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<p>Hello all!
Sorry I haven't been on lately. I see that many questions have been raised and I will do my best to answer them as well as I can.</p>
<p>Someone had asked about the biochem major here at ND. My roomate (who is also my best friend) is a biochem major. This major (along with chemical engineering) is known to be one of the toughest. They generally take more advanced science classes. As far as I know, biochem majors have to take a slightly higher level chemistry and organic chemistry class. First semester (Freshman) my roomate had to take chemistry (a different one from what I had to take), biology, and calculus 2 (also a really tough class) along with her spanish 2 and theology class. This semester she is taking organic chemistry, biology, a univ seminar, upper lever spanish class, and philosophy. From what I have observed, my roomate hardly ever leaves her room during the weekdays because of the immense amount of work she has to do. However, she does take time to enjoy the weekends and we hang out just fine. I would say that although the workload is tough, she still manages to make time to enjoy herself. This is typically a problem that most science majors and other more difficult majors have to deal with. It takes time to figure out what works best for you but keep in mind that you can't study all the time or fool around too much. Eventually, you'll get the hang of it.<br>
Another point: the biochemistry major is also tough because not only does the organic chem class require a 5-hour lab and a tutorial every week, but the biology class also requires that students take a lab and a tutorial as well. Orgo and bio are tough to take by themselves.</p>
<p>I am not trying to scare anyone or discourage anyone from pursuing this major. In fact, one of my best friends is both a biochem and english double major. I just want to give prospective biochem majors a heads up. I have heard of few people who have little trouble with their schedule but do not think that this major is easy. It takes lots of time, committment, and hard work, but it does not mean all work and no fun. It is still possible find balance, but balancing is different among people. My best advice would be to try it and if you do not like it, change your major since you don't actually declare your major until your sophomore year.</p>
<p>What have you heard about the philosophy major? Or the joint major in Philosophy and Theology?</p>
<p>I´ve heard that some aspects of college life at ND are very conservative. I read that you could get expelled for having sex in the dorms. How strict is this policy? do students actually have a sex life or not?</p>
<p>Can anyone explain to me exactly how I apply for Mendoza College of Business? I’m currently a senior in high school and I’ve recently gotten admitted into ND, but I heard from a friend that I am only accepted to the general university, not to a specific college, like Mendoza. I remember checking off a box to indicate my interest in Mendoza on ND’s Supplement, so when i got the acceptance letter, I just assumed that the admission committee took that into consideration and that I was accepted to Mendoza as well. If this is not the case, can anyone please explain to me if I should have to separately apply for Mendoza, when I’d have to apply, and whether or not the admission process is competitive for Mendoza. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Business majors may need to elaborate, but everyone admitted as a freshman falls under the First Year of Studies (FYS) program regardless of what their intended major might be when applying. During the spring of freshman year, you will declare a major. I would assume (our student is not a business major) that at that time you would declare business/Mendoza. Google First Year of Studies for Notre Dame and you should be able to garner more info. The FYS program is a great way for students to explore and think about intended majors as well as make adjustments to college life; it is a super program of support for freshman. Business majors, care to offer more insight?</p>
<p>i was wondering the same thing about Mendoza. i e-mailed the person who started this thread, and this is the reply i got:
As a freshman, you will be part of the First Year of Studies. You will have a First Year of Studies Advisor as well as a Peer Advisor to guide you along the way. FYS is wonderful. They provide all kinds of resources to help you with your classes and with adjusting to college that most colleges don’t have. Their job is to make sure you are on the right track/schedule and that you are adjusting to college well. They help you with tutoring if you need it and class changes as well. Basically, your freshman year is a chance for you to try different kinds of majors and see what suits you best. There are quite a few business majors here as well as science business majors. You don’t actually declare your major until your sophomore year. Once you do declare that major, you are most definitely what you declare. There is also the possibility of switching majors. At least, I have not heard or met anyone who did not get the major they wanted.</p>
<p>and i had a question about final transcripts…what kind of grades do we have to maintain for us to NOT get kicked out of ND? my grades fell considerably this semester and i’m worried that that might be kind of a problem…</p>
<p>Don’t get lower than a C, and don’t get more than one C. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Hi, I am planning on attending Notre Dame this fall. I was a little worried though about fitting in, however. I’ve heard the stereotype that most ND students are white, upper middle-class, catholic, athletes. I am a korean, southern baptist girl, but I did play three years of tennis in high school. Also, I’m more into an urban atmosphere rather than the country club feel. So I was considering Rice as well, especially due to its urban location and its strong reputation for diversity. Does anyone have thoughts on what I should do?</p>
<p>when you say no more than one C, do you mean as a semester average (after the first two six weeks) or for a six weeks? i missed a lot of days in two of my classes for school-related activities, so my grades in those classes are pretty bad right now.</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to 2013 for the East. She has never seen UND. She is afraid of the strict rules and the emphasis on sports, which everyone tells her is extreme?
She loves music and theater. She also does Irish Step dance. Would she fit in?</p>
<p>well i know that there is a brand new theater that is state of the art. i dont know if anyone there can comment about details but i know it was very expensive.</p>
<p>ND’s “strict rules” are really not that strict. I am assuming your daughter is worried about parietals (probably the only rule that many other colleges don’t have), which only states that you cannot have a person of the other sex in your room after a certain time (12 on weekdays, 2 AM on weekends). But every dorm has a “24 hour space” where you are free to mingle with people of the other sex at any hour of the day. As for sports, yes, many people do play sports and talk about sports, but people also do other things. Not caring about or participating in sports will not make your daughter a social outcast.</p>
<p>The DPAC (DeBartolo Performing Arts Center) is a relatively new performing arts complex that contains a black box theater (the Philbin), a mid-sized theater (Decio), a large performance hall (Leighton), and a THX-compliant movie theater (Browning). There’s also a rehearsal hall, a costume shop, and a basement full of video editing suites. The Irish dancers usually practice at Washington Hall, which is another theater on campus that is on the National Register of Historic Places and is supposedly haunted.</p>
<p>In terms of academics, Theater is a concentration in “FTT” - Film/Television/Theater, based out of DPAC. Music is a separate major, based out of the Crowley Hall of Music.</p>
<p>Hi everyone. I wasacepted to notre dame and im really interested in attending. However, money is an issue as my parents cannot pay the full cost. I have applied for financial aid. Nevertheless, I have not yet recieved a reply from notre dame. Does anyone know if the responses for financial aid come in the regula mail, or through the internet? I ask bacausei live in mexico and the mail is terrible to say the least.</p>
<p>Notre Dame’s financial aid comes via postal mail. Haha. Sad to say, I know.</p>
<p>BAO call the financial aid department because you only have a little over a week and maybe they can let you know so you can make a decision in enough time. </p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>So I recieved an email from someone asking some questions about the religious aspect of ND as well as the grading. I just thought that this might help other people so I will post part of the email here. Btw, if anyone wants to ask any other questions, I would say that emailing me is the most accessible way to ask me. I check my email quite often every day.</p>
<p>1) The Religious Aspect of Notre Dame: Okay, so no doubt, ND is very much a Catholic university; however, it in no way pressures or forces its students into accepting Catholicism. In fact, I myself am Baptist and I have other friends here who are Daoist and Muslim. What ND does is encourage growth in faith and finding what you believe in. It does not in any way make it seem like you absolutely have to be Catholic or religious at all. The most you’ll ever have to do is take two theology courses as university requirements in order to graduate. I am a Science preprofessional major and generally with premed students, what you can do is take a course in your senior year such as “Medical Ethics” which counts as a theology credit. Concerning my daily life, the religious aspect of ND has had very little impact. I still am Baptist and many people still maintain their religious beliefs; however, I am now strongly considering converting to Catholicism. This is because of my own personal experience with the positive examples that my friends who are Catholic versus the friends and people who are Protestant have had in my life over this past year.</p>
<p>2) Grading and Competitiveness of ND: First you have to realize that ND is now ranked with universities such as Stanford and Rice. So as a premed/biology/biochem or whichever science major you choose, your workload will be greater and more difficult in comparison to those of public universities. You will spend more time studying but the grading in general is very merciful. GenChem has an excellent curve (try and take Professor Lappin’s class) and Calculus is very straightforward. I wouldn’t say that grading is that difficult. You do, in any case, absolutely have to be prepared for tests, but competition is not by any means cutthroat competitive here like other universities (WashU, Johns Hopkins) are. In fact, First Year of Studies provides a variety of tutoring resources to help you with your classes and professors and TAs are readily available and accessible. They constantly have office hours. You are also assigned a First Year advisor as well as a Peer advisor who are there to help you and only you. Point is: ND does not want their students to fail. They will provide any possible means for you to improve and keep up. </p>
<p>Side Note: If you become a Biology major or science preprof or even arts and letters preprof major and are interested in tutoring for Chem 10171 (Gen Chem) then I will be one of the tutors next semester at the Learning Resource Center. So if you do decide to attend ND, feel free to take tutoring with me! </p>
<p>I hope this helps, feel free to email me with any other questions you have!
Best of luck with choosing universities!
Adrianne Tsen</p>
<p>My email is <a href="mailto:adriannetsen@gmail.com">adriannetsen@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>So I am now aware that now is about the time where people are looking for advice on which colleges to choose. I remember when I was in the same position last year and the questions that I had. So what I want to do is discuss and share my experience here at ND as a first year student as well as major initial concerns that I had had. Hopefully this will give you an idea of what you want, what you like, what you don’t like, and what you’re really looking for as far as choosing colleges go. I will also try and include what I remember from my friends about why they chose ND over other prestigious universities.</p>
<p>Concern #1: Will ND be too catholic/religious for me? Will it be so catholic/religious that I will feel forced or pressured into accepting a religion?
I don’t think so. Sure, ND is Catholic, but in no way does it pressure its students to conform to Catholicism or find a religion. Actually, you should read my previous post and reply regarding this topic.</p>
<p>Concern #2: What are “parietals” and will they negatively affect my experience at ND?
Parietals are times in which men can’t be in women’s dorms and women can’t be in men’s dorms. I’ll be honest with you, parietals will definitely affect your experience at ND. So will the single sex dorm system. However, it’s not what you think. Personally, there are times when I feel like parietals suck and shouldn’t exist but then there are other times when I feel like I am glad we have parietals. If you are a person who enjoys hanging out with the opposite sex most of the time then parietals are a bad idea, especially on weekends. However, if you end up with a roommate who is inseparable from her boyfriend/girlfriend, then you thank the heavens that parietals exist. (I know MULTIPLE cases of this). If you are caught breaking parietals, the rule is that you are issued a ResLife. Note: ResLife’s are bad and go on your record. You do not, under any circumstance, want to be issued a Reslife. That is not to say, however, that people are always caught breaking parietals. Generally, enforcement of parietals is more lax in guys dorms than girls dorms. Because of this, more dorm parties are held in guys dorms. </p>
<p>Concern #3: How tough (academically) is ND? What kind of competition should I expect?<br>
So because I am a Science Pre-professional major (with a minor in Poverty Studies), my answers to these questions are based on my experience as a science major. I do not have any experience nor can provide any advice for others wishing to enter other fields like business or polisci or engineering. From my own experience, though, I have found ND to be an extremely encouraging and supportive environment. The one thing that most students realize is that there is no feeling of “cutthroat” competition. Everyone is competitive, just not competitive toward each other. In high school, I was always competitive towards other people. Since then, the direction of my competitiveness has changed toward trying to push my limits. We all try to see how far we can go, how much we can push ourselves. At the same time, we want to help other people succeed. Regarding grading and academics, don’t expect your classes to be easy. Expect to work hard. I have found that ND students typically work harder and more in comparison to students of the same major in public universities. ND, however, has an excellent academic reputation so working more is necessary. You’re getting high quality education so expect to work hard. Don’t worry, though, getting the grade you want for any class is not impossible. Grading is pretty realistic and reasonable when it comes to working for the grade you want. </p>
<p>Concern #4: I have been accepted to just as prestigious (if not more prestigious) universities – we’re talking Ivy League here. Is there anyone at ND who was in the same position? If so, what were their reasons for wanting to attend ND?
So I have friends who rejected going to Stanford, Brown, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Vanderbilt. When I asked them why they decided to go to ND instead, they all generally agreed on one main thing: ND students are well-rounded individuals. They can balance academics and athletics and even religion. They are brilliant, hard-working, balanced people. ND teaches you to be that way. It teaches you that academics are important, but so is living a balanced life. It also teaches you that you can do it all. Basically, ND encourages and fosters mental, physical, and spiritual growth. My friends have also said that they like the friendly and non-competitive atmosphere. The atmosphere allows people to relax and feel comfortable.</p>
<p>Concern #5: What are some of the special traditions that ND has that help distinguish it from other schools? What things have you noticed that separate ND from other universities?
First off, ND does not have any fraternities or sororities. That being said, the single sex dorm system actually serves as fraternities and sororities. The moment you walk into your dorm, you immediately have that feeling of instant friends and people ready to welcome you to your new home. Now this next experience I have is no lie: ND is a very trusting and extremely friendly campus. Beginning the first day, I immediately noticed the friendliness and welcoming feeling of the campus. Everyone was kind and enthusiastic. I actually couldn’t help but notice it. I didn’t expect it either. That’s how the student body is though. Actually, you can leave your things and books anywhere on campus, LaFortune, the library, Coleman-Morse and expect it to still be there when you come back. I’ve done it millions of times. Also, if you every lose something, expect to have no trouble finding it. For instance, this year I dropped my ND Federal Credit Union debit card outside somewhere and the next day I received an email saying to drop by so-and-so’s dorm to pick it up. Then, when I accidently left my phone at the printer in my dorm, I found a message on the whiteboard in the front of my dorm saying, “Adrianne, we found your pink cell phone. Please see ___.” It’s amazing how helpful the campus is. So you see, the campus is very encouraging and I think that I can pretty confidently say that the encouragement carries on into studies. </p>
<p>Next, the immense school spirit is absolutely amazing. The very first football weekend the campus is full of activity. EVERYONE attends the games and school pride is everywhere. The first few football weekends you’ll spend with your dorm learning each dorm’s traditions and meeting the people within your dorm. I found it really amazing to see how different each dorm was. Not just how the dorm itself looked, but the personality of each dorm. Also, within the first weekend, you’ll find guys’ dorms serenading girls’ dorms. Haha, it’s a pretty funny sight. However, serenading doesn’t really last long after the first weekend. Anyways, the football games after that everyone goes to. You can purchase your tickets with a certain amount of people (I would suggest buying them with a strong group of guys if you are girls). Whenever ND scores a touchdown, you’ll see people being lifted into the air for air-pushups. It’s really a fun experience. Also, if you happen to get into the band, expect to have immediate friends. I’m not in band, but a lot of my friends are and I often find myself jealous (in a good way) of how quickly and how many friends they make just because they’re in band. </p>
<p>Another way ND is different from other schools involves the size of the student body as well as the campus. This is an important indicator for most people looking to choose a university. ND is a campus of about 8,000 students. Personally, I find it to be the perfect size: not too large like public universities where you become just another number and not too small to where you feel like everyone knows everyone’s business. I have found that with every person I meet they know at least one of my friends. There are distant connections between everyone so you never really feel alone but if you are looking to be alone for a while, it’s really easy to disappear. </p>
<p>One final thing: ND has what they call SYRs. Short for “Screw Your Roomate.” Every dorm holds a few SYRs a year. SYRs are dances and usually each dance has a theme. The idea behind “Screw Your Roomate” is that you are supposed to set your roommate up with a date. Of course this is not always the case, but SYRs are a special tradition ND has. This year, my dorm had dances with a toga theme, a semi-formal, and a Kentucky Derby theme. It’s always fun to experience other dorm dances. </p>
<p>So I have so much more to say but I am afraid that I cannot possibly include them all here. If you have any specific questions, please shoot me an email at <a href="mailto:adriannetsen@gmail.com">adriannetsen@gmail.com</a> and I will most likely respond within the same day. Anyways, good luck with the decision process!<br>
Go Irish!</p>
<p>Wow, this was very elaborate.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>I received in the mail the pink letter where we have to send ND our final transcript. On the chart it asked for the final grades got in the classes and the final exam grades. my final grade for the classes will be pretty bad… as in maybe two C+ and many B’s but then the final exam grades will be even wrose. I think i failed my gov final… </p>
<p>Would ND care much about the final EXAM grades?
or i mean how strict are they concerning the final grades …
is it likely to get academic probations?? or even getting my admission revoked?!
im very worried :(</p>