<p>Wow a bit of a contentious thread. But I am laughing because they just pulled my niece off the waitlist: as an FYI she is geograpahically outside the midwest, is of Iranian & Lithuanian descent, with a Moslem grandfather, Jewish father and Protestant Iranian mother. She herself agnostic right now but raised Jewish and WANTED a catholic school and turned down the very “diverse” Northwestern for Boston College in part, and ironically, because NU was so “diverse” it became homogenous in some respects -at least for certain majors. She is politically probably a bit left and is very bright, engaged and kind. She will go to BC if she doesn’t take this spot from Notre Dame. Thats the type of student ND just accepted. I am a huge fan of ND whether she goes or not (and as the Aunt, also not Catholic). BTW, The admissions staff was amazing compared to all the other universities to which she applied. Even she was impressed by them.</p>