Love Thee Notre Dame

kevdude
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:52:11 +0000

And what, exactly, is your point? If this forum is any indication, many students apply to schools without being fully versed in each school’s financial aid process or track record. If application numbers fell (not confirmations, applications), and you want to link that to the economic status of the country, I think it’s much more logical that an aversion to private schools in general, rather than to Notre Dame’s specific policies, factored into the application process.

I’m not interested enough to do the exhaustive research you seem to have done, but if you have numbers that demonstrate that other, comparable (both academically and financially), schools are not presenting this same phenomenon, please share. If they are, it proves my point, unless you plan on indicting the entire system of higher education. I don’t mind if you are, but please don’t present it as a specific attack on Notre Dame when this forum is very influential in the decision making process of applicants. A biased attack would promote undue resentment towards Notre Dame, unfairly swaying prospective applicants from a spectacular institution.