ND is not just test scores. We have so many examples of that being the case over the years at our school. We know kids with high 1500s rejected or deferred and others who were low 1500s accepted. I do not know if there is a “secret” to it. We even had a Leadership kid rejected when everyone usually assumes Leadership equals acceptance. It’s stressful!
Yes. I saw the same posted in the Observer.
There is no doubt about it that ND is very Catholic and it is a large part of their undergraduate culture. Theology is a required course, there is an undergraduate path that includes a seminary, each dorm literally has a chapel and holds Mass on Sundays and weekday Mass is very common and popular. There is a priest assigned to each dorm and a few have/ had nuns as their rectors. It’s a fabulous community and amazing school but just know it is at heart a Catholic institution and it’s mission driven by that.