Vandy vs. UNC vs. Notre Dame

Swimmer726
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:28:57 +0000

Notre Dame is an amazing place - but you have to visit to get an accurate feel for it. we went and are not Catholic, but were totally blown away by the facilities and feeling that campus has. ND grad’s are also those who get misty-eyed when discussing their 4 years. I bet almost all ND grads still wear the stuff and follow the teams. Any ND grad would have people to network with in all fields. Didn’t their business school just get ranked #1 by Business Week for the second year in a row? Serious academics, but serious fun, too. No Greek system, but kids live in the same dorm for 4 years (can change, if necessary). Each dorm is like a fraternity or sorority and has all the same parties, projects, etc. ND has the best intramural sports program in the country and is the only school to have intramural full-contact, full-pads football. How fun is that???

South Bend is not too great, Chapel Hill is great, Nashville is amazing. I have 2 kids who went to Vanderbilt and had 4 great years with kids from all over the country and all over the world. One was in Peabody - she loved it. I would highly recommend the experience to anyone who can foot the bill. However, my 3rd kid absolutely LOVED ND - can’t say enough…go visit!