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Observer Staff Report | Monday, June 22, 2020
Notre Dame announced in a press release Friday that first-year and transfer students will not be required to submit standardized test scores during the 2020-2021 application period. The change is part of a one-year pilot program for admissions that the University has been considering for years, according to associate vice president of enrollment Don Bishop.
Serena Zacharias | Monday, April 6, 2020
After receiving 21,270 applicants, Notre Dame’s admissions department invited 3,507 students to join the Notre Dame community in the 2019-2020 application round –– a 100-student increase from last year due to expected declines in yield because of the current pandemic, associate vice president of undergraduate enrollment Don Bishop said. The University hopes to enroll 2,050
Tom Naatz | Friday, August 30, 2019
Outgoing director of admissions Bob Mundy marked his last day on the job Friday after nine years on the job. After taking on a role with the University admissions office in 1983, the 1976 Notre Dame alumnus is retiring after 36 years of service. Though he spent the majority of his working life at Notre
Tom Naatz | Friday, August 23, 2019
In the past year, more than 22,000 high school students have submitted an application to join the Notre Dame class of 2023. At the end of a long process of discernment by the Office of Admissions, 3,515 of those students were admitted to the University. Of that group, about 2,055 accepted Notre Dame’s offer of
Thomas Murphy | Friday, August 23, 2019
This Welcome Weekend, Notre Dame’s transfer tradition is continued as 196 transfers arrive to begin their first year at the University. Among their predecessors are University President Fr. John Jenkins, University Provost Thomas Burish and Rudy. Beginning with Thursday night’s Welcome Mass and Dinner with Jenkins, a flurry of events awaits the transfers. Transfer Welcome
Jackie Navarro | Friday, April 26, 2019
Unlike the students involved in the recent nationwide college admissions scandal, the first-generation, low-income and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students of Holy Cross said they received little to no assistance when it was time for them to begin applying to colleges and universities. The official Holy Cross website states 32% of the College’s student body
Mariah Rush | Tuesday, April 2, 2019
As a continuation of their financial transparency series, student government organized “Casual Conversations with Shannon and Lou,” where vice president of University Relations Lou Nanni and vice president for finance Shannon Cullinan delivered a presentation breaking down how the University allocates its funds in Carey Auditorium Monday evening. The event was an effort to continue
Nicole White | Monday, March 25, 2019
Each year, a select number of high school seniors who apply to Notre Dame are neither accepted, rejected nor added to the University’s wait list. Instead, they are offered the opportunity to participate in the Gateway Program. Former Gateway student, junior Harrison Kranz said he had never heard of the program until he was offered
Natalie Weber | Friday, August 17, 2018
With the class of 2022, Notre Dame has seen its highest yield rate since 2002, in the pre-Common Application days: of the 3,608 students admitted, 2,070 will enroll this fall, associate vice president of student enrollment Don Bishop said. The incoming first-year class will be about 20 students larger than previous years, an increase Bishop
Cristina Interiano | Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Dear Miso, As you are finishing your college application process and polishing the Notre Dame application supplements, I want to give you some advice for the completely new stage of your life you are entering; different not only because you will probably end up hundreds of miles away from our Salvadoran home, especially if you end