How to get to ND? - Page 2

Irish45221 · 08-08-2009, 11:34 PM

Buses do go from Midway and O'Hare to ND. Right before and after breaks the company often offers direct buses to ND. These direct buses get there in under two hours on good days. On most days of the year you will travel their normal (non-direct) route. These are annoying and tedious because the bus stops in several towns between ND and Chicago. On the worst days these can take up to four hours to get to ND. The average is probably just under three hours.

They can get crowded and they are not too comfortable. The price is decent though if you get a round trip ticket.

collegebound41 · 08-09-2009, 06:30 PM

how many "breaks" are there? when r they?

Toclafane · 08-09-2009, 09:43 PM

Fall break - October 17-25
Thanksgiving - November 25-29
Winter break - December 19-January 12
Spring break - March 6-14
Easter break - April 2-5

Mombot · 08-12-2009, 01:30 AM

Assuming a parent is there to navigate to and fro: For move-in if you are flying in, the best and cheapest option is Southwest to Midway and rent a car from one of the rent-a wreck places near Midway. Stay in one of the nice but WAY less expensive suite hotels in Mishawaka. Bonus: they are right next to Super Target and BB y B and not overcrowded because they are 2-4 miles from campus. You can get a suite and all for almost no money. With your rental car you can make the requisite number of trips hither and yon.

Be the hero carting everybody to the big box stores during move-in and Frosh-O. Your Mishawaka address will give you polite distance from the campus goings-on and make your kid feel like you are not hanging on them.

Sunday afternoon you head back to Midway, drop off your rental and either spend the night near the airport or take a redeye back to your city of origin. If there is a Sox game the traffic will be awful--in fact the traffic may be awful for no discernible reason so allow plenty of time to get from SB to Midway.

gosmom · 08-12-2009, 01:07 PM

I thought I'd made amazing time on the return to Midway the first time.......completely forgetting there is a one hour time difference between Midway and South Bend....

BMWdude335 · 08-13-2009, 09:03 AM

I'm thinking about transferring to ND (esp after seeing the generous admitted transfer %)

Anyone from the east coast go to ND?

I just did a quick mapquest and its something like an 11.5 hour drive (731 miles) from my house.

Or do you guys just fly? if so which airport/airline do usually use. and how far is the actual campus from the airport?

It just seems to be too much of a hassle / I'd be the only kid from the east coast.

kevdude · 08-13-2009, 12:28 PM

Many, many, many people from the east coast attend ND. The NYC alumni club is the largest alumni club in the country after Chicago.

collegebound41 · 08-13-2009, 02:27 PM

...bmw dude its very hard to get into as a transfer. it says the mean gpa is a 3.7 in college. nd is mostly kids from the midwest and east coast.

Are you at schreyers honors college?

hawkswim09 · 08-13-2009, 08:25 PM

I fly from Providence to O'Hare to South Bend and then rent a car from South Bend. It may not be the most effective way to go, but you save money on the rental car and you save time instead of trying to figure out how long it is to Chicago. I drove out my first time and it took 14 hrs over two days. I got spoiled when we flew so I doubt I will drive again. Flying into South Bend is just really convenient and would suggest it.

SouthJerseyChessMom · 08-28-2009, 01:29 PM

^^^ then rent a car from South Bend

Just curious how old do you have to be to rent a car ??? Thought it was in mid 20s?

deuspatriND · 08-28-2009, 03:24 PM

maybe it's me but transferring to ND is very difficult. I have tried 3 times with a gpa above a 3.7 and was never admitted. But it is how it is. They do accept kids with lower gpa's and on rare occasions much much lower.

notre dame AL · 08-29-2009, 09:53 AM

SouthJerseyChessMom- you are supposed to be 25 years old to rent a car--however, most rental agencies will rent to younger than 25, but you pay a ridiculous rate. (We have never done this!) It is interesting that 25 is the magical age--again, one of those issues where it seems that it is such an arbitrary number. Also, most rental agencies will not do one-way rentals anymore, or if they do, again a ridiculous rate. Economy and insurance issues taking cars out of state and leaving the car in a different state have stopped many agencies from one-way rentals.

SouthJerseyChessMom · 08-29-2009, 07:06 PM

^^ Thanks , appreciate the additional info.