University of Notre Dame Top Questions

The football team is obviously the most popular, but basketball should get more recognition.

Pretty much Notre Dame offers the same as any university for clubs and teams. I am involved in football boosters. This group is in charge of putting the gold paint on Notre Dame football helmets. The helmets are made of real gold. This stuff is not fake. We also later on at night go clubing outside of school at Corby's a big restraunt downtown. It's famous for outside parties for Notre Dame. It's famous for Rudy as well the movie made on campus about a football hero. The students have to leave there doors open unless there sleeping. Strict britals policy. Females are only allowed in males rooms during certain hours of the day often between 9am-12midnight. We don't have curfews because athletics and stuff runs late. I usually have a class at 8am on tuesday so I am sleeping or studying in my dorm. We might go outside in the yard and throw snow on Tuesday at 2am also. Students love to throw snow at faculity cars and windows. There are hateful teachers we don't like sometimes. Football is the traditon in the fall, winter it's throwing snow outside and Spring it's the big BLUE GOLD GAME for football. People never party at all at Notre Dame. Only during football season at tailgates. Drinking is forbidden on campus grounds even for the public. People get fined all the time or arrested sometimes. Parties are only on the weekends but off campus. Students binge drink at Corby's on weekends or local bars. there are like four bars within walking distance of the football stadium. But you must first have to pass the big gated entry. Security is a mess and it's tight. Notre dame has no frats or sororities. There not allowed on campus per security and also per the Priests. Drinking is not allowed its a dry campus. Last weekend I did homework and went to the movies with my girlfriend. There are several movie theatres near campus. The debartlo proforming arts center allows students to attend movies free of charge sometimes. Often times its like only three dollars. Saturday. you can go to sporting events on campus, go to movies, if you have work-study you can work in the library or other jobs. Saturday's are also common for classes or final exams. Saturday's sometimes they might have special lectures that require you to attend class. Saturday is a passion for exams. teachers have finals on saturday or midterms. so this does not have drinking. What can you do off campus. well off campus your a civilian so you can do what ever you want reasonble by law. Notre Dame though does have strict code of conduct. Meaning a faculity can turn you in if your drinking off campus. Because in the handbook it's a dry campus. you can get kicked off campus or out of school.

Hockey, Basketball, and obviously Football are really popular. There are also tons of dorm sports teams and especially in guys dorms those games can get pretty intense. People tend to party Thursday-Friday although it is also common for people to stay in on weekends and study, just depends on who you are. I leave my door open, some people lock theirs. Last weekend I went to dinner and the symphony with the members of my Graphic Design class, we all brought dates.

There are over 300 clubs and orginizations on campus, so there really is something for everyone, and if you can't find one you like, it's pretty easy to start your own (unless you're gay) and the University will give you money for it. My favorite thing I'm involved with is being a tour guide (which we get paid foor, so it it's technically a job, not a club) becaue you get to influence how kids see the school. You may be the only student they meet on campus and it's fun to help people get all the info the want about the school and try to give the best impression you can of the student body and the University. Dorm life is huge at ND. Since we don't have a greek system and all the dorms are single sex, a dorm is kind of like a frat or sorority, but you son't get to choose who's in it. Each dorm also hads a mascot and has formals and interhall sports and competitions. Most people stay in their origninal dorm for at least 2 years, usually 3, and a lot of people stay in for all 4 yrs. The dating scene sucks. Kids who are dating are on the verge of marriage at any second. It probably wouldn't be too hard t find someone to hook up with (especially at a party) but there's a super weirdly high percentage of holy kids who ae waiting for marriage and think making out verges on sin. I think this anecdote sums up dating at ND: One time I got drunk and hooked up with a kid who was cute and seemed cool and normal until we were finished and he said, and I quote, "Well, I guess I'm going to hell now" He wasn't kidding either. 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of people who are up at 2am on a Tuesday are studying. The other one percent is either crying because they've given up on studying and have accepted the fact that they're going to get a bad grade, or praying. People party, but not nearly as much as other colleges. I'd say the average ND "party" is 10 guys sitting in a circle in their dorm room drinking more than 3 but les than 8 natty ices. Most people need to be slapped around a little and reminded that they're in college and yu only get that chance once. No frats, but lots of sausage fests. There are actually a fair amount of things to do if you don't want to drink, b/c there's a pretty big percentage of kids who don't drink or drink very little. Off campus parties are significantly better than anything that could go on in the dorms. They're not terrible usually: a lot of beer pong, lound music, drunken grinding, and maybe a cop or two later on in the night. There are some bars that are easy enough to get into with a fake, but some that you really do have to be 21. The bars aren't great though.

I'm not going to lie to you- the academic scene at ND can be pretty rigorous. But the kids that come here are those who are up to the challenge. I've never let schoolwork come in the way of my social life. I still find time to participate in clubs and hang out with my friends. Tailgating weekends on campus are INSANE. The 10,000 or so people that are on campus literally quadruples in a matter of hours. No matter how much or how little you thought you cared about football, it will all change here. Football season is intense and I'm pretty sure our 8 AM tailgates rival some college's party scene. If you aren't into the whole party scene, there are clubs that offer alternative activities to drinking. That's not my cup of tea, but whatever floats your boat. The one thing that's pretty crappy here is the dating scene. It seems like almost everyone is either in a serious relationship or is looking for an easy hook-up. Casual dating is pretty much non-existent. And guys- just because you're coming to a Catholic school and might be expecting prude girls, I know quite a few ladies (if you can even call them that) that would change your mind. Dorm life is far better for guys than it is for girls. Being a girl, I spend nearly all my time in the guys' dorms. They operate like fraternities, girls' dorms act like summer camps. Parietals suck. Unless you're a dude, and it's easy to sneak a lady friend to your room. Breaking them in girls dorms? Feasible, but tricky.

There isn't any Greek life at ND and the dorms are single-sex, therefore, your dorm basically becomes the basis of your social life. Partying is pretty rare among underclassmen on weekdays, as ND imposes "parietals," which state that no member of the opposite sex is allowed in dorm rooms past 12 AM on weekdays or 2 AM on weekends, and it is strictly enforced. But most students are busy studying during the weekdays, so it doesn't make a huge difference. Plenty of students here are uninterested in drinking, so there are definitely activities available for them to do during the weekends. If you are interested in drinking, though, there are often "dorm parties" on any given Friday or Saturday night, and although parietals start at 2 AM, if you want to party more, the parties move to student houses or apartments off-campus. There are taxis available to drive students off campus for $2-3 per person, so it is really simple to get somewhere on a Friday or Saturday night without worrying about a designated driver. Some students travel to Chicago a couple times throughout the semester, which is less than a 2 hour drive. There are a lot of activities sponsored by SUB (Student Union Board), such as concerts or stand-up comedians. In my second year, I have seen Third Eye Blind, Ben Folds, Ben Lee and OK Go