I'm sorry for your pain,
which is doubly tough when it's about your kid, and also because you and your wife are both alumni. You said that you know your daughter will be fine, and she will be, and in fact, I think that she could be better off in the long run for not going there. I'm a triple domer and have no regrets about having gone to ND (I doubt I could get in now), and I've been a faculty member at UCF for the past 28 years. Knowing what I know now, if I could do it all over again, I think I would have gone to Michigan (I'm from MI). In my opinion, there are a lot of great schools out there that provide a high-quality academic education with a much better social/cultural education, and you might also save a lot of money in the process. (I hope that I have not been insulting to you, given your ND and Catholic background.)
Complete thread:
- ND admissions and gun reform protests -
Brendan,
2018-02-26, 19:20
- ND admissions can kiss my ass. -
OGerry,
2018-02-27, 11:05
- Ok. What’s the context here? -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 11:44
- Sorry, context is all personal. -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 06:35
- It wasn't the need issue -
DEM,
2018-02-28, 10:36
- What are admissions rates for legacies? -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:43
- High 30's and falling faster than the overall admit rate - DEM, 2018-02-28, 10:47
- What are admissions rates for legacies? -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:43
- I wonder if ND has quotas from each area of the -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 07:44
- IMO one of my advantages was being from Metro Detroit. - PAK, 2018-02-28, 10:27
- Since so many schools love to brag about -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-02-28, 09:41
- Hey now, no need to drag the great Equality state into this. - Domer99, 2018-02-28, 10:58
- Yes, I thought coming from Maine would work in her favor. - OGerry, 2018-02-28, 10:04
- I think that is definitely true -
Jeff (BGS),
2018-02-28, 09:49
- Joyce? -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:11
- That is correct - Jeff (BGS), 2018-02-28, 11:10
- Joyce? -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:11
- thanks for the details -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-28, 07:19
- Kalamazoo College is in that book too.... -
bk,
2018-03-01, 19:46
- Yes, K College is a great place - JD in Portland, 2018-03-01, 20:14
- A confession -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 10:03
- I'm sorry for your pain, -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:07
- Well, since you're admitting you'd go to Michigan -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 14:12
- BC is a very good school. They would be lucky to have her. - San Pedro, 2018-03-01, 14:50
- Yeah, it is hard to admit that, - oviedoirish, 2018-02-28, 18:00
- FWIW I finished ND with less debt load than most UM grads. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:09
- I bet you're unusual. -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:11
- I am kind of a weirdo but that's beside the point. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:24
- Funny. And I agree about the UM kids. :-) - oviedoirish, 2018-02-28, 18:30
- I am kind of a weirdo but that's beside the point. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:24
- I bet you're unusual. -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:11
- Well, since you're admitting you'd go to Michigan -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 14:12
- Important clarification -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-28, 10:18
- I'm with HCE, that makes a lot more sense - OGerry, 2018-02-28, 14:02
- Thanks, and I agree with you - HCE, 2018-02-28, 11:38
- I'm sorry for your pain, -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:07
- "Cognitive coaches" made my stomach turn -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 08:53
- Sounds like a Trojan Horse for killing the humanities -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 08:59
- I'm amazed anyone thinks they need a Trojan Horse to do it -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 09:06
- One of the randos killed by a rock to the shin -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 09:14
- "Then all the body slackened in death's chill, - HCE, 2018-02-28, 09:22
- One of the randos killed by a rock to the shin -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 09:14
- I'm amazed anyone thinks they need a Trojan Horse to do it -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 09:06
- Sounds like a Trojan Horse for killing the humanities -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 08:59
- The 8 minutes thing is an abomination - IrishGuard, 2018-02-28, 08:26
- Kalamazoo College is in that book too.... -
bk,
2018-03-01, 19:46
- I'm not sure where your SAT stats are coming from. -
PMan,
2018-02-28, 07:17
- From the d-bag admissions rep -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 09:49
- I think you got bad advice to go early - DEM, 2018-02-28, 10:47
- Yikes. - PMan, 2018-02-28, 10:03
- From the d-bag admissions rep -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 09:49
- It wasn't the need issue -
DEM,
2018-02-28, 10:36
- Sorry, context is all personal. -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 06:35
- Ok. What’s the context here? -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 11:44
- I don't know what it is about this particular shooting... -
Slainte Joe,
2018-02-27, 03:12
- a couple theories -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:25
- These kids are badass. Evil f**ked with the wrong school. - Bill, 2018-02-27, 09:37
- They're younger than MySpace, and old enough to use... - domer.mq, 2018-02-27, 08:00
- ❣️ - Joe I, 2018-02-27, 07:39
- they’re actors -
Jay,
2018-02-27, 06:35
- I loved it when the one MSD student leader replied -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 08:13
- Yes, that was great. - oviedoirish, 2018-02-27, 09:17
- I loved it when the one MSD student leader replied -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 08:13
- People were incredibly sad after Sandy Hook. -
Pete,
2018-02-27, 06:02
- I think the Pulse mass shooting is a factor here, too - Jim (fisherj08), 2018-02-27, 06:06
- I think it's the kids and the school. - Grantland, 2018-02-27, 05:53
- My wife and I were talking about this a few minutes ago. -
NDinVA,
2018-02-27, 05:07
- I have to think that it's Florida has played a role too - Domer99, 2018-02-27, 07:22
- They are the Hunger Games generation -
HCE,
2018-02-27, 05:48
- I dunno -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-27, 07:36
- Sure, plenty of college kids are myopic and apathetic - HCE, 2018-02-27, 08:46
- I think there's something to be said -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-02-27, 07:51
- I think there's something to that - HullieAndMikes, 2018-02-27, 08:08
- Harry Potter was less gritty than Hunger Games etc., but - BillyGoat, 2018-02-27, 07:05
- Yeah. All my generation had was.... -
NDinVA,
2018-02-27, 05:53
- My generation had the gritty reboot of The Hardy Boys - HCE, 2018-02-27, 06:08
- I dunno -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-27, 07:36
- There's just something about those kids - Jim (fisherj08), 2018-02-27, 05:05
- You cannot defeat the teens at social media - irishoutsider, 2018-02-27, 05:01
- a couple theories -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:25
- Good to see - irishoutsider, 2018-02-27, 02:44
- I think some will get full scholarship offers now -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-26, 20:57
- And yet a not-insignificant portion of the right -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 04:28
- "Soros-Backed" -
Chris (HCC),
2018-02-27, 05:31
- Much hilarity last week after Missouri's Gov - hobbs, 2018-02-27, 09:09
- Soon we'll hear that Sidney Blumenthal was involved too! -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:27
- and the Post's intrepid "Bernie Bernstein" -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 07:58
- I never knew - MattG, 2018-02-27, 09:12
- and the Post's intrepid "Bernie Bernstein" -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 07:58
- "Soros-Backed" -
Chris (HCC),
2018-02-27, 05:31
- And yet a not-insignificant portion of the right -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 04:28
- ND admissions can kiss my ass. -
OGerry,
2018-02-27, 11:05