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My years at Notre Dame could not have been better in terms of what I learned inside and outside of the classroom. I will remain lifelong close friends with several of the people I met at ND, and every day I am grateful for the level to which my education has informed and affected the way I live my life. Most importantly, it was at Notre Dame that I developed my grasp of what is important in life. This university maintains a unique focus on developing the student as a spiritual individual -- and not just as a doctor, business person, writer, artist, lawyer, etc. This meant -- and continues to mean -- the world to me.
Education Quality: A+,
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Let me put it this way: I have a younger sister who is applying to colleges and I would NEVER let her go here.

Basically there are three groups of people here: (1) People who are legacies and have been "brainwashed" into loving Notre Dame no matter what, (2) Non-legacies who hate Notre Dame, and (3) People who don't care. The vast majority of the people who go here fall into the last two categories.

Almost everyone here is white, Catholic, and from the Midwest, so if you don't fit into all of those groups than you are going to have a hard time fitting in.

Social life here is non-existant and it is absolutely horrible. If you don't make a really great friend or group of friends freshman year than your next three years here are going to be painfully slow.

Contrary to what a lot of the die-hard legacies will tell you, most people here do not have meaningful friendships. To be honest with you, I have not met one person here who I can see myself being life long friends with. It is really hard to meet people here, as most people end up becoming friends with people who they are randomly placed in the same dorm with. Forget about having friends of the opposite sex--actually forget about interacting with the opposite much at all. Drunken makeouts at freshman dorm parties will pretty much be the extent of the interaction with members of the opposite sex that you will have here throughout your four years.

To sum it up, unless you are the type of person who can convince yourself that you like anything or you are a legacy who has always dreamed of coming here, I would stay away from Notre Dame. The vast majority of the people I know here either do not like ND or are apathetic. If you can get in here, then you can get into another good school with better social life.
Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: F
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Notre Dame is a great combination of academics, social life , and athletics/extra-curricular. You'll meet lifelong friends and carry a degree with a lot of weight. I have found that my classmates are very strong relative to others I deal with in business and life. Most ND people are a good combination of work & play that serves them well after graduation.

I was given significant respect from older people when I got out and it enabled me to sell more business/become more successful because of it.
Starting Job: sales rep, Preparedness: B+, Reputation: A
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The university is one that you will enter and leave with one of the most prestigious degrees in the nation. People envy the degree and being a part of the university is a gift. However, the university has continued to grow into a brand rather than a student growth atmosphere. It feels that student exploration and student wants comes second to university agendas. The alumni run the school. Social aspects of this school most clearly demonstrate this changing atmosphere. There are dorm parties but the strictness of the university officials and increasing house party raids have become a problem for student to just be students.
Education Quality: A+, Individual Value: D
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