<p>In the Northeast would Notre Dame be considered something like Holy Cross?</p>
<p>Better I think, but below Georgetown (as far as Catholic affiliated schools go).</p>
<p>“In the Northeast would Notre Dame be considered something like Holy Cross?”</p>
<p>I think in the East Coast, the Catholic schools would go something like this:</p>
<p>Georgetown University
University of Notre Dame
Boston College (outside if Boston. In Boston, BC would be on par with Notre Dame)
College of the Holy Cross</p>
<p>“In the Northeast would Notre Dame be considered something like Holy Cross?”</p>
<p>In my experience, ND is not considered anything like Holy Cross, and would rank them:</p>
<p>ND
BC
Georgetown</p>
<p>Holy Cross</p>
<p>I’m originally from MI, but have lived in Connecticut for the past 20+ years.</p>
<p>Its understandable that a ND alum would rank ND above Georgetown but I think that is a minority view. Of course, the argument is mostly silly–they are both excellent schools. Location and football are the obvious differences.</p>
<p>archiemom, I do not think most people would view Notre Dame and BC above Georgetown, especially in the Northeast</p>
<p>I live in Connecticut. BC is much more popular due to it’s location in the Northeast and I think I am the sole person applying to ND from my class of 122, and lots more are applying to BC. </p>
<p>However, if someone were to say they got into Notre Dame, I think it might be “more impressive” than if someone got into BC.</p>
<p>I would rearrange those four like this:</p>
<p>Georgetown
Notre Dame</p>
<p>BC</p>
<p>Holy Cross</p>
<p>Holy Cross in Worcester? A great school, but I wouldn’t say on the same level of “prestige” as these other schools.</p>
<p>What I meant was exactly what justbumming said: BC is much more popular, but ND is still considered more prestigious. Many students from my kids’ high school apply to BC each year. I have never known of anyone to apply to ND (except my own kid).</p>
<p>Go ahead and discount my anecdotal evaluation just because I’m a ND grad. Frankly, I’d rather have my kids attend Georgetown than ND, whatever the prestige level.</p>
<p>U of I is ranked 38 and is quite below Uchicago and Notre Dame as a whole.</p>
<p>At least on the West Coast, ND has amazing prestige and holds its own against Georgetown and is right below HYP while many people might hold it higher than say Dartmouth, UChicago, and BC (only because ND has more name recognition). Over here it’s very comparable to say USC, UCLA, and Stanford.</p>
<p>ND graduates also have a large network to work with and the prestige is definately there as I know through my parents many ND graduates with amazing salaries, many who work together in the same office.</p>
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<p>You said ND = USC, UCLA, Stanford; but Stanford > USC/UCLA. ;)</p>
<p>I’m guessing its more prestigious than Northwestern?</p>
<p>UCLA/USC are not leagues away from Stanford and definitly deserve to be mentioned in the same group</p>
<p>Sure Stanfords acceptance rate is much lower than UCLA/USC, but for an in-state California student the two schools are equally difficult to get into and when it comes to prestige, they all have the same wow-factor.</p>
<p>"UCLA/USC are not leagues away from Stanford and definitly deserve to be mentioned in the same group</p>
<p>Sure Stanfords acceptance rate is much lower than UCLA/USC, but for an in-state California student the two schools are equally difficult to get into and when it comes to prestige, they all have the same wow-factor."</p>
<p>Right. A wow factor FOR PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA, such as yourself. Here in the midwest, Stanford’s wow factor is easily larger than UCLA or USC. It’s all where you are at. </p>
<p>Not sure how that even relates to how prestigious Notre Dame is …</p>
<p>Here in the East, Stanford’s wow factor is much higher than USC/UCLA. Some people mistakingly put these on the same level of being as competitive as any state school (such as UConn in CT). None have applied to UCLA or USC from my school in the last, what, 4 years, so they don’t have an idea of how competitive it is.</p>
<p>I live in California and what ikeapartysystem said doesn’t apply to Californians. I have no idea where he’s coming from.</p>
<p>Mikmagn,</p>
<p>Yes, ND is more prestigious than Northwestern or whatever non-Catholic schools you seem to dislike. Enjoy your Good Friday service.</p>
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<p>UCLA/USC are leagues with schools like UVA, UMich, Emory, and Vanderbilt.
Stanford is in the same league with the likes of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and MIT.</p>
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<p>ND is more prestigious in the West Coast than NU, since not that many people know what NU is in the West. NU, on the other hand, is slightly more reputable in the Midwest (esp. Chicago) and in many regions of the East. (esp. big cities like NYC). Overall, NU has a more solid reputation especially in the business/finance sectors.</p>
<p>NU over ND anywhere in the country. Everbody has also heard of NW. ND is an excellent UNDERGRADUATE university. The real prestige of a school lies in it’s research and graduate programs. These are the types of schools that make the headlines worldwide.</p>
<p>That’s a bold statement rjkofnovie. I live in Connecticut, and almost no one here has heard of NW. I asked around if anyone applied to NW, and they said “oh, you mean Northeastern (Boston area)”. “No, I mean NorthWESTern.” “Sorry, never heard of it.” Then when I told people I was applying to ND, they were all like wowww good luck with that.</p>
<p>I only learned about Northwestern when I was interning under a NW graduate over the summer, though one of parents graduated and works at an ivy league school (and colleges are often the dinner table topic). I would not say everyone knows about it AT ALL or that it constantly makes headlines.</p>