HELP: Is Notre Dame a good fit for me??

Veritas24
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:53:27 +0000

There’s no question that you could find fit at ND. There are plenty of liberal student groups on campus, and the student body is about evenly split along the political spectrum. However, the question is whether you want to be somewhere you feel more comfortable because there are a greater number of people more like you. Some people like to stand out and be in unusual settings (Manti Te’o), others like to be among similarly minded peers (ND is 85% Catholic).

Perhaps even more potentially problematic than the religion issue would be you disinterest in sports. Now granted, my brother tells me he has friends from Latin America who became the biggest fans of ND football on day one, but I don’t know how widespread this is. Pretty much EVERYONE attends the football games and the campus mood in the fall is very dependent on the team’s success. During the 2007 season my friends were practically despondent until about January. If you don’t like sports and think they’re a waste of time, ND could be a place that seems foreign to you throughout your four years.