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Most students are Catholic, and mostly practicing. The other religious groups are nearly unheard of, as Notre Dame identifies very strongly with its Catholic character. Any alternative lifestyle is unheard of; everyone is straight or you can't tell. No one is openly gay or lesbian, at least that is not common. There are very few minorities, and most minorities only hang out with each other. Notre Dame students come from every state, and many different countries. There is a good chance, though, that someone you talk to will be from Chicago, Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, or Cincinnati. Going to class, most people wear jeans and a t-shirt or sweatshirt, depending on the weather. Unfortunately, the weather dictates what people wear. The weather is unbelievably cold and snowy from December until April, and the sun rarely shines. During that time, a lot of people end up wearing sweatpants and boots. Students are generally somewhat politically aware, though not as much as they probably should be. For a college campus, students are surprisingly conservative. And every student expects to be rich someday, either as a doctor, lawyer, or business person.

Most students wear jeans and sweatshirts or sweaters in the winter, t-shirts in the summer. It's a friendly campus.

There aren't really many race, religous, LGBT, economic groups on campus. The campus is very diverse and they offer insted of groups we have clubs. These groups most of them are peaceful. The only two I would object to are pro-life movement gay straight allience I would object to these groups because they don't really fit into our university culture. There also very controversial. Many of the priests don't know who gay people are. Notre dame is also look at as a petafile meaning some of the priests that have graduated Notre Dame later on have sexually assulted minors. THe pro-life movement group is also dangerious becuase there doing it for political gain in our elections and our govenment. They protest against abortion and under the United States Consitution there invading our privacy. I think that Non-Christian's would be out of place at Notre Dame because professors have students write Faith based papers that are usually based on Christianity. The four tables of students in the cafeteria I don't know the people so I cannot comment. Most Notre Dame students are like just about any normal student. There from anywhere around the world including The United States. Most Notre Dame student's are filthy rich and their parents are usually doctors, lawyers, or have higher paying jobs. Notre Dame parents send there kids here because they graduated Notre Dame. They do it to save money for example at the boxoffice. For example, if you have three kids enrolled at NOtre dame you get a discount. or if you attended notre dame you get a discunt. The chances of you getting in are very high with someone you know attended NOtre Dame. Most students that attend Notre Dame are all politically aware people. There are democrats, republicans, and independants that went to Notre Dame. Notre Dame is mostly center of attention and often times more conservative university as far as politics is concerned. The student's most do not talk about what they earn because our economy in the United States Fucking sucks. Most studets don't have jobs. They usually get to attend campus if there rich for free becuase they are smart kids. The smart kids get scholarships. most are 4.0 GPA kids. I don't know anyone that has failed out of Notre Dame.

Students wear whatever the feel like wearing. You will see the kids in sweats, Abercrombie, North Face fleeces are popular, you get some in designer clothes with coach bags and others in vans and tshirts. The only thing that I would say is rare is the guys in tight jeans and punk rock look. Those kids get noticed. And of course "that girl" who wears a mini skirt in 3 inches of snow.

ND is white, straight, and catholic and not overly tolerant of everyting else. We really don't have a lot of minorities, in fact, just about every black male on campus has said that someone has asked them if they were an athlete at some point in time. There are still more males than females here even though the female's test test scores are higher and the girls have higher GPA's. ND is very intolerant of homosexuality! The administration will not approve the LGBT club on campus, and last year several students who spoke out at the student center one day about their experiences as gay students at Notre Dame were sent to the diciplinary board which makes no sense to me. They really weren't making a scene or anything, and what's worse is that the incident caused no controversy on campus. Additionally, most people do come from families with a fair amount of money. Although I don't feel like anyone would ever make a commment about someone not having money, I'd just imagine that it would be uncomfortable particularly for girls who basically were a uniform of Uggs, North Face jackets, Seven or Citizen jeans, and Tiffany necklaces. Most out of place student at ND: Gay, low income, Jewish kid. You would actually never see this person at ND. there are groups of different race kids. For example, all the Latin American kids hang out together, the Korean kids have a group, etc. This obviously isn't true for every kid who's of a minority background, but it s evident when you walk around campus. Table one (small table): Athletes with ACT scores of 14 throwing food at eachother; Table 2 (medium sized table): Really, really weird smart kids with pants that are too short reading engineering books. Table 3 (large table): Girls in the "uniform described above Table 4 (large table): Guys in the male version of the uniform described above (i.e. replace Uggs with sneakers and Tiffany necklaces with misguided testosterone) ND kids are from all over the world (literally) but a lot come from the Midwest, especially the Chicago area. Most people are pretty right wing. You may ask who the hell is conservative between the ages of 18 and 22? Just come to ND and you ll find an answer in about 2 seconds.

Most ND students are from the Midwest or East Coast, but I've met kids from Alaska, Singapore, India, you name it. Though there is a majority of the students that come from similar backgrounds, those who don't would never feel out of place. Notre Dame is one huge family- we're all Domers. It's cliché and has been said before, but from the outside you can't understand it and from the inside you can't explain it. There's something about this campus that just feels right.

There are students here of different races, different religions and different sexual preferences, however, they are definitely a minority. Being predominantly Catholic, someone not-Christian might feel out of place, but there are certainly niche-groups for every type of student. Unfortunately, there are a lot of conservative students here who are prejudiced against homosexuals. Furthermore, one may feel that the administration is also prejudiced, as it doesn't allow for the formation of clubs or allot funds to LGBT clubs or organizations due to the Catholic Church's teachings on that matter. One striking phenomena at Notre Dame is that in any given classroom, at least 1 out of every 4 students is wearing a Notre Dame t-shirt, sweatpants or sweatshirt. What this means is that students are very spirited, and are also not very interested in fashion. Students are definitely more interested in sports and academics than into their outward appearance. Most students are white, mid-western, conservatives, coming from middle-upper class families, as very few academic scholarships are awarded. Unlike the stereotypical college campus, ND students aren't terribly concerned with politics, although there has been a recent surge of political activism with interest in the 2008 Presidential Election. There was one "protest" for the Iraq War on campus, and only 5-10 students actually showed up. However, there seems to be some interest in making ND a more "environmentally friendly" campus.