<p>Maverick, I appreciate a lot of what you’ve been saying - many of the points you’ve made about undergraduate business experience is clearly valid, and would very much help deciding high school seniors in their decision making process. I also apologize for the reaction you’ve been getting from some of the posters on here, but in most cases, they are taking exception to your style of response, rather than the content of your posts.</p>
<p>Through no fault of your own, other than lack of experience, it’s obvious that you may not be fully informed of the general tone, expectations, and content of posts on these boards. College Confidential, as a whole, is expected to give objective analyses of the various aspects of undergraduate and graduate life and education. However, what is necessary to remember is that while College Confidential as a whole is objective, this happens to be a specifically Notre Dame forum. Threads like these are presumed to be posted in duplicate in the respective forums of the schools being discussed. </p>
<p>One cannot expect these self-professed Notre Dame fanboys (myself included) to be fully informed universally about other experiences. The best they can do is give their personal impression of their own experience. And, as a result, one cannot expect them to suffer easily constant jabs and criticisms of the place in which they have invested so much time, love, and devotion (not to mention money). </p>
<p>Constructive and informative discussion is encouraged, but I would suggest you try a bit harder at not taking the bait and becoming defensive.</p>