Just finished my first year at Notre Dame.
I am originally from Orange County, so not quite as big as LA, but still way bigger than South Bend. In my experience, because South Bend didn’t have a lot that interested me, I ended up staying on campus most of the time. I feel like this was similar for most other students in that going off campus was reserved for Target runs. Still, there seems to be enough on campus to keep students occupied. I ended up going to a lot of sporting events including football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, hockey, and baseball. I personally enjoyed the hockey games the most. The cheers and the student section at hockey games are always so fun. In addition to sporting events, there are sometimes concerts. I went to at least 4 concerts last year, but I know that the school offered many more. Most students end up going to dorm parties or off campus parties on the weekends. In high school, I had never gone to parties or anything like that. Even my first semester at Notre Dame, I went to parties, but I still did not drink. So if you like going to parties, there’s always some going on. Still, there’s not a huge pressure to drink if you don’t want to. Notre Dame puts on a few more random events every weekend. However, I kind of ended up getting bored a lot of weekends at Notre Dame. If that’s ever the case, you can go to Chicago.