Notre Dame vs. Illinois

[ndirish2010]

It is unbelievable how much people talk about life at Notre Dame on these forums when they haven't even been here...I'm an undergrad at ND, and I really had no idea that our student life is 'controlled by the Catholic Church.' I was raised Catholic but I am completely non-religious now, and this has never affected my life here one bit. If this is the reason you might not consider ND, I really think you should come visit, take in the atmosphere here, and you'll see that all of the stereotypes on forums like this one are quite far from the truth.