<p>Our daughter, a Notre Dame double legacy (both parents), applied to both ND and BC. She was outright rejected from ND, which wouldn't have surprised us at all had she not been waitlisted at every other highly selective school to which she applied, including BC, where she showed no interest before adding the school to her common apps at the last minute primarily because they didn't require any additional essays. </p>
<p>What has the experience with others been with respect to ND versus BC? Am I crazy for being perplexed by this?</p>
<p>I was accepted to BC and waitlisted at Notre Dame. At this point, both universities are so competitive its almost a crapshoot. However, I still believe ND is a little more difficult to get in. I’ve heard of some people being accepted to ND and declined at BC and the other way around.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this will help you or not but here goes. At our high school, 99% of the time kids that have been rejected from ND have gotten into BC. Here, it is definitely believed that ND is harder to get into than BC.<br>
My D however was accepted by ND and waitlisted at BC last year! I could never figure it out. The only thing I could come up with was that so many kids had already been accepted at BC, early action, from our school that by the time RD came around, my D was just too late. Also, not many kids from our school apply to ND so maybe that was an advantage for my D. Her stats were above what BC usually accepts and about the same as what ND usually accepts, so I was a little surprised (but extremely happy) at the outcome.
Maybe it’s a similar case with your child. Have a lot of kids from your school applied to ND, early action and gotten accepted?<br>
You are not wrong to be perplexed. Who knows how they figure these things out. One thing I do know (and it’s a cliche), your child will find her niche and be happy wherever she goes.
Good luck and I hope she gets off the waitlist soon!</p>
<p>i am almost positive that everyone that gets into nd will get into bc (obviously there are some exceptions. ND is a lot more competitive of a school to get into than bc (i was accepted into BC honor program but was just accepted to nd.</p>
<p>make sure you send ND a letter that you will attend in the fall if accepted and give them any new things that occurred since the application was sent. you can also have more teachers send recs.</p>
<p>hawkswim09 thanks so much for the advice
i will definitely send them a letter because i really want to go!
not much new has happened though…
and i know that they were pretty adamant about not getting flooded with extra recs…do u think sending more would be advantageous?
also is it worth it to visit nd? i live in ny?</p>
<p>when i visited last year, there was a waitlisted student there. he talked with the admission counselor after the presentation for a little while, but first i would advise calling the admissions department and finding out more about the waitlist. i would also call your local admissions counselor and really get him/her to remember your name. From what i heard, they do not rank the accepted student’s list, but will rank the waitlisted list. Also, the sooner that you make contact, the better i would imagine because it shows your passion for ND. </p>
<p>i don’t think those sat ranges justify the difference btw the two schools… bc is an extremely good school, but i think ND is one of the top institutions in the country</p>
<p>I was told by an ND admissions counselor two weeks ago that they asked the Princeton Review to study the topic for them a few years ago and they found that students who are accepted to both schools pick ND over BC 95% of the time</p>
<p>that would not surprise me… no offense to BC, but if you have the chance to go to ND, i do not think it makes sense to give up the incredible experience.</p>
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