January 9th, 2012 at 8:54 AM ^
Interesting thought. I went to high school in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and they have 2 Catholic high schools. One in particular, Bishop Dwenger, seems to feed into Notre Dame quite well. I didn't know whether it was the Catholic connection, but I suppose the geographic connection would be justified, more so than Nashville or New Jersey, I suppose.
They've produced the likes of John Goodman (2008), Tyler Eifert (2009), and Tony Springman (2011, although I honestly havent heard mention of him).
January 9th, 2012 at 6:06 AM ^
For better or worse, people really believe in private schools. Quite often (say, in so-so neighborhoods / communities) this is justified. It's easy to see where a family from disadvantaged background would, based on the experience of their offspring at (say) Don Bosco, be enthusiastic about sending their child to Notre Dame. (This assumes at least some involvement of the parents in the process.)
Tell them that UMich is in the same ballpark academically (talking undergrad here)? No sell -- it's a public school and they already know the deal with those (lousy).
January 9th, 2012 at 9:09 AM ^
make a judgement of an entire schooling system based off one example in their crappy city, then ND can have them. It's like saying, this one (insert any adjective here) guy I met was an ass, so all (same adjective) people are asses. Period.
That's stupid.
January 9th, 2012 at 10:36 AM ^
Is he still visiting this weekend?