<p>I'm kind of freaking out because I don't know which one to go to. I mean I know that Notre Dame is academically superior, has the awesome school spirit and community feel, but BC has the major I want and has Boston like ten minutes away. </p>
<p>So any information in either direction would be greatly appreciated/helpful.</p>
<p>Thanks muchos.</p>
<p>BC is a well respected degree in NE, Notre Dame is a equally well respected degree in NE.
outside of NE, ND is considered far superior, and has a worldwide reputation.<br>
Personally , i would not worry about major. that could change easily and I cant believe ND does not have a close aproximation or you could put together your own study plan.</p>
<p>I'm going to base my answer on the quality of the sports teams, and say ND.</p>
<p>But, seriously, you sound like you really like Notre Dame, and I don't think it's bad to get a well-rounded education, even in another major, before going into grad school.</p>
<p>Well, I loved BC for a really long time, it was my number one choice. And the fact that it was so close to Boston was a really big perq. However, I searched my soul a bit, and realized that maybe BC was relying on Boston a bit too much, and that I wasn't really a "city guy". Notre Dame has no city to fall back on - which only means that they have to make sure there is always stuff to do on campus, which leads to the campus being a huge, engaging, and extraordinary community. Are you really going to be in the city every single weekend? Or would you rather be able to have an amazing time with amazing people, and never have to leave campus?</p>
<p>As far as the idea of your major is concerned... both schools are very good at what they do, that being Liberal Arts. For me, personally, I am completely and totally undecided, so concerns about my major were non-existent. However, I'm pretty sure that while you may not be able to major specifically in what you're thinking, ND does have a rather flexible format when it comes to choosing majors, double majors, minors, etc. While you can't create your own major, you can mix and match and focus on what you really want. </p>
<p>As for prestige and the alumni network, ND wins. No question. Not even worth debating about.</p>
<p>Can you give me some information on the major you are looking into? My ex-girlfriend is at BC and I can talk with her to try to get a sense of the department. The one thing I will tell you now, just from what I know, is if you want a degree in education I would go to BC. For pretty much everything else I would say ND. Let me know what you are looking at and I can help more because I am pretty familiar with both schools as I nearly transferred to BC (but we all know what happened next, lol).</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at BC and Im going to ND next year, so I have an obvious bias. However, that being said, BC is just not as good a school as ND. Also, something you've probably never heard before is that you'll be living on the Newton Campus frosh year, and you'll have to wait in the bitter Boston cold for a bus to take you to the main campus - basically, you'll be separated from the rest of campus whereas at ND, the entire campus is a big community.</p>
<p>Red06, thats only about a 50/50 chance, but yea, point stands.</p>
<p>My ex actually WANTED Newton...I still don't understand why.</p>
<p>It's supposed to be a really cool sort of freshman community. Only freshman are housed on Newton - that's where the Law School is, but there are no other dorms. I can kinda see why someone would want to dorm there.</p>
<p>I must admit I like ND's way of doing things with all grade levels in the same dorm. I have a few frosh psych majors I know and I help them with classes and it just is kind of cool for everyone involved</p>
<p>Im going to BC (WL at notre dame, still hoping), and I think Newton is the better of the 2 campuses. Also, only 40% of freshmen live on Newton, so most actually live on the main campus</p>
<p>Good luck CK. If you have questions about BC let me know and I can forward them on to my ex who is out there (she is from Albany btw, not sure if that is around where you are from). Hopefully you will get off the waitlist, however!</p>
<p>i got in to both and chose bc. i wouldn't want to go to school in the middle of a cornfield, and they're close enough in rankings/prestige that you shouldn't base your choice on that. and in reply to an earlier post about sports (that said ND wins)...are you kidding?!? in football, yes, but with bc now in the acc, there will be some awesome and crazy football and basketball games, and bc is top 20 in fb, bb, and hockey. notre dame is only good at football, and after november, there is not much sports excitement for the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Are you kidding? First of all, this feels like a troll post and secondly it is inaccurate. First of all saying that Notre Dame is in the middle of a cornfield is purely a troll move and is simply not true. We have the city of South Bend which has a population of over 100,000 people and we are an hour and a half from Chicago. Yes, we may not be in a metropolis, but corn field? That is plain misleading and inaccurate</p>
<p>The ACC is a great conference and your basketball team is very good (and ours needs some work) and you have a good hockey team. However, there are more sports than that. However, let's look at an actual analysis. <a href="http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/0506D1Apr13Stand%5B/url%5D">http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/0506D1Apr13Stand</a>
This link will take you to the standings for the Director's Cup which groups all the sports going on and ranks the schools based on overall sport performance. You will see here that BC is certainly not better than ND, actually they are not even close.</p>
<p>Regardless of that, however, when we talk about sports we talk about not only performance but how important it is to the students. I think it is hard to find a much more sports crazy place than ND. That doesn't mean that you can't be accepted here if you don't like sports, but sports are definately a major part of being at Notre Dame if you want them to be.</p>
<p>You made two statements that I feel were false and I have rebutted with actual proof of these facts. If you would like to debate this please present some evidence on your side instead of just simply saying that "ND is in a cornfield" because that just sounds trollish. Perhaps I should go over to the BC boards and troll over there, I don't know.</p>
<p>I don't mean to be rude, but inaccurate statements really get to me (especially the corn field one). If you want to debate them let's talk, but lets be factual and give credit where deserved. BC does have some good sports and very good sports fans, but it isn't as sports crazy as ND I feel (can't prove that with stats but I think most people would agree) and if you look at overall quality of athletics, the Director's Cup rankings will show you what you need to know.</p>
<p>BTW, did more research, 18 of 22 ND sports teams are either currently or ended in the top 25.</p>
<p>well actually i visited ND twice before making my final decision, so i'm not just making random cornfield comments. i'm actually from nebraska, so believe me, i know a cornfield when i see one. you are right that it is not literally in the middle of a cornfield, but it is more or less in the middle of "nowhere" plus a few chain restaurants and movie theatres. south bend's 100,000 population is very manufacturing based, and although campus may be thriving, there isn't a lot to do off campus. i am not trying to "troll" your ND board, i am just responding to the OP by giving the question-asker a little BC bias since this board is (obviously) so ND biased.</p>
<p>In terms of sports, I'm sorry Notre Dame is so good at track and field and BC isn't. Those ratings take into account sports that many will never watch or read about in their 4 years in college. I would say FB and BB are the big 2, with ND winning football (although BC has beaten them in the last 4 contests) and BC winning Basketball. And even though the "small sports" don't affect everyone, I just thought I would mention a few BC sports ratings from their website...</p>
<p>Sport Rank
M Basketball* 7
W Basketball* 19
W Cross Country* 10
Football* 17
Field Hockey* 13
M Ice Hockey* 3
W Ice Hockey* 9
Co-ed Sailing 1
W Sailing 13
W Soccer* 10</p>
<p>True. Both are very good schools, your post just rubbed me a little wrong with a few I had responded to yesterday and I felt like it was exagerrated and I still kind of think that but I don't think it was trollish. I will write you a PM but no hard feelings here. Still think we have better sports though :)</p>
<p>Where does ND swimming rank?</p>
<p>Good question, let me try to find out. I believe they are a top 25 team...they have improved a lot over the last few years. I am a swimmer myself so I am curious :)</p>
<p>Men finished the season 21st and women 20th. My source is CSTV.com.</p>