<p>How's N.D.'s prestige and recruitment outside of the Midwest? especially in the
South compared to schools in the south like Vanderbilt? Please compare</p>
<p>I'm especially interested in the financial consulting, i-banking industry. Can someone tell me ND's prestige in this field.</p>
<p>I can't speak about that area in particular but ND's reputation is nation-wide (it helped me everywhere I applied to graduate school) and its business school is ranked number 3 in the nation for undergraduate business. It is hard to do better with anything business related!</p>
<p>Why play the name game? Go to the school you feel is a better fit for YOU.</p>
<p>exactly. i decided against applying to any ivies or similar after i got into nd. I figured, what the hell, why be like everyone else in my school on a fast track to rich white collar jobs and phony prestige? i loved nd when i visited, and even though both my parents went to princeton, i realized even if i got into every college in the nation, i would still go to nd (or usna).</p>
<p>Same mmartins1, I applied to UPenn as a big reach, but even if I got into both, I would still, without a doubt, go to ND.</p>
<p>No offense mmartins, but to many people, ND is the epitome of a fast track to rich white collar jobs and phony prestige. Many people see it as the school where only connected families can get in. Now, I'm planning on going to ND as well, but I just thought I'd let you know that ND isn't really that humble of a school.</p>
<p>Yeah there are many things that ND could do better from the top down. But I got in with no particular help (non-legacy, non-athlete, middle-class white kid- not exactly the demographic that every college is going after). And I can say that once you are in the family, you are in the family. Alumni got me free housing last summer in SoCal and are doing the same this summer in Washington DC. They've hooked me up with free MLB tickets on multiple occasions and even wrote me a check for gas money. And I don't even have any -good- alumni hook up stories. </p>
<p>Humble maybe not, but we take care of the family. And many students dedicate themselves to better causes, over 700 Peace Corps volunteers, countless Jesuit and Augustinian volunteers, Catholic Worker houses all over the country have ND alums, I was in the worst part of Florida on a school trip over spring break and there is an ND alum down there, working for minimum wage and no benefits in order to fight for farm worker rights. 10% of graduates do service and another 3% are commissioned in the military. I'd say that we give a little back. Not as much as we could, but a little.</p>
<p>bpayne, I'm like you (white, middle-class, no alumni connections, non-athelete, non-legacy). Thanks for the perspective. Can anyone else convince me on ND? especially concerning its nationwide prestige and greatness in the finance field. Why should I pick ND over Northwestern?</p>
<p>Have you visited both schools? Try comparing the positives and negatives of both. Perhaps that could convince you.</p>
<p>ND is an excellent destination for a business major. Obviously, the #3 ranking is big, but I can say that as a current sophomore in Mendoza, it is a top-notch education. There are limits to what an undergraduate degree in business can teach a person - considering academia's very real isolation from the REAL WORLD - but it's a great place to start.</p>
<p>Big i-banks, financial consulting firms, asset management firms, commercial banks, and corporate finance positions are very reachable destinations for a high number of business majors - right out of college with no MBA.</p>
<p>I will say, also, that there is a lot of deadweight in Mendoza. Lot of people coasting through doing minimal work. The key - as in anything - is differentiating yourself. </p>
<p>Trust me - the Notre Dame name sells.</p>
<p>Im from long island and Notre Dame is probably more well-known and prestigious here then Dartmouth, Brown, and Penn and the only schools that are more well-known here are HYPS, Columbia, and Cornell. I did hear though that long island has one of the highest percentage of catholics in the country and almost eveyone i know who isnt hispanic, asian, or black is catholic, so that might be the reason why ND is so well-known here</p>