University of Notre Dame
- Campus Strictness

Parietals, NDSP, Aka PARTYYYY!!... Til 2 Am of Course

One of the only schools to have campus wide parietals starting at midnight during the week, and at 2am on weekends (Friday and Saturday night). What does this mean? Boys, leave the girl dorms and girls, leave the boys'. This is great when you need to study/sleep/need-that-awkward-guy-to-leave, however, it's a bit upsetting where you are in the middle of a raging party and 2am rolls by. Also, dorm parties can be busted by the campus police (NDSP) and reslifes (strikes against you) can be handed out if you're found with alcohol. Don't worry though, dorm parties are overrated.

Controlled but Reasonable

Notre Dame strikes a perfect balance between enforcing regulations and letting students have fun. While there is supposedly zero tolerance for drugs and parietals are strictly enforced, most students (myself included) don't mind. Most of us frown upon drug use anyway and like how parietals quiet down the dorms to allow everyone to sleep. (This is especially important in men's dorms where all of the parties are.) The alcohol policy, however, is quite lenient. The consequences of breaking the rules are fairly minor and are not always enforced. Parties can be held in men's dorms as long as they aren't out of control and no one is in danger of being hurt. In summary, be safe and relatively discreet and you should be fine. One final thing to note is that the RAs are more like friends/mentors than authority figures. While they do what is necessary to keep the students safe, they are considered friends by almost all of the students.

Res-Life BS

Notre Dame allows some great Dorm parties for the younger crowd, and I enjoy the single-gender dorm set-up. Parietals (No-one of the opposite sex allowed in your room from 12AM-9AM weekdays, 2AM-9AM Weekends) are strictly enforced and I find this rule to be over the top.