Notre Dame V. Vanderbilt

Ruby789
Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:08:47 +0000

Since you’ve posted this on the Notre Dame page, I assume you know you will get more information about Notre Dame than Vanderbilt. I don’t know much about Vanderbilt myself, have never visited, so can’t help with a comparison. But I have one student who is a junior at ND, and another who will be a Freshman in the fall. So I can comment on ND.

Since it looks like we’re quoting Lou Holtz today ^^^^, I’ll add to that. Lou Holtz also says that you go to Notre Dame for two educations, 1) An education on how to make a living, and 2) An education on how to live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwwIIkhzls

I think that sums up the experience at Notre Dame because the education at ND is more than just learning the academics, it an education with a goal of both knowledge and purpose.

The support at Notre Dame for students is really phenomenal. They know that Freshmen can get homesick and so the RAs in the dorms look out for all the students and check in with Freshmen. So do the first year advisors. My D1 was really ready to go away to college but ended up (a surprise to her and to us) very homesick. We are really grateful for the support she received.

Again, I don’t know anything about Vanderbilt engineering, but I do think Notre Dame engineering school is excellent. There’s been a lot of funding for developing the program, and huge investment in research for the University.