are jealous of our great dining halls.</p>

<p>2)Well, I’m in engineering. So they do it a little bit differently for other majors. But basically when you are thinking of being an engineer, they put you in “Intro to Engineering” lecture and learning center. So you get a taste of each egineering discipline. By the end of freshmen year you have to declare which discipline you are going in to next year. Its kind of annoying if you already know which discipline you want, but for people who aren’t sure, it’s good. Haha I rambled, I can talk more about that if anyone wants to know, but it only applies to engineering intents, so I’ll stop for now. But anyways… for any major that you have, you are assigned a first year advisor who meets with you 2-3 times a year (and more if you want) to talk to you about which classes you need/ ap credit/ registering for classes or whatever else you need to know. The advisors are all really helpful and know what they are talking about.</p>

<p>3) Notre Dame has a bad rep for diversity. If we’re talking about racial diversity, ND is not as diverse as state/ other universities. I mean you’re going to see other races, but it is predominately white. However, there are a lot of people I know with financial aid. It is by no means only super-rich people. Also, there is a lot of different religions here too. Of course, most people ARE Catholic, but MANY are other different religions, especially Protestants. Ha, well I am Italian. I am not sure if there are man Irish people, but there are a lot of gingers here. (Two of my best friends here are red-heads). I don’t think people hang out by “races” at least, not like exclusively. </p>

<p>4)I went to a public highschool, so Catholic school is different. Two theology courses are required, and, even though I am Catholic, I feel like I don’t know as much as others who went to Catholic school all there lives, but many people went to public hs as well. And the theo professors are nice about it. The main difference is parietals-- I’m sure you’ve heard about them so I won’t go into it. But it sucks because I have a boyfriend at another college so it’s just a hassle getting a hotel or whatever when he visits. I’m not a an of parietals. Single-sex dorms aren’t too bad-- except it leads to awkward gender relations some times, but I feel like as the ear goes on, guys and girls mingle more.</p>

<p>5)HAHA I wish we were awesome. HOPING for next year! But we’ll see. Definitely though football is a HUGE part of the ND experience… Which really says something because we aren’t great, yet everyone still goes to the games. The Tradition, football games, and cheers are some of my favorite parts of ND.</p>

<p>Hope I helped a bit— i you have any more questions// need more details about something I’m happy to help! Travel safe and enjoy your visit :)</p>

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<p>1)What do you like about Notre Dame the most??
Now that I’m graduating, I really appreciate the name recognition and respect that a Notre Dame degree provides. </p>

<p>2)What does your school do in terms of advising for your major?
The College of Arts and Letters provides advising. You have to go to them before major milestones in your college career: before registering for classes to get your PIN, before graduating, before dropping a class, etc. There is also major advising and minor/program advising. </p>

<p>3) How is diversity at Notre Dame like?
Notre Dame is actually pretty diverse. I am Asian and I have friends of all races and ethnicities. There is not an overabundance of Irish people though you will encounter a lot of Katies and O’last names.</p>

<p>4)What does it feel like to be in a Catholic college?
Do you have to take madatory theology courses? I’m not sure if this is the same for every college within the University, but I had to take two theology courses. There is a lot of latitude in terms of which theology course to take though.</p>

<p>5)How does it feel like to have an awesome football team in your college? Do you feel like it is a huge part of the culture at Notre Dame?</p>

<p>It definitely is part of the Fall semester culture to go to tailgates and football games. I wouldn’t say that ND has had an “awesome” football team for the past few years but hopefully this year will be different.</p>

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<p>Yes!!! Thank you so much both of you!!!</p>

<p>Yes today on my visit I noticed that a lot of people there were really nice. </p>

<p>Everyone talked about the harsh weather, but everyone loved the school because of the sense of community there- everyone talked about that. </p>

<p>And yes, there were so many choices to eat in the dining hall, (Chinese, Stir fry, American, Italian…you name it!) I couldn’t calm down!</p>

<p>One of my impression there was that it was like a “monastary” with no fun?? maybe?? I may be wrong- what would be your view on my impression? What do people do in the weekends when football is not in season?</p>

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<p>No, ND is not a monastery - if you are out in the afternoon there are always people playing catch with a football or frisbee - but during the day we do have classes to go to lol - but no there is plenty of opportunities for fun - trust me - weather it is just watching a sporting event, playing video games, or partying there is always something to do.</p>