<p>are there any? OK- im here visiting with a friend (mostly just to go to the Tennessee game) NDand i could ask around- but- what has ur experiences been with noncatholics and nonchristians at ND?</p>
<p>This has been discussed before. Take a look at "Religion at ND" on the top of the Notre Dame page.</p>
<p>there aren't a whole lot but there are some. I know that is helpful but that is about all I know. About 80% are Catholic and most are practicing.</p>
<p>My old roommate was from China and was agnostic. The issue of religion didn't really ever come up. From my view, as long as you don't alienate others because of their beliefs you will be fine.</p>
<p>In addition, it must be noted that the faculty and administration have strict policies in accordance with the Catholic faith. (i.e. no sex before marriage or you get kicked out, etc...)</p>
<p>I am not affiliated with any faith, and I am fine with the religious aspect of the school. It is pretty easy to ignore (outside of the 2 required theo classes.) </p>
<p>And a comment on the prior comment about disciplinary action for premarital sex, I know a student who is currently pregnant and no action has been taken against her, so that is not something to worry about either.</p>
<p>i think he was talking about the faculty....not students</p>
<p>no he was talking about the students. The schools dorms are single sex across the board, either all male or all female. In addition there exists hours when the opposite sex is not allowed in the other sex's dorm. Violation of this policy or being caught having pre-marital sex will lead to disciplinary action by the University. In the case of un-married pregnancy, no disciplinary action is taken. Iinstead the university tries to support the mother-to-be, since it is a Catholic environment and they would prefer not for the mother to have an abortion.</p>
<p>yea...i meant about premarital pregnancy....</p>
<p>to return to the original question of this thread before it got sidetracked...it has been my experience that non-christians or non-catholics aren't harassed or discriminated against. That having been said, this is a Catholic institution, where many of the policies are grounded in Catholic moral and social teaching. </p>
<p>So any prospective student needs to be aware of what he/she would be getting into by coming here. Only you can find out if this is a good fit for you or not. If you come up as a prospective student and visit, ask around about this with your host and other people in his/her dorm. You can contact the admissions office and ask them about the emails for some of the student clubs on campus or if there's a way to get ahold of some of the non-Christian, or non-catholic groups (such as Iron Sharpens Iron.) </p>
<p>Just remember it's the next four years of your life. Yes you can always transfer, but it is smarter to look into things like this before making a decision....</p>