<p>lets say i get lucky and get into ND lol... how hard is it to become like say a football or basketball manager or something cuz im sure every1 wants to do that... but i want to be a college basketball or football coach and i talked to my high school coach about it and he said the best thing to do is try to be like a manager of a good program so you can put that on your coaching resume to start you off... anyone have any knowledge on the subject?</p>
<p>I do not believe it is hard to become a manager but trust me, they work hard. There are many perks to being a student manager which I won't go into but they earn everything they get as far as I am concerned.</p>
<p>Here is a link that will help you. <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Eabusines/manager/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nd.edu/~abusines/manager/</a>. Don't hold me to it but I think if you are one of the best managers (I forget how many they select) you get a full-ride for your senior year.</p>
<p>Better link <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Emanagers/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nd.edu/~managers/</a></p>
<p>thanks irish! amazing!</p>
<p>wow thats really cool.....</p>
<p>I was a Phoenix Suns ball boy for 2 years and it was one of the greatest expierences of my life
but you would have to think that it would be very competitive atleast for the football and basketball and such</p>
<p>wow thats a really cool thing..</p>
<p>I'll have to add that to my
PRO vs CON list of ND</p>
<p>still looking for some CONs</p>
<p>Here is one of the few cons I have found...tuition. Lots of things offset it in my opinion, but it it worth mentioning.</p>
<p>ya......
Tuition is something that will need to be addressed if I'm accepted.... also Ive lived in phoenix my whole life and the average temp is like 90 degrees... and i think south bend is a bit cooler...........</p>
<p>yea the only con i really see is the weather...and south bend is pretty crappy.</p>
<p>I know that there is not much in SOuth Bend, but is it dangerous? I am thinking of taking a looong drive from Massachusetts to ND to say a prayer at the Grotto. My D would kill me if she knew.</p>
<p>Go to the grotto at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge. It will work just as well or take a ride to Stonehill and say a prayer at their grotto. It's a lot closer</p>
<p>Your right. My prayers will be heard one way or another regardless of where I am. I didn't realize there was a grotto at Stonehill. Thanks...</p>
<p>south bend isnt very dangerous</p>
<p>ive walked around downtown at night before</p>
<p>nothing</p>
<p>we have i think the best homeless shelter in the country, so there arent many homeless people to attack you</p>
<p>also, the weather isnt so bad once you get used to it, as i have, but ive been here for 18 years</p>
<p>my mom from the south still complains though, but i love the snow</p>
<p>I'm actually a manager right now... and you're right, if you make it to senior year and you're voted as the top manager, you get a full ride. It's not too hard to get into the organization... there will be information available during the second semester of your freshman year. As long as you show up to meetings and assignments, you stay with the organization until the end of your sophomore year. At that time, the rest of the managers rank you and the top 21 make it to junior and senior year. It's an amazing opportunity and I'd definitely recommend looking into it.</p>
<p>wow. totally signing up for that next year</p>
<p>oh and as the whole weather thing goes - I live basically on the same latitude, and you get used to it really quick. Plus, it hasn't really snowed in like two years.</p>
<p>The old joke: the Priests and brothers were traveling west back in 1842 and made a camp in South Bend due to weather and promised to leave once the weather got better! They're still there!</p>
<p>irishgirl- how much work is it being a manager and how much time does it take?</p>
<p>During your freshman and sophomore years, you'll probably be assigned to one or two games or practices a week. These are a couple of hours each. If you make it to junior year, you work completely with football and it's a pretty big time commitment. Senior year, you're assigned to be the head manager for a sport, so it's a lot of work. It's totally worth it though-- it's a lot of fun, the people are great, and there are scholarships available.</p>
<p>i was wondering if managing gets in the way of your studies... also wat about intramural sports like the padded football intramural league... any1 know if it's too great of a time committment to balance everything... just curious...</p>
<p>It's just like any other extracurricular activity-- you have to learn to manage your time. Like I said, it's a pretty big time commitment if you make it to junior or senior year. It's definitely possible to manage your homework load though.
Also, interhall football isn't as much of a time commitment as being a manager is, but it still takes a good chunk of your time. The dorms are pretty intense about this and you'll be expected to spend a lot of time at practice. It's not hard to balance though. Most ND students are involved in some sort of extracurricular activity and do just fine.</p>