<p>Haha I know quite a bit about ND athletics but absolutely nothing about fencing, and this is why I want to go and see a foil meet. I am very excited to know that I will actually be seeing an impressive team. I will definitely be making it a priority next year.</p>
<p>^ Be sure to watch Gerek Meinhart. Gerek went to the Olympics in '08 and will surely return in '12. But there is a lot of other talent around him there.</p>
<p>If college teams competed at the US National Championships, ND could field an A and B team and probably place 1-2 in foil. That says a lot, coming from the father of a kid who wears an Ivy League Championship ring for fencing.</p>
<p>gemsrx - it really depends…my theo/phil class had about 30 kids per class…math had about 60…sciences have anywhere from 100-200…those were all from freshman year…the class sizes usually drop as you get more involved in the curriculum…my sophomore year I had about 60 in most classes…</p>
<p>On class sizes, I had AP credit for science, so most of my classes were pretty small for a freshman. I had less than 20 people in my theology and seminar classes, 60 people or so in my math class, 30 people in my microeconomics class, and a little over 100 in anthropology (that’s primarily because it was a very popular professor, Professor McKenna, who I would DEFINITELY recommend taking a class with).</p>
<p>What’s Notre Dame’s policy on transfer credit from Morraine?</p>
<p>Alessandra, no, Keenan doesn’t rock, it sucks! (obligatory from a Zahm guy).</p>
<p>In all seriousness, though, I don’t know much about the dorm itself (besides the fact it’s awful, lol), as I’ve never been in it. I actually have a few good friends that are in Keenan and are cool guys. It’s in a pretty good location, right across the quad from NDH, not too far the library, the Dome, the Basillica, LaFun, etc. They do share a lobby/chapel/building with Stanford, which I personally wouldn’t like, but would probably make things a little more interesting as far as that “rivalry” is concerned. I also don’t know if they have as much of a sense of community as some of the other guy dorms like Zahm, Carrol, Dillon, Alumni, etc, and their rector is really strict (he’s called over our rector before to tell us to turn down the music, which is pretty lame to go to that extreme). I’ve never been to the Revue, as I’m a frosh, but I’ve heard good things.</p>
<p>I have to say, though, that I think you are confusing the Zahm basement with the Keenan one. I’ve never been in Keenan before, as I said (only the lobby that they share with Stanford), so I can’t say, for sure. But the basement you described Keenan as having (student run pizza shop, lots of couches/booths, ping pong, billiards, huge TV projector, [only thing missing’s the moose!]) is exactly the same as the one Zahm has, and I’ve heard a lot of other people jealously complain about the nice basement/24 hour space we have in Zahm compared to theirs. So I think you might be thinking of Zahm, there. But maybe Keenan has all that, too, IDK.</p>
<p>I am not confusing Zahm’s and Keenan’s basements as I have only been in Zahm once, and never to the basement. I really don’t want to kiss the moose, so I don’t think I’ll ever go there. There are dorms with nicer spaces than Keenan, but compared to a dorm like Fisher or Morrissey, Keenan is a freaking palace.</p>
<p>My son is interested in CS as a major. The program does not appear on any rankings. Can you or anyone give me any insight into the quality of the program. I think ND is terrific, but I am concerned about the lack of information. Thanks.</p>
<p>OK, that’s interesting. I never knew Keenan had a nice basement (or a pizza place) before. Good for them. And since you already have been in Zahm, you don’t have to kiss the moose. Whoever brought you into the dorm the first time blew it already, haha.</p>
<p>rswadley: The College of Engineering is quite dedicated to undergraduate education. My interactions with the CS department have been primarily limited to a few professors – I’m not CS major, but I do biocomputing research – but all of them have been fantastic. Engineering is smaller than most other majors at Notre Dame, so it benefits I’m sure if you called/emailed the department they could give you more information ([Department</a> of Computer Science | University of Notre Dame](<a href=“http://www.cse.nd.edu/]Department”>http://www.cse.nd.edu/)).</p>
<p>NewtoND - Alumni also has a pizza place and I am pretty sure that a lot of dorms have a pizza place somewhere in their dorm…</p>
<p>For transfer credits, it all depends on the classes and there really is no clear cut answer…ND just needs to be confident that it matches the curriculum of one of its classes…</p>
<p>Hey, I’m an international student that got accepted under EA. While I’m becoming more and more fond of ND, I am still concerned about ND not being ranked internationally,(even tho the national rank is 18? according to USNews.) I’m prob gona get flamed by the current students on cc haha. Sorry, I sound very obsessed with the whole ranking thing, but I am an international student, so I might not work in the US after I graduate. The international rank is very important to me… and my future employees of my country. 
Can any of the international students at ND share some thoughts on this?</p>
<p>Also… I’m kinda confused at the National & International rankings on US News… Eg. U-Mich is ranked 29th nationally, but ranked like 15th? Internationally… while ND is ranked 18th nationally but UNRANKED internationally…??how is that possible?</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>The national rank has more to do with endowment etc. and international is mainly dominated by research the school brings in. So, it tends to punish undergrad focused schools with smaller grad schools.</p>
<p>If you want to work abroad ND has an worldwide alumni network which should help with that. We have a lot of grads living as ex pats.</p>
<p>Here is an easy question for you! With all the snow that South Bend gets what are the best boots to get for guys? It is easy to find boots for girls, but what boots do most of the male students purchase that seem to do the job in all the heavy snow.
Thanks!</p>
<p>My son wears some kind of Timberland-type thing, but the university does a great job at clearing paths and walkways, so lots of guys just wear athletic shoes. He took his “serious” boots (the ones he wore to shovel snow or go sledding at home) to campus, but brought them back after the first semester. They took up way too much space in his tiny room.</p>
<p>Thanks claremarie. I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>i didn’t use boots my freshman year, but this year I got just a standard work boot…it is nice to use but definitely not necessary…i used athletic shoes my freshman year but just started to use boots for this year and once you get into a rhythm you tend to stick with it…I also leave my boots outside of my room to avoid bringing snow in and they aren’t really expensive but I don’t really think many people would steal boots though…</p>
<p>Hey - long story quite short, I’ve been looking to transfer to ND since the summer. I was originally planning on transferring into the Program of Liberal Studies, which is a pretty unique program, but now I’m kind of looking into Political Science/International Relations kind of stuff. I’m wondering if it will hurt more than help to transfer as a Political Science major because I feel like a lot of people go to ND of PoliSci. What do you think?</p>
<p>colette: As a transfer myself, I would encourage you to transfer into whatever program/major you most want to be in. Don’t try to “game” the system; not only is it bad in principle, it’s kind of tricky to change your major after you’re accepted.</p>
<p>I was wondering what you do in Notre Dame for fun on these wintery weekends? Especially, now since football season is over. I know someone who attends ND and she is a little bit annoyed right now because she said there’s not much to do. She mentioned that dorm parties are starting to get old and the cops are very strick with off campus parties. And of course there’s no real city outside the campus to go to and hang out. So is this true? Are kids kinda stuck in the single sex dorms until better weather and even then what else is there to do besides “study, study study”. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>