Well folks, I am applying to transfer to Notre Dame. I considered throwing an application at Minnesota as well but I'm a bit reluctant to get to close to Minneapolis. I think the likelihood of success here is pretty low, but it never hurts to try. I was able to get one very highly respected member of our faculty to give me a letter of recommendation and snagged another solid one as well.
One thing I'm really curious about is what kind of weight they are putting on grades. We only had two grades from the first semester and I was right at the 1L mean. Most schools including mine went to P/F second semester because of the 'Rona so I'm curious how schools will be reviewing transfer applications as a result. They won't really have a very good view of applicants in terms of academic performance.
I'm pretty sure the only way I can get in is by nailing the personal statement, hoping they are impressed with the letters of recommendation, and that they are more than happy to take a large sum of money from me via full tuition for two years. It probably doesn't hurt that I have a pretty good internship for the summer.
Either way, I'm fine. I'm in a pretty good situation where I'm at, but Notre Dame is A.) Notre Dame and B.) is in the heart of the geographic region I want to end up. Light a candle for your boy NoDak.
