University of Notre Dame
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Chemical Engineering at Notre Dame

Notre Dame's engineering program is unique among the engineering programs with which I am familiar. The university has an overall focus for each student on the humanities, so engineers get a broad contextual education into which their specific discipline fits. As far as the program itself goes, the projects, assignments, and readings really focus on group work, environmental and economic responsibility, and product reliability. It is a fantastic program, and any suggestions students might have are taken into account due to the college's constant self-diagnosis and emphasis on improvement. I love being a Notre Dame engineer.

English: Arts and Letters Opportunities Abound

I'm an English major with an Italian supplementary major. Our small classes and heavy focus on writing skills ensure that you will be marketable. About 98% of Arts and Letters students get jobs or enter grad school right after graduation. If you want to apply for a $5000 grant to study at a language school in Europe for the summer, you can do that. There are so many opportunities to take advantage of.

What You Make of It

You're going to have to work hard, but if you're a dedicated student you should be able to get quality grades and go out as much as you'd like. More importantly, Notre Dame offers an incredible amount of opportunities, from study abroad to doing research. There is money available for every venture imaginable, one just needs to reach out and take advantage of what's offered. Though there are some professors that are research-oriented (you'll get this at any school), there are even more that will invite you over for dinners, e-mail and meet with you years after you have them for class, and become some of your most trusted friends and mentors for the rest of your life.