<p>So I was having surgery on Friday, and I decided to remain awake since it was only a minor surgery. I also didn't want to be drowsy for the rest of the day. Anyway, during the surgery my surgeon asked me about colleges and I told him that I had been accepted as a biochem major at Notre Dame. He laughed and said that Notre Dame is where he went for his undergrad, and then advised me to switch majors from biochem to premed (I informed him that I wished to pursue medical school. He said that he switched because of the extra amount of electives). We also talked about all of the reasons he liked Notre Dame, and he even gave me his telephone number if I ever had any questions. It's funny, because Notre Dame was the first school I have heard back from (I applied EA) and after that experience I almost feel like that was more than coincidental. All of the Notre Dame alumn I have met, including my surgeon, are so genuine, nice, and successful, that it seems stupid to pass up the opportunity to go there. Even if I get accepted to any of my other schools (Duke, Dartmouth, Penn), I'm almost positive that I will pick Notre Dame over any of them just for that reason. My surgeon also felt this way, because he chose Notre Dame over the likes of Brown, Cornell, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>What you just described is what we call the Notre Dame family :). Keep it in mind because it only gets better and I don't think any school can compete with it. Thanks for sharing your story.</p>
<p>i feel exactly the same way, rrenacci. i felt that i needed to apply to more RD schools (including duke and penn like you) just to have more options, but i'm pretty sure i will end up at ND. it's just this feeling that i am supposed to be there. sounds stupid but whatever. thanks for your story. by the way, i think it's really weird that i was also accepted as a biochem major and am thinking of switching to premed because of extra electives.</p>
<p>I understand how you all feel. But as a mom of a HS senior who has loved Notre Dame since he can remember being alive, I just wish it wasn't so far. We are in NJ.</p>
<p>CMA1, i dont think you're the only parent who feels this way. I'm a new yorker and i was ecstatic when i was accepted. its about 1000 miles away which is only a plane ride away. if i do actually go, i know i will be homesick from time to time...but i think its worth the experience. i'd be there in a heartbeat...as soon as i get the ok. =]</p>
<p>yeah i'm from georgia so pretty far away too. the distance will be hard, but for me the weather adjustment will be even worse.</p>
<p>ihaterunning, it seems like we have a lot in common! if you have a myspace then add me as a friend and leave a message or two (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/renacci%5B/url%5D">http://www.myspace.com/renacci</a>) , it would be nice to know someone at ND before i actually go there! also, my email's <a href="mailto:Rrenacci1@yahoo.com">Rrenacci1@yahoo.com</a>.</p>
<p>CMA, I have a son who is an ND soph and a daughter who was just admitted EA. The distance certainly limits the number of times that they can come home in a semester. I compare this, though, to other kids who go to college an hour away and don't come home any more than my son does...or those kids who go to the state university two hours away and are home so many weekends, you wonder if they realize they're not in high school anymore.</p>
<p>Once you get a taste of the 4-week Christmas break, you will amaze yourself at how much you ask him when it is again that he's going back! :)</p>
<p>I will admit, though, I wonder what it will be like to have my only daughter so far away, as we are very close... Then again, I have a feeling I wouldn't see her any more if she were closer...</p>
<p>hey why haven't you gone to the admitted students message boards at all, ryan?</p>