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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
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
Kelli Smith | Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Notre Dame has officially opened its doors to the class of 2022 after admitting a total of 3,586 students out of a record-breaking 20,370 applications. As this is the first year the University has received over 20,000 applications, associate vice president of undergraduate enrollment Don Bishop said Notre Dame has succeeded in increasing the level of interest
Selena Ponio | Friday, August 18, 2017
As the school year begins, 2,052 new faces will be welcomed as Notre Dame’s newest students on campus, comprising the graduating class of 2021. These students were chosen from a pool of 19,566 applicants — a record number for the University — among a group of 3,702 potential students admitted, for a final admissions rate of
Courtney Becker | Monday, May 1, 2017
Decision day has arrived for the 3,600 potential students admitted into the Notre Dame class of 2021. This year’s pool of 19,565 applicants — a new record for the University — allowed the admissions office to continue its trend of focusing on the whole applicant rather than one aspect of an application, such as test scores
Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, August 20, 2015
Representing 112 countries and 6,340 different high schools, the Notre Dame class of 2019 applicant pool set the record for most applications ever received for one class. “This incoming class continues the trend of being more global and diverse than any previous year,” Don Bishop, associate vice president of undergraduate enrollment, said. “Thirty-two percent of