<p>I was wondering how secluded Notre Dame is from everything else? Is it hard to get a plane flight home....or even find an airport? Any general comments about the area would be good</p>
<p>South Bend regional airport sends a lot of flights to either Cincinnati, Cleveland, or any other near-by major cities in which you can get a connection flight to anywhere in the country. </p>
<p>Also, Chicago’s Midway and O’Hare airports are no more than 90 minutes away, and needless to say they send flights everywhere. </p>
<p>It is definitely very easy to get to and from South Bend.</p>
<p>Our student has flown out of the South Bend airport many times w/o any problems. Cab service is available for those that do not have cars on campus and many times are a shared expense with other students. If I’m not mistaken, the airport is about 20-30 min away from campus; an easy commute.</p>
<p>also, if you need to get to chicago to fly home, coach usa runs a bus service every couple of hours that goes straight from the bookstore to both midway and o’hare. it’s around a 2 hour ride and it’s $63.00 round trip, so its not too bad.</p>
<p>flights are not a problem at all. for breaks they have shuttles that run students to the airports which usually meet at the Eck center - as for seclusion, It’s is own city within a city. </p>
<p>I go to Umich (trying to transfer to ND) but have been a ND fan my whole life. I tell my friends at ND that at UM we have bums walking around and throughout campus - and when i go to ND you never see that. NDSP would be over that in an instant. they do like the seclusion and i like it too there. It’s a very nice campus though. You will enjoy it greatly. I would suggest visiting so you can see how gorgeous the campus truly is.</p>
<p>The Notre Dame campus is very much like a park, surrounded by a medium sized midwestern town. Since almost all vehicle traffic is limited to the edge of campus, you will not have to dodge cars on your way to class. Compared to any campus located in a major metropolitan city, it is extremely relaxing, full of trees and wildlife.</p>
<p>There is a new shopping/residential project underway immediately south of campus that will put many new shops within easy walking distance of campus.</p>
<p>Within a five to 10 minute drive, you will find the types of restaurants and shopping centers you would expect in a midwestern college town. You will not find the amount of night life you would expect in Chicago or Los Angles if you were attending school there.</p>
<p>You will not find a more electric atmosphere than the Friday before or the morning of a major football game. The sports editor of the Penn State student paper wrote several years ago that he was amazed at how nicely he and the Penn State fans were treated when they made their first appearance in South Bend in about 15 years. He warned the ND fans not to expect such nice treatment the next year in Happy Valley.</p>
<p>I had the pleasure of sharing lunch with several San Diego State fans who made the trip into South Bend last fall for the opening football game. They were amazed at how green the campus is and how well they were being treated by the Notre Dame fans and students.</p>
<p>The night before I had the privilege to sit in on the Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting at the team hotel for football team members wishing to attend. As an alumnus, I was thrilled to see the character of the 25 young men at the voluntary meeting representing Notre Dame. At the conclusion of the meeting, I was the only person between the players and the evening “snack” awaiting them outside the meeting room. Not knowing who I was, seven or eight of the players stopped and introduced themselves before loading up their snack to take back to their room. These football players are young men of character and religion and they represent Notre Dame superbly. It is a shame that some of the arm chair quarterbacks don’t have the chance to interact with these young men on this type of level. I was especially impressed with Michael Floyd, who the night before his first collegiate football game, was calm, collected and willing to talk to a total stranger.</p>
<p>These are the types of things that make Notre Dame special and set it apart from many of the football factories that care little about their players once their eligibility is used up.</p>
<p>Please visit campus on a football weekend to soak up the true spirit of Notre Dame.</p>
<p>numbersguy-will be anxious to see how this new shopping/residential area turns out! Wish it could have been finished 3 years ago–it is w/in very easy walking distance of the campus. It will be a nice asset when completed. Agree with everything you have said about the campus. We tell everyone (and esp those that have never visited the campus) that it resembles Princeton’s campus. It is indeed beautiful esp in the fall.</p>
<p>Thank you Notre Dame AL for your many posts on the this site. S received his acceptance package yesterday and is excited. My partner and I were both interviewed this week, as ND club officers, by local TV stations regarding President Obama’s invitation to speak at commencement. It has been quite the ND week!</p>
<p>thanks numbers guy and snwrider! That cleared up a lot for me, so is this new shoppin center sponsored by ND?</p>
<p>That is one thing ND has always lacked, IMO, a college town feel. I don’t know what it will be like, but a few shops that are next to the campus will certainly help.</p>