<p>Notre Dame has one of the highest medical (and related) school acceptance rates in the country. Peer assessment scores are a terrible way to evaluate Notre Dame because it 1)Lacks a major graduate-level research program on the scale of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Michigan, etc. and 2)is a religious school. As a doctoral student at a major research institution, I can tell you that these factors are major no-no’s when it comes time for the peer assessment rating. However, from experience, I can tell you that Notre Dame prepares you better for whatever you want to do after graduation than virtually any other school. It starts with the small class sizes and the professors who care about their undergrads rather than just their research. Trust me. I’ve done work in the Ivy League and at Michigan—most professors think of undergrads as an inconvenience. There are exceptions to every rule, of course (my personal favorite being Prof. Brian Coppola at Michigan–what a guy). Nevertheless, on the whole, Notre Dame is just about the best place in the country to go for an undergraduate education.</p>