<p>NewND dad,</p>
<p>Feel your pain as son has turned down offers from great places with much more academic and athletic scholarship money. I know the place for him is Notre Dame. He knows the place for him is Notre Dame. When push came to shove and he was placed on the waitlist… the ND alumni community poured out a collective heart for him and spoke in volumes about why he was a Notre Dame family member who should not be denied admission into this class of 2010.</p>
<p>Believe me…there are very few top twenty colleges (Nationally) who have the kind of loving support for it’s alumni and family and student prospects as Notre Dame.</p>
<p>It will be a very big stretch for us financially, but Chris is going to the absolute best place for him. I know he will thrive and more importantly I know Notre Dame will guide him on his life decisions as a faithful servant to Christ…and that is what it is all about!</p>