<p>for smash bros - i tend to see more brawl but there is some melee as well. </p>
<p>and yes it is rather big in my dorm (same as kevdude) - they play probably 30 minutes to an hour each night.</p>
<p>I barely see any Brawl, some Melee. But the original Smash is dominant. Dust off the old N64 controller before getting to school and you won’t be as embarrassed when you get pooped off the edge by Yoshi.</p>
<p>As far as siblings moving their younger brother or sister into a dorm the first semester of freshman year goes, I can say from experience that nothing is guaranteed. I was not placed in my brother’s dorm but I was put right next door though. As far as I know, the only way to secure a dorm of your choosing is if you have a medical history which requires you be in a certain environment or area of campus (for example, first floor of an air conditioned dorm).</p>
<p>The only people who are allowed to move in early are band members, hall staff, liturgical and CSC commissioners, and I think ROTC members.</p>
<p>^I think due to some additional meetings, international students also move in early - from this we mean that they move in on a Tuesday/Wednesday when everyone else moves in on a Friday</p>
<p>Seems kind of girly to ask, but how do people dress for classes and just hanging around campus? Will I see more of sweats or of very “put together” outfits?</p>
<p>I would say you can find pretty much anything. I would think you see the typical attire (jeans and a coat) in October, shorts and a t-shirt for the first one or two weeks - then it get a little cold, and then once it hits November people bundle up pretty well due to the cold nature of South Bend. Sweats aren’t the best for -20 degree wind chills. Some people are very put together, but most are just natural things you wear everyday - of course the females dress up a little better than the males.</p>
<p>This might be a stupid question, but do the parietals act as a curfew, like do you need to be in your dorm by 12:00, or does that just mean someone of the opposite gender can’t be in your dorm? Thanks!</p>
<p>Parietals just mean that the opposite gender cannot be in the dorm unless they are in a “24 hour lounge” which they should have in all dorms after midnight on weekdays and 2am on weekends. It is not a curfew, meaning you can come and go as you please anytime.</p>
<p>Is the pre-business atmosphere cut-throat? How are the job offers? I’m looking at at UPenn etc., and it always seems like it’s overly competitive. Any Mendozians want to talk about the undergraduate business experience?</p>
<p>^I can’t comment about the business school in particular, but ND in general is not overly competitive at all. This is one thing that made me choose ND over the ivy types. From all my experiences, everyone works together and there is no cut-throat nature at ND.</p>
<p>On my application to Notre Dame I selected Mendoza-Finance and I was accepted in to Notre dame EA. Did I get into Mendoza but I did not see anywhere that this was clarified? Yeah and I am applying to Wharton-Upenn, MCB-G-town and from what I know ND Mendoza is far from being cut throat to those especially Wharton.</p>
<p>As has been stated in other threads, you do not apply to a specific college at Notre Dame. Instead, all freshmen entrants are enrolled in the College of First Year Studies, during which time they take a number of general electives as well as some classes that are more specific to your intended major. Everyone is guaranteed to be accepted to their college of choice at the end of freshman year. It is a simple form that is filled out just before registration.</p>
<p>Thanks dude!</p>
<p>Do you go to Notre Dame now?</p>
<p>I know you said you were an engineering major but do you know what the pre-med program is like? any ways to survive the “weed-out” classes? ex. Orgo Chem.</p>
<p>There are several pre-med programs at ND. The two most popular are ALPP and SCPP. In ALPP you major in something in Arts and Letters and take a select number of science courses (bio, chem, orgo, etc.) In this program you do not receive your Bachelors of Science. SCPP is an actual major in which you take the core premed classes and several electives. SCPP majors graduate with a Bachelors of Science. I graduated SCPP and was able to finish with an additional major and a minor. It took some summer courses and a bit of overloading but it can be done. The real draw to ALPP and SCPP is the staff who will ultimately befriend you and will write your cover letter to med school. They essentially become your advocates and work to get you into medical school.</p>
<p>You can of course apply to med school out of a Chem, Bio, or Physics major. I believe the Physics department as its own Physics and Medicine program.</p>
<p>The core premed curriculum (weed out classes) are not too difficult so long as you keep up with the material. You can cram for some exams but you really need to stay focused on a course like Organic Chem for the whole semester.</p>
<p>Idk if someone already asked this, but how would one afford an ND education if you’re not making over 100k? Lots of loans?</p>
<p>^bakenator - my roommate is take orgo next semester so I can let you know in late February or early March if you remind me. </p>
<p>panky14 - I would say to try and apply to as many random scholarships - your guidance counselor should be able to give you some idea - i know there are even scholarships as random as being left-handed or having italian decent - things that are not always thought of, but are available. Also, jobs on campus can add up to about 2,000 a year and if you can get a good job over the summer then that can be about 3,000-5,000 so if you look at the scholarships+internship+campus job that can be around 10,000 if you are good which is 1/5 of the scholarship, and then yes the rest is through loans.</p>
<p>I’ll add a bit more info about orgo. Like in any class, having the right teacher is key. I am not sure how ND does it now, but when I took orgo a few years back we only had a choice of two professors who taught orgo for both bio majors and premed students. One was decent but the other was phenomenal. Their styles also differed. This made a difference for a lot of people and just about everyone in the class with the better prof will tell you that they got a better grade because they learned more with the better prof.</p>
<p>Orgo is also a unique class in that it very often requires students to examine third party resources outside of class to really understand what is going on. I really found the Second Language books to be a big help.</p>
<p>At the end of the day I wouldn’t say that orgo was excruciatingly difficult. It required a lot of time and energy, but many of the concepts were relatively straightforward.</p>
<p>I am bumping this thread up because I think it has some good information – anyone have any more questions?</p>