Exploring Notre Dame

Everytime we have explored with our youngest, and especially colleges, we have encountered extreme weather. This weekend was no exception. Our survival with me at the wheel directly through the eye of the storm through downtown Chicago will have to be told in the list of tales to be written later.

We stayed at the Jamison Inn, just down the street from where the famous "Rudy" went to college prior to his years at Notre Dame---St. Mary's College. To give you a sense, we arrived late in the foggy light, and a waitress at a local restaurant did not even know where Notre Dame was---it was just three blocks away, and yet it is in a world of its own. It is commonly called "The Notre Dame bubble."

When one explores, it is important to have the full range of options--from the supremely affordable to the supremely miraculous. Notre Dame, with its highly selective admission process, where over 15,000 apply for only 2000 freshman spots is needless to say very selective. In short---it is in the "miracle" level. Never the less, it is important for families as well as students to try to deal with the anxiety in just thinking of, much less applying for the dream. This is a needs based admission process, where if you get in, there is a way. The problem is to get in. Remember the film "Rudy."

Sit back and relax. Come with us on the tour of Notre Dame, via video. I just promised the admission director that it would not be on Utube.