Environment

<p>Yes, Notre Dame is basically in the middle of nowhere.</p>

<p>I personally knew an atheist who went to Notre Dame. He loved it. If you are tolerant of their Catholic beliefs then you should be fine. For better or worse, ND has a very diverse mixture of both very conservative and very liberal Catholics (students and faculty). Those two camps probably irritate one another more than they would be irritated by you.</p>