Thank you so much!

any update on that?

Thank you!

That’s totally understandable but Notre Dame does a great job with financial aid so they try and do their best to ease the financial burden of families. Remember this is not a 4 year decision, it’s a 40 decision. ND does a great job of setting you up for success!

Jordan Walker Thank you for your reply. It’s a bit of a complicated situation as my family makes too much money for me to receive any real Financial aid. But at the same time they are not interested in helping pay for any tuition/fees so essentially it’s all up to me. Even if I got several merit based scholarships I would still likely owe a ton of money. I’m just not sure taking on the tens of thousands in debt will be worth it when I can probably get a full ride to the state school near me. If money was not a factor Notre Dame would be my number one choice though. I definitely think the return on investment is there for taking debt for graduate school. But as far as undergrad I’m not sure yet...

It’s overrated!!! Save your money especially if you not going to make big money after school.

I just hope EHH isn’t watching lmao

I would say there is a mix of political views. I know people on both sides of the political spectrum but I have not met anyone who dislikes another based solely on their political views.

@@Jordanwalker17 thanks. I was a little worried about it being conservative since a few other ppl mentioned it.

@@Vivian_here I understand where you are coming from, at the end of the day it is a Catholic school so it follows those beliefs but it is not forced on the students, we can still have our own political beliefs and I haven't met anyone who won't be your friend based on your political views lol.

I gotta make sure no one can distract me from getting good sleep so I can wake up for my 7 am breakfast and 4 pm dinner hahah

BSL

I would say off campus housing might be better and more cost effective. But make sure to make the best decision for you after doing some research.

@@Jordanwalker17 that’s what I saw when I looked more into it! Thank you! I was confused I thought I might be forced into the dorms.

You are welcome! I’m glad you found it useful!

Yeah haha, but it builds character!

Are all dorms that small?

Notre dame is definitely white majority school lol, but most prestigious schools are🤷🏽‍♀️

@@janyia3388 Notre Dame was one of the few schools Catholics, specifically Irish Catholics, could attend. Back when the Irish were called "niggers or negroes turned inside out"

Ya Ta Hey/Dah go teeh. Are you "Dineeh"? Jemez? Acoma? Zuni? Cochiti? I am Apache from San Carlos, AZ and graduated from Notre Dame in 1991. I went to St. Catherine's HS in Santa Fe, NM (now closed). Currently, I am an online graduate student in the MS in Data Science at St. Mary's College next to ND. Quick Answer: from my observation, the racial tension present in early 1990s has decreased dramatically in modern times. But there will be challenges in cultural misunderstanding or huge differences in academic backgrounds. The problem with reservations and small, rural high schools is that the courses are usually much easier. The average SAT/ACT and number of AP courses these days for top college students are ludicrously high. I have seen many great reservation students dropout at elite private schools like Notre Dame, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc. who likely would have thrived if they had gone to UNM, New Mexico State, NAU, Fort Lewis, Arizona, ASU, etc. I would recommend following the path of Sandra Begay (former AISES Executive President). She went to UNM as an undergraduate and took her time to excel in rigorous engineering courses over about six years. Then she went to graduate school at Stanford and did very well. Sandra gave a speech at ND when UNM played ND in 2019. She is now a CEO in ABQ. I think your daughter should wait until graduate school for schools like Notre Dame, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, etc. A good analogy is running. High school academic competition is like running a 5k race at sea level where you get an A if you finish in less than 25 minutes. But at Notre Dame, it's like running a half marathon in Santa Fe with competition that has sub-5-minute milers who can finish the course in 1 hr and 25 min or less. And you get an "A" if you finish in < 1 hr and 15 min. Notre Dame STEM is like that - it burns out students who got near perfect SAT scores with many AP courses. I know one student raised by prep school teachers who graduate with about B- average in engineering despite having ND parents as alumni. That's how hard it gets. I would recommend waiting until graduate school for places like ND. If I could do it over, I would have gone to Scottsdale Community College for the first two years then ASU as a junior. Then I would have done an engineering PhD out-of-state then a JD at ND Law to do patent law and participate in the "patent wars" for mobile phones of the 2010s. But that is based on what I know now.

@@manuelsteele8030 Hello. Yes, my daughter and I are Navajo. We live in Shiprock, New Mexico. My daughter is 17 years old, and will begin the 12th grade, her Senior year, in Fall 2022 (August 2022). She will start applying to at least 11 different universities from July 2022 to October 2022. My daughter does not want to go to Notre Dame anymore even though she is Catholic. But my wife wants her to choose Notre Dame. My daughter doesn't want to go to any religious schools (Notre Dame, BYU, Biola, Pepperdine, etc.). My daughter plans on going to Stanford, NM Tech, UNM, NMSU, ASU, UArizona, Cornell, NAU, Colorado School of Mines, UCLA, or Berkeley. It will depend on acceptance and financial aid. UCLA and Berkeley does not give California State financial aid for those non-California students, which my daughter is, if accepted there. My daughter has a 4.0 GPA at San Juan College High School (SJCHS) in Farmington, New Mexico. She will get her SJCHS high school diploma and her SJC 'Associate of Science Degree in Engineering' in May 2023. My daughter is interested in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Nursing, or Graphic Design. She is actually interested in Mechatronics, but nearly no university in the U.S.A. has a bachelor's degree in Mechatronics. Next year, 2022-2023, in 2 more months, will be my daughter's Senior year. She has already taken Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Calculus based Physics 1 (with lab), CAD, MAT Lab, Computer Fundamentals (using C++), English Composition 1, General Chemistry 1 (with lab), Macro-Economic Principles, Navajo 1, and Introduction to Engineering. She will take English Composition 2 during Summer 2022. For Fall 2022, the beginning of her 12th grade, Senior year, my daughter will take Engineering Circuit Analysis, Mechanics - Statics, Calculus 3, Calculus based Physics 2 (with lab), and Navajo 2. For Spring 2023, her last semester of 12th grade high school, my daughter will take Mechanics - Dynamics, General Chemistry 2 (with lab), Ordinary Differential Equations, and Physics 3 (with lab). Yes, Stanford, Cornell, Colorado School of Mines, UCLA, and Berkeley are extremely hard STEM schools. We will figure it out if she is accepted there, and if she gets a full scholarship there, if she will go there. I think common sense tells us she will probably end up going to UNM, NM Tech, or NMSU, because she doesn't have to pay tuition or fees (because my daughter is a New Mexico resident), and her counselor tells her she will get a residential scholarship to cover her residential housing. It is logical choice, but New Mexico universities are not highly ranked, though they are still good universities. My daughter's first choice was U.C. Berkeley, but it went down to last place, when we learned that she will not get California State financial aid because she is not a California resident.

@@HarrisonLapahie I would highly recommend going in-state for the undergraduate years. Do a capstone or senior thesis and participate in a research group. Then use that to gain leverage on a graduate fellowship at one of those out-of-state schools like Stanford, the Ivy League, etc. New Mexico has some very elite professors in engineering. At St. Mary's College, I gave a presentation on data science with machine learning for the spread of COVID-19 on the Navajo Reservation. I joined the research group by Dr. Gil Gallegos at New Mexico Highlands. He earned his PhD at NMSU. The graduate students were amazing and of very high aptitude. So, your daughter would have access to in-state professors and high-quality research groups with international students who can elevate the STEM/engineering research acumen. It is obvious your daughter has maxed out on the academic rigor available locally. But just know that when you get to the elite schools like Stanford, Notre Dame, Cornell, etc., the average student probably has more rigor of HS credentials because that is how hypercompetitive it gets. HS students with 5 or more AP programs done and a perfect gpa and near-perfect or perfect SAT/ACT routinely get rejected at Stanford, the Ivy League, etc. So, it's like that running analogy I gave. However, staying in-state can help prepare with realism for graduate research with students like that. I bet your daughter can finish at UNM or NMSU or NMHU in about 3 to 3.5 years then go to Stanford or Cornell, etc. when she is in her early 20s. At that point, there are fellowships available that cover tuition, stipend, etc. Best wishes! The students at St. Mary's College (part of Notre Dame's network) really appreciated the presentation I gave on modeling COVID-19 spread on the Navajo reservation with artificial neural networks. That group helped me get into a PhD at Arizona State for the new Data Analytics and Engineering program. I work full-time at Medtronic while doing the PhD. Here Dr. Gallegos - cs.nmhu.edu/prem2/rapid-covid-19.php

Agreed, but A/C in August would be nice haha, but ND is truly a special place and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Agree! Except for the AC lol

@@John_Doe563 Thank you for your kind response. Keep in mind that the incidents of racism I described were from 1987-1991. In modern times, I went back to ND for my graduation at SMC. I earned an MS in Data Science online. I actually marched with the graduate students at SMC in May of 2023. I was an old "Zahmbie" (Zahm Hall) resident with an MS from SMC. Go figure. The young students were great and very inclusive. I felt completely welcome in the ceremony. I had fun. It was great to be back after many years to the ND/SMC campus. SMC was an all women's college when I was at ND. It's part of the campus network. But in 2015 or so they admitted men into the graduate programs. I am one of their male graduates. SMC is still all-female at the undergraduate level though.

That can't be true because Notre Dame's video "Welcome to Notre Dame: This Is Where Your Journey Begins" says they teach their students Humility. And don't try to tell them differently in the comments section, because you are not allowed to comment.