University of Notre Dame Top Questions

Sometimes the rules can be much more strict than other universities, but it is worth it because I love ND.

The cold weather brings a lot of snow and keeps you indoors.

The worst thing about Notre Dame are Parietals- the strictly-enforced rules banning students from opposite-sex dorms after 2:00 am. In general, the punishments for relatively small offenses such as underage drinking can be overly strict and are aimed to make the student feel extremely guilty. These policies do not hinder the social life/ drinking scene but are very inconvenient/ overly harsh. Other complaints include the weather (sometimes it feels like winter never ends) and the location.

During winter there is a constant amount of snow. It snows just about everyday and it's cold for any one not used to below freezing temperatures.

The worst part of this school is the winter weather. The area is frigid from November to April and sunny days are few and far between.

The weather. It is nice at the beginning of the fall semester and at the very end of the spring semester, but that whole time inbetween is either freezing or windy or wet. The thing is that this school is so amazing, that it makes it worth the terrible weather.

The worst thing about Notre Dame is the people. It is not very diverse. The students are either really intelligent and keep to themselves, or are wealthy and snobby. Many students came with friends from home, so it is very clique-ish, and unwelcoming.

Nothing

The location.

There is a lot of effort to prohibit alcohol, but the administration and faculty do not enforce it consistantly.

Really conservative, not very diverse. The same type of people seem to apply and go there.

The lack of diversity is the worst thing about Notre Dame - politically, racially, economically, religiously, and just people's backgrounds in general are not as diverse as I would hope to find in an educational institution such as this.

It is a bit conservative and as a Catholic university sometimes I feel that it is too conservative and not open-minded enough. For instance, while the Catholic Church does not say homosexuality itself is a sin, the attitude towards homosexuality on campus can be a bit unaccepting sometimes. Or the University did not want the Vagina Monologues to be performed on campus because it deals with issues such as pre-marital sex. Also, the weather is cold.

Most college students would hear the word "parietals" and think nothing of it, but at Notre Dame, every student on campus cringes when they hear it. The worst thing about Notre Dame is this rule, requiring all visitors of the opposite sex to be out of the dorm by midnight on weekdays and two A.M. on weekends. Because we have single-sex dorms, this rule is strongly enforced to keep men and women in their respective dorms. It also effectively breaks up study sessions, movie watches, and dance parties, and it doesn't help the already estranged gender relations.

The worst thing about Notre Dame is how similar many of the students are. Many were raised in caucasian, Catholic, upper-middle class to wealthy households and do not keep an open mind when meeting people who are not like them. The lack of diversity and even some racism and sexism on campus bother me. The traditional, conservative mindset of many students is a hindrance to the advancement of the school and the continual education of the student body.

The cold weather

everyone is the same and it's hard to find people to fit in with if you're not from a typical wealthy suburban family

Parietals, the hockey rink, and the inability to drive on campus. Despite it being a Catholoic institution, parietals are outdated and need to be revised or abolished. The hockey rink along with some other sports facilities need to be modernized and re-built to compete with other major institutions. Construtcion is constantly being done and the campus is becoming more and more of a non-driving campus. You have to park in designated lots and walk everywhere.

The worst thing about this school is it's location and Catholic guidelines. As I am not affiliated with a religion it is especially frustrating. There are parietals every night and each dorm is single-sex, which bothers me. Indiana is not a good state in general and I feel this school would have been better off in a New England state or more populous one like Texas, Florida or California.

Sometimes it doesn't adhere to its proper identity. Sells out sometimes to secular or financial pressures.