<p>Also, any idea how many people applied to ND this year?</p>
<p>it was greater than last year i know that for sure … and ND does look at SATs/ACTs - I think that they put you in a general range depending on your score, but I don’t think that there is a strict cut off (though some general lower limit does exist)</p>
<p>what do you know about each of the girl dorms? what are each of them known for in the notre dame community?? like i know walsh is the wild women of walsh and they are the crazy sports fans girls, right? what about the rest??</p>
<p>badin
breen-philips
cavanaugh
farley
howard
lewis
lyons
mcglinn
pangborn
pasquerilla east
pasquerilla west
ryan
walsh
welsh</p>
<p>i think all of those ^ are girls and are all the girls dorms</p>
<p>The only thing I really know about women’s dorms is that Farley, PE, and Lewis are the ones that I know. </p>
<p>Badin, Howard and Lyons, and Pangborn all are on south quad and don’t have air conditioning. </p>
<p>Welsh Fam, Ryan, McGlinn, are all next to West Quad and all have air conditioning.</p>
<p>PE and PW are on Mod Quad and have air conditioning. </p>
<p>BP, Farley, Cavaugh are on North Quad and don’t have air conditioning I believe. </p>
<p>Lewis is next to the Golden Dome and does not have air conditioning</p>
<p>other than this i don’t know much about the women’s dorm - they all have their own personalities and all have their “crazy” side - but their placement is more or less random so things can change from year to year</p>
<p>hawkswim09, what is it like to have no air-conditioning in ND? I don’t know much about Indiana but in summer it could reach 30 degrees celsius…would no-air-conditioning be unbearable? thx.</p>
<p>the only time that it gets hot is the first couple of weeks of school and then the last several weeks of school, so it is bearable for that time period. In the fall we simply opened our window and door and had two fans blowing air through the room and we were fine. I don’t really remember it being a major problem - if you keep the air circulating with fans it should be fine. If you are staying over the summer, then it is a different story, though I don’t know much about that.</p>
<p>Hey, I just had a quick question about the guys dorms at ND. I was looking on the website and the pictures were all old and the dorm rooms were all messy in the pictures (which was kind of weird), so I didn’t really get a good idea of what the dorms are like. How is it living in the guys dorms? Are they old and in need of renovating, or are they more up-to-date? Thanks!</p>
<p>there are dorms in all sorts of the states from old to brand new - we have sorin which was built in the 1800s and then there is duncan which was finished last year - the general idea is that the older the dorm the more tradition and this is what you will find people at ND say. And it is true - I am in Alumni finished in 1931 so it is old - we have radiators and such, but there is great tradition (and they do renovate things like we have brand new bathrooms). You will be put into a room randomly and into a dorm randomly with a random roommate. it usually works out and if you have serious problems, you can change. but usually guys dorms will be a little messier than girls dorms, but it depends on who you are roomed with. </p>
<p>The dorms that are old could use some work - but i wouldn’t say they are in need of renovating. Sure the paint jobs aren’t the best and you may have some paint cracking or the doors squeak, etc, but it is all livable. and again the older the more tradition - duncan doesn’t have many neat traditions, but Alumni does.</p>
<p>OK Awesome! Thanks! Do you find the the dorm spaces are small or more cramped than most other colleges? It was just really hard to get an idea from the website. Also, is there a lot to do on campus? Because from what I’ve heard there isn’t much going on in the area. And is there anywhere to go to movies or go out to dinner, etc? I’m almost positive I am going to choose to go to ND, but my main concern is whether or there is a lot to do while there.</p>
<p>I know arch has been discussed a bit before, so I’ll get some more questions out there. I decided I wanted to be architect when I was really little and most of high school was researching what studying it is going to be like and trying to figure out what kind of school I want to go to.</p>
<p>ND’s school of arch website was pretty clear with how traditional and art-based everything is (computers not introduced until fourth year, focus on classicism). So how easy is it to aquire those kind of drawing/conceptualization skills? All the works in the gallery are watercolors and hand drawn details. Do most people who succeed in the program go into it already great artists?</p>
<p>This is something I’m kind of nervous about. Generally, I do pretty well in calc and physics, but what I’m most excited about for architecture is design and art. Does ND’s program help develop those skills? I’ve got no real natural ability at drawing, and most of the stuff in my portfolio (for art admissions at other schools) has been computer-based, but I’ve been working on developing freehand drawing steadily over the last few years. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for the help!</p>
<p>Ok, so the first question: I never really saw other dorms from other colleges so I can not really compare it to other colleges. I have a small room this year but I manage to get by. We really used every square inch of our space and have a pretty solid layout. If you stay on campus, each year you get a better and better room, so from that perspective you kind of have to pay your dues at the beginning. However, if you get Duncan or other nice dorms, you will have a pretty good living condition to start off. </p>
<p>There is a bar on campus for students (don’t worry parents they do check IDs) and they have activities for every weekend - the attendance does vary though. There are places to go to eat (the bar has a restaurant and there are others around). In terms of things to do, I would say that there is plenty of parties to go to if that is your type of thing, but I do believe that there is an organization on campus that organizes events that are non-alcoholic. I don’t really know of people being bored a lot - the only time would be on week days when it is cold outside, but people usually find a way to relax. I really don’t think people find campus to be too boring. And then again, you can always try to stay up with your studies :).</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation. I was very talented in math and physics but I only had limited artistic ability and practice. Personally, I found it very difficult to keep up with the others , many of whom had prior teaching. Not everyone had prior teaching and others who did not have teaching picked it up faster than I did. However, I felt that I did my best to learn the techniques but I never was able to work that I was at all satisfied with. I decided that Civil Engineering was best for me. It did not require the art factor and I could rely more on my math and physics base. I would say that if you are choosing a college based on whether you would like it there, then ND would be a great choice. If you are basing your decision on what the school is ranked in that particular major that you are looking into, then you probably need to do some more research and see how good of an artist you are. While ND is a very good architecture school, it is still building its engineering department. However, I choose ND for the school itself and not a major, so I don’t regret not going to a school like MIT over ND which is obviously ranked higher than ND is engineering. </p>
<p>I did not feel that the teacher really was that great in teaching me the techniques and the TAs were kind of confusing, but maybe that just was not my type of thing because there were others that picked it up quicker than I did. All in all if architecture truly is your passion, you should be able to make it work and maybe you have to work harder or aren’t the best, but there are a lot people in architecture that love it (I may have been better than some of the people that stayed in architecture, but I simply did not have the passion for it like I thought.) Those that stay in architecture do so because they love. it. </p>
<p>Hope this helps, and everyone, don’t be shy about asking follow up questions - I would be very surprised if I completely answered everyone’s questions on my first try.</p>
<p>Awesome! Thank you so much for your help!</p>
<p>no problem</p>
<p>Hawkswim - just had a chance to catch up and read your response to my question. Thank you for being so willing to share your story. My daughter is very passionate about architecture and is a great math/science student. I worry about the artistic aspect of architecture as she is just learning to freehand draw. You have an interesting perspective. Good luck with the remainder of your freshman year and Happy Easter.</p>
<p>this may seem to be an unintelligent question, but does notre dame adhere to the “study hard, party harder” tenet of thought held at some schools?</p>
<p>adding on to the previous question, what’s the on-campus party scene like? and is there much interaction with other area colleges?</p>
<p>i would say it is more like “study hard, play hard” - partying, from what I have heard, is not nearly as intense as other colleges (i.e. for the most part partying is only on Friday and Saturday night). And I would say that partying does happen with Saint Mary’s but I have not heard of much interaction with other area colleges other than Saint Mary’s. The on-campus partying is allowed and usually happens in guys dorms. You can do a lot in dorms as long as you are not loud and don’t do stupid things. </p>
<p>if this doesn’t answer the question, let me know.</p>
<p>I have a question…</p>
<p>is there a mandatory mass that we have to attend?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>thanks for the answers hawkswim, so with parietals, does that mean that all on-campus parties become single-sex after 12/2 oclock?</p>