I am a graduate of Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame which is literally across the street from ND. If your heart was set on ND another option is to attend SMC. You will be a part of the ND/SMC family. You can attend clubs, football games and even classes at ND if you’d like. You could transfer later too. I chose not to because I loved both SMC and ND. The girls have the best of both worlds at SMC. You can always call SMC admissions and see if they are still accepting applicants. It’s worth a try. Good luck!
S1 is a ND grad and D is at SMC. She loves it and does feel it is the best of both worlds.
Excellent post and suggestion, newjersey17. My son is at ND but has a close friend at SMC (she originally applied to ND) and she absolutely loves it!