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all my profs know my name... i'm the kid who always talks in class. my favorite class was called Alexander the Great. it was a history class all about the campaigns of alexander. of couse students are competitive. everyone is. conversations outside of class tend to be about real topics, like politics or catholic theology, or poverty or something like that.

The professors are great - they really care about the students, and if you make an effort, you can get to know as few or as many as you'd like. You can't get out of taking small classes, so you'll definately get to know a few of them. There are a lot of university requirements, including theology, which was kind of a turn-off for me, but now as a junior, I really appreciated having the well-rounded education. You cant leave with only taking math and science classes or just english classes the way you can at other schools. The classes, especially once you get out of the intros, are interesting, difficult, and worthwhile.

Academics are pretty challenging, busy weeks around midterm break and finals. Students study for varying lengths depending on their major, business and arts and letters students study notably less than engineering or science students. Students aren't very competitive towards each other, but everyone expects and strives to do well.

I really like all my professors. They're great people who know what they're talking about, care that we do well in their class AND well in the real world, and who have the Catholic background that we've grown used to. It's cool to bring academics into spiritual life. I love our latest slogan, "Educating minds and hearts." I'm an engineer, and some engineers complain about having to take calsses like theology and philosophy, but I appreciate the requirement. Notre Dame wants us to be well rounded people who can hold their own in an intelectual conversation. A degree from the University of Notre Dame is not proof of a trade, but of intellect.

The academics at Notre Dame are so so amazing. The professors are always interesting and more often than not are ridiculously smart. I don't spend a ton of time with the faculty outside of class however I always feel I could contact one if I felt the need. My most interesting class is my first year of studies class for Engineering which allows an introduction to all types of engineering. There are so many opportunities at Notre Dame that I never feel that I am limited in any way. I feel that the academics are very very hard, but also lend themselves to allowing students to have a good social life. I suppose that people could often do better in many classes if they spent more time studying, but I feel that for the most part people choose to be involved in many different things.

on every class i have taken, i've had a good relationship with my professors. most do know my name. they are very approachable and the class size to professor ration is small. their accesability helps us, students, enhance our learning experience. that's one of the reasons i picked notre dame and ever since day one it's been true.

Academics at Notre Dame are very challenging. Class sizes range from very small (less than 10) to large (over 300). If, however, you make a point to talk to professors, many will try to learn your name (but this is less common in large lectures). Participation is not very common and sometimes I wish people would have more intellectual conversations outside of class, but this does happen if you initiate it. Students tend to be competitive, but not exactly cut-throat- usually people are willing to help each other learn. I do spend time with my professors outside of class. I think that I would say education at Notre Dame is geared toward becoming a person who can do what one is called to do in his/her life. Therefore, this means not only studying the subject that pertains to one's future profession, but being well-rounded so as to be able to make informed choices in all parts of one's life.

My Proffeossors know my name. however, today after class he called me by another asian girl's name... :( Students are competitive...

People here study all the time...I've never been in such an intense atmosphere. It's not really competitive, per se, because people are always willing to help...it's just more of trying to do the most that you can, to the best possible ability level, to gain the most success. I personally haven't gotten very familiar with professors, but because I'm a freshman, most of my classes are larger (though not huge) intro level courses.

-Competitive but still supportive (support and help can be found easily from teachers and from fellow students). -What you make of it (you can make your life your homework or barely get by...it's up to you) -Professors welcome contact w/ students outside of class

Before I started looking at the school, I didn't realize that it had good academics. Students generally did well in high school, but they know there's more to college than studying. Professors may think we have intellectual conversations outside of class, but it's uncommon. Notre Dame has a lot more requirements than I thought before I came here, including two philosophy and two theology classes for all majors. Students aren't overly competitive - they're more likely to work together that compete against one another, maybe with the exception of the pre-meds. There's a really strong math program for anyone who wants to go to grad school for math. There's a very rigorous proofs-based track, but there's also a more typical track.

Students are competitive but willing to genuinely help each other. in smaller classes professors know your name, conversations/ help is available outside of class. My favorite classes have been philosophy with a certain grad student because he made it non-intimidating and relatable, and 2-D design again with a grad student for the same reason, Theology because it opened so many opposing views. The requirements seem legit. I think the education is geared towards getting a job, especially well-paying so you can donate back. AND cause it costs SO much, if you dont get a great job, what was all that money and work for really? you can make yourself learn anywhere.

challening and thought-provoking. Students are intellectual and competitive but still willing to help out anyone who is struggling. There are plenty of small classes were it is easy to get to know the professor and the professor gets to know you.

most of my classes have been about 30 people in size, the classes for my major are far more interesting than my requirements, participation is very common, tons of studying, but most of that studying pays off

Professors all know my name which I was surprised in many of the larger classes. My favorite class is a discussion group-- a dialogue between Catholics and Protestants. Students study much more here than at any other school I have visited. Academics are taken seriously and it is highly competitive over all. All of the professors I have had have welcomed appointments outside of class. They are very helpful and want to see you learn and do well. I think that many departments at ND are geared toward learning but there are also those majors that are just to get that dream job.

This school is very academically challenging. The professors really want to prepare you for your future, and most students are also very driven to achieve big things in their futures. A lot of freshmen intro classes are quite large, and the professors do not get to know the students individually, but once you start having more upper level classes, you are able to develop closer relationships with faculty. Notre adame is also very big on undergradates participating in research, which allows students to form close faculty connections. Education at Notre Dame is definitely geared towards getting a job or getting into grad school. However, this is more because of what the students want out of their education rather than what the professors may want. A lot of students also pursue double majors or have multiple minors because they are trying to create competitive resumes. Students do not compete against each other academically necessarily, but they do work very hard to create the best resume they can.

Classes are hard, but professors do care. And just cause it's a big school doesn't mean that classes will be big - My biggest class is 40 people and my smallest is 5, and I'm only a freshman! Professors are great - I've already been to a professor's house for dinner. The network of ND alumni is great for getting internships and jobs, and Notre Dame students are completely prepared for the real world no matter what their major is.

I have only been in one class larger than 30 students which make individual attention from professors easy to come by. I feel this has greatly added to my education.

Students study a lot here. Most people are very academically-focused. The students are competitive, but not mean about it.

Students are concerned with their grades but they're not competitive against other students. We do have intellectual conversations outside of class.

Professors here are great... I mean everybody has that one that they don't love, but for the most part all you hear are good things. Class size is usually on the small side, but there are some big first year classes. Students study a lot, but for the most part they keep it in perspective. The students here can be competitive, but it never turns ugly. Students are happy to help out one another, even if they want a better grade in the end. I have never heard of a situation when competition over grades has led to sabotage or something crazy like that. The students who are super competitive usually down-play it to save face. My major is Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. I love the language, it is amazing, and my professor is the best. She is always eager to help after class, and she puts together tons of cultural events. Education here is geared toward getting a job, but ND definitely pushes its students to look at the bigger picture. Service is really encouraged, and even though there is a focus on landing the great job, a good amount of students come out culturally aware.

I have been impressed with Notre Dame academics. They offer tons of help such as study sessions, office hours, and tutors. Professors want to know the students on a personal and academic level. Most students are serious about their studies and take the time to do their work well. Often the is a great amount of competition among students, especially in departments like the pre-med track. Students often meet with professors outside of class. They offer a variety of choices and encourage students to study what they enjoy. My favorite class is anthropology.

Education is usually geared toward learning for the sake of learning. Professors are hit or miss, the econ dept. sucks. I find the hardest part about ND is getting in, the classes are relatively easy.

The academics at Notre Dame are top notch. Once you complete your university requirements and you begin to take those classes required for your major, you escape from the very large lecture halls that are inevitable for the few classes that everyone has to take. Again, once you start taking the classes for your major, you move into classes of about 25-30 students and you realize that a lot of the people in your classes are also of your same major and you make friends with all of them. In addition, the professors for my major do know my name and i have had conversations with them a number of times outside of class. Often times, professors are given a certain amount of money for their class and they choose to use that money by either taking the class out to dinner or inviting them over for pizza and to watch a football game. All in all, it is a lot of fun and i honestly don't think that you could find that type of student-teacher relationship anywhere else.

Some professors know my name, some don't. I'm a freshman so I'm still in a lot of large classes. The academics are tough, but if you got in here you should be able to handle it.

Professors know their students' names in the College of Arts and Letters. My philosophy class taught by an atheist was amazing. Least favorite: a required class within my major Students study a lot. Class participation is common. Major: needs some improvement; needs more variety I have attended events outside of class with professors and have also been invited to their houses with the rest of the class for dinner. Academic requirements: the two theology requirements can be inconvenient College of Arts and Letters seems to focus on learning for its own sake.

Professors: Know my name and a little bit about me; some have us over for dinner. Favorite Class: The Reformation taught by a Catholic; he did a great job being "neutral"! Least Favorite: Physics II, yuck! Just really boring material & boring prof. Students Study: A lot. I mean, A LOT. Sometimes one weekends; never on football Saturdays. Class Participation: Happens in small classes (<30), never in large (>60) Intellectual Conversations: Happen outside of class often, when we're not talking sports. Students Here: Are fairly competitive, but more helpful for each other than anything nasty. Unique Class: Fiction Writing (as a chemistry major, it was outside my comfort zone); it was really fun! My Major/Department: Profs push the science majors toward Ph.D.s in their field,tons of undergrad research opportunities, not a lot of counseling or career planning help. Profs Outside Class: All have office hours for a few hours per week, sometimes we'll talk outside of class or have a meal together. Our Academic Requirements: Get tougher every year; good luck! I love them, it makes us better. Education @ ND: Is geared toward learning for its own sake in Arts & Letters and the sciences, but geared toward getting a job in Business and Engineering.

All of my professors in the past, except one, have known my name. My favorite class is Spanish, my professor is Hilarious! Students study hard, and study a lot. Class participation is very important here, except in freshman classes, usually. Some Notre Dame students have intellectual convos outside of class, but it isn't th enorm. Students are very competitive, but aren't out to get each other. I ahven't taken an unusually unique class, but i hope to take irish dancing next semester.

If you take the time to introduce yourselves to your professors and ask questions in class, they will appreciate that and take time to reach out to you. Classes can range from moderately tough to nearly impossible, and students' study habits range from obsessive to apathetic. You have some amazingly deep conversations with professors and with your own age group, and those are the conversations that stick in your head long after they finish.

Not only do most of my professors know my name, but they know where I am from, what my major is, what I am interested in and much more. Professors here really like to get personal with their students and talk outside of class and it's really nice because it completely changes the classroom experience and helps you get involved in every class because classes are more of a discussion rather than a lecture. My favorite class was probably IT Management because it was a pretty basic class and the professor made it really fun. Sometimes the projects were a bit tedious or repetitive but the skills applied to almost all of my classes and the projects applied to real-life scenarios which made it interesting and applicable to the job world. My least favorite class is probably Marketing because it is a little boring and repetitive and I have a hard time getting excited about it since there are no projects. Students here are competitive, but not so much that they aren't willing to help each other out. Professors encourage students to collaborate and work together and I think that is what really helps with the sense of community on campus. Students aren't afraid that if they help each other they will suffer, so it is very common for students to help each other out and study or work together. My major is accounting and the accounting department here is amazing. It is one of the top 5 programs nationally and all of the teachers that I have had in the accounting department so far have been extremely helpful and eager to stimulate our learning and get us excited for the business world. The requirements are reasonable but at the same time still challenging and rigorous. There is a lot of flexibility at Notre Dame and students can take classes that they are really interested in and plan their schedules according to their own needs and wants. Professors are constantly applying real life business cases to the curriculum and encouraging students to think about situations they might face in the working world and that makes me feel a lot more comfortable in terms of being ready for a real job.

The professors at Notre Dame are generally pretty awesome. They try to learn names most of the time, even if it's a really large class. They are always willing to listen and offer help if it's needed. Many times, boring topics are made a lot more interesting.

Yes, my professors know my name now that I'm in major classes. I hated my math and science requirements, there are alot of university requirements, but I love all my major classes. Students do ALOT of homework here. Definitely more than a state school. Yes class participation is common.

Most professors did not know my name, but they were always available for questions or comments. Favorite class was sports psychology. Students study a lot compared to other colleges, but it is commonplace at ND. ND tries to educate students for the real world, whatever that may be to that particular student.

All my professors know my name. The all also have a great relationships with us students. Most are Priests or just professors. There always willing to give help to students. My favorite classes have been in international relations. My least favorite have been classes about the Catholic Faith or religious doninated classes that are manditory for student's to take. The religious classes really don't have any meaning because most are based on old traditions that many people of the public don't follow. It's more a mainstream conservative university but it depends of what you take for classes. We student's study more then we sometimes see one another. It's a very hard, challenging university. The student's are competive only when there applying for financial aid or jobs at the university. Jobs and aid are the hardest to find. The two unique classes I ever took. First was This History of Football. It was an elective in general eduacation. This class the university brought in celebrities to teach students. There was one day when Charlie Weis taught our class about Notre dame football. The second best class was in international relations, it varried though I cannot remember the section number. But celebrities from outside politics would come in and lecture students. For example King Hussian visited from Jordan and spoke to our class. Notre Dame's academic requirements are a mess. ITS THE WORST EVER I THINK IN OUR COUNTRY. As far as what they require. There are some student's that are not accepted if they didn't take calculus. The university of Notre Dame also strives to be one of public service. They require students to help the commmuity outside of school. This year I was sent to a community to help with Tornado Relief. But the requrements, I think are much toughter then Harvard. Harvard University tends to be very liberal for studies. My major is political science and I spend nearly a ton of time with my professors outside of class. They have 100 percent, open office hours. They also quickly respond to student's emails to help them study. The school is very accessable as far as student's to faculty ratio. Notre Dame is not really geared towards jobs. It is more for student's that want a moral Catholic education and want public service option. Father Jenkin the President of Notre dame says, that Notre Dame strives for excellence both in academics and public service. This has been a tradition". Learning for it's sake is an understatement because every faculty loves it's students. They take care of you. They also bring you for midterms free lunch, dinner sometimes at there homes, they love you!

Some Professors are great, some really suck. Unfortunately since the University is trying to be a big research school, they tend to hire Prof's for their research output as opposed to their actual teaching skills. Thus it is not uncommon to end up with a prof who literally invented the latest theory of physics but couldnt teach it to Einstein.

Almost all my professors know my name because most classes are under thirty kids. I had one last semester with 8 kids and one this semester with 7. My least favorite classes were the math and science ones we had to take as part of the first year of studies program. They make everyone take a pretty extensive list of core classes which can be annoying and unpleasant. Generally people do study a lot. Class participation depends on your professor. In the college of arts and letters most classes have a pretty big discussion aspect which is nice. Even in big intro classes, most of my professors encouraged questions during lectures. I guess we do sometimes have intellectual conversations outside of class especially because everyone hads to take the same theology and philosophy classes freshman year, so were all learning the same concepts. I actually don't think people are THAT competitive. People may try and compare test grades, but I've heard stories of other schools where kids will rip important pages out of library books, so other kids in the class can't use them. Nothing like that would ever happen here. The most unique "class" I've had was a week long immersion service project in the Appalachian region. It's a one credit course in which participants go to some lectures before and after the trip and write a few short papers, but the mainpoint is the week in Appalachia with a small group of other kids doing service. It was really fun, and really got me to think outside the ND bubble. Anthro is literally the best major on campus! I'm not kidding. The classes are really easy, the dept. has awesome professors, and most of the kids are really laid back and cool. They also have internships at the Smithsonian and the Field Museum and a ton of field work and research opportunities specifically for undergrads. The only thing that's bad about the academic requirments is the required classes in he first year f studies program. I hate math with a burning passion, and even though I could take easy math classes, I still had to take them which sucked. I also hate philosophy a lot and we have to take two philo classes to graduate.

I have been in maybe two classes thus far where a professor hasn't known my name. Even in big lectures with 100 students, professors make a constant effort to get to know each and every student. The learning environment is anything but competitive- everyone wants to succeed, but not at the cost of another student. I'm an Accountancy major with a supplemental major in Spanish. I'm not boring, nor are the other kids who are in my major. Even the accounting professors are awesome- I don't have a single bad thing to say about them. Not only is this an awesome place that emits an atmosphere of learning, but ND is one school that has an INCREDIBLE alumni network. No matter you're field, there is almost guaranteed to be an alumni who can help get you a job.

Academics are very important to Notre Dame students. Most of them were in the top 5{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of their graduating classes, so they come here to find a very competitive atmosphere. All ND students, regardless of major, are required to take 2 Philosophy and 2 Theology courses, which can be frustrating if you find these subjects uninteresting. Additionally, all freshmen must take a Physical Education course, which is, frankly, an incredible waste of time. As an Arts & Letters major ("arts & leisures"), the classes are very small (10-15 students), and the professors are very attentive. I am an English and French double major, so the course load consists of heavy reading and writing. The Engineering and Architecture programs are very strong here, so these students have the most intense course loads. Business majors, or students who are scared of being homeless after school and thus cannot pursue their favorite subjects, have only a roughly heavier course-load than A&L majors. Most A&L majors plan on going to graduate or law school.