<p>Can christian person get into that school?I heard its only for catholics is it true?</p>
<p>Definitely not only Catholic, all are welcome. The majority of applicants are Catholic but religion is not a part of admissions, so being or not being Catholic does not provide any advantage.</p>
<p>Religion actually is, apparently.</p>
<p>College</a> Search - University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame - Admission</p>
<p>scroll down to Admissions policies and factors, and under the "considered" category is "religious affiliation or commitment"</p>
<p>I think that is referring to the fact that it shows up on the application. However, I think that is mostly used so that they know what the statistic is. Everyone I know who has worked in the office of undergrad admissions says that religious affiliation is not considered. However, I think religious commitment is sometimes considered. I have a friend at ND who focused his application on how much he was involved with his (Lutheran) church in high school.</p>
<p>Shellzie hit it on the nose. </p>
<p>Commitment, passion in your religion is definitely considered in the review. (as any EC woould) But, your actually belief is not. Over 80 percent of the applicant pool is Catholic and therefore it is a similar percentage that matriculates.</p>
<p>check that. I believe the pool is about 65% catholic last I heard. But its just natural that more catholics decide to attend.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it makes a difference.</p>
<p>my school is a top-notch Catholic prep school and apparently it has become a feeder school for ND (and i hate feeder schools so much! but thats another topic). 19 students applied early to ND. 18 were accepted and 1 was deferred. 18!?!. This isnt fair at all! (coming from someone who goes there.) And not everyone who appled was an A student either. One student with a 31 and 3.6 (out of 4.5) got accepted. So, in this case, going to a catholic high school must have made a difference.</p>
<p>Its not fair and it upsets me but its true.</p>
<p>Being Catholic DOES NOT help in the admissions process. There is just a correlation because more Catholics than non-Catholics apply (since it's a Catholic school). If anything, it would hurt, as they've said that they're looking for diversity.
Now, if you do extracurricular Catholic activities (or extracurricular activities for whatever religion you may practice), that will help. On the flip side, my roommate isn't even religious/doesn't have a religion, and he got accepted just fine.</p>
<p>Anecdotal evidence MUST be true!</p>
<p>I stand corrected then, maybe? yes, correlation doesn't equal causation, and anecdotal evidence is bunk. If the 65% of the pool is Catholic stat is correct.. that would indicate (oversimplifying) that religion does matter because I believe the figure is 80%+ of the school's students are Catholic? I suppose that discrepancy could come from more Catholics actually matriculating? Either way I would be skeptical in believing that religion truly plays absolutely no role.</p>
<p>Well, I don't think it plays a direct role, but it can indirectly help, like with your EC's. There may a Catholic applicant who was an alter server 9/10 grade, then Eucharistic minister when they got older in H.S. Or they may have taught Sunday school, or held a significant role in a club at a Catholic school, like Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice.</p>
<p>No this doesn't mean an atheist can't get in, but Christians may have more opportunities for EC's the ND will like.</p>