| From my experience here (I'm a freshman), most everyone here loves the school, but there are some few that really dislike it, I've even met some people who hate it. I dislike ND for a couple reasons too. Main reasons are: the atmosphere here. I feel secluded from the rest of the world, sheltered off, like I'm not independent, cause there's nothing to be independent from living on bubble campus like this. I feel like my life now is exclusively Notre Dame, which some might enjoy, but I don't. South bend really sucks as much as people say, which is a lot of what makes it this way. Also, diversity is an issue to. Compared to myself, most everyone here that I've met come from pretty wealthy backgrounds, most everyone here is white catholic. Im not trying to discourage you from coming. What I look at as negatives, some might take in as positives. Also, a lot of what makes this school the ideal place for some, I'm more or less indifferent about. Like tradition, dorm comeraderie (sp), catholicness. I really don't care about this stuff much, but you might. It's all about what you personally want in a college. lol. Sorry, I went on a bit of a rant there, but you wanted negatives, right? lol |