"Help!! I want to go to Notre Dame!"

DaemonSeid · #1 03-17-2009, 06:16 PM

Talk about pressed...

What do you all think??

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Now...ummm why doesn't she just apply for some scholarships?

Is there something I am not seeing that is keeping her from going???

knight_shadow · #2 03-17-2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Talk about pressed...

What do you all think??

link

Now...ummm why doesn't she just apply for some scholarships?

Is there something I am not seeing that is keeping her from going???

Hmm. In the time it took her to set all that up, she could have hit up the FAFSA or Fastweb.

I guess since everyone else is pimping themselves out for donations (octo-mom, the girl selling her virginity, etc.), she's doing it too...

DaemonSeid · #3 03-17-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Hmm. In the time it took her to set all that up, she could have hit up the FAFSA or Fastweb.

I guess since everyone else is pimping themselves out for donations (octo-mom, the girl selling her virginity, etc.), she's doing it too...

Well if she sells her virginity, has eight kids and refers herself to Dr. Phil, she can go for free...

She should be selling shares of her future earnings once she graduates.

AOII Angel · #4 03-17-2009, 06:31 PM

There are these things called loans....

AGDee · #5 03-17-2009, 06:33 PM

If the girl gets people to just give her money that way, then so be it! It doesn't hurt to ask, right? If people are dumb enough to donate, that's their problem.

KSigkid · #6 03-18-2009, 08:42 AM

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This thread is really, really weird to me - just way off-kilter, almost to the point of being petty.

The notion of this being "tacky" and that she should go into debt "like everyone else" is laughably silly - seriously, like debt is a right of passage into the 'hallowed' 2nd-tier halls of ND? Come on - if she can swing a load of cash from strangers, more power to her. If she can get wealthy alumni to want to share their experience with her via dollar signs, well, happy whoring.

We don't get pissed at kids who stump for money to go to camp - we're not like "have your parents take out a 2nd mortgage like everyone else!" She's not selling crappy Christmas wreathes, but so f-ing what?

She has the option of going into debt, or seeking alternative payment . . . such as being awkward on the Internet. It likely won't work, but what's the real opportunity cost of trying? It might besmirch her non-existent reputation? She might have to pay money to scrub archive.org before she applies for those high-finance jobs she likely won't get? The risk/reward balance is tilted way toward 'reward' here if there's even a 1% chance of defraying the cost of school.

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Originally Posted by AGDee

If the girl gets people to just give her money that way, then so be it! It doesn't hurt to ask, right? If people are dumb enough to donate, that's their problem.

Agreed; I really don't have a problem with this.

MysticCat · #7 03-18-2009, 08:56 AM

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I really don't have a problem with this.

Not that I would donate and not that I think she has presented herself all that well, but in concept, I agree that I really don't have a problem with this.

Well . . . except for the fact that she's going through all of this to go to Notre Dame. Why, for the love of all that is holy, Notre Dame?

KSigkid · #8 03-18-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Not that I would donate and not that I think she has presented herself all that well, but in concept, I agree that I really don't have a problem with this.

Well . . . except for the fact that she's going through all of this to go to Notre Dame. Why, for the love of all that is holy, Notre Dame?

Some people get fixated on a school from an early age. I had a friend who wanted to go to Ohio State, his whole life wanted to go to Ohio State. When it came time to apply for colleges, Ohio State was his only choice (even though he had other options). At the end of the day he went to Ohio State and was thrilled.

Notre Dame is a good school, so if she ends up there, she'll at least end up with a good degree out of her obsession.

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I am curious to find out what will she do if she makes it in and doesn't succeed.

Internet begging is not a healthy way to get money to pay 'much wanted' services.

Succeed in what way? Not do well for grades? End up hating the school?

At the end of the day she could frame it in such a way that she never would have gotten the chance to go, but for the site, and even if it was unsuccessful, at least she got the opportunity.

honeychile · #9 03-18-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Not that I would donate and not that I think she has presented herself all that well, but in concept, I agree that I really don't have a problem with this.

Well . . . except for the fact that she's going through all of this to go to Notre Dame. Why, for the love of all that is holy, Notre Dame?

I'm with MysticCat - I'm more disturbed that she'd go to this length for Notre Dame than anything else. There's not even a greek system there!

RU OX Alum · #10 03-17-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

There are these things called loans....

I was about to say...

agzg · #11 03-17-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

There are these things called loans....

There have been some problems with student loans lately - live-in had a friend whose loans fell through for the semester and he had to pull out of school.

Stafford loans are having real problems.

AOII Angel · #12 03-17-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

There have been some problems with student loans lately - live-in had a friend whose loans fell through for the semester and he had to pull out of school.

Stafford loans are having real problems.

There are some reports of difficulties with loans, but from what I've heard on NPR, students are supposed to be able to still get loans pretty easily.

UofISigKap · #13 03-17-2009, 06:40 PM

In the newspaper article link it says, "She estimates her costs to attend Notre Dame will be $46,000 per year. She said she's applied for at least 10 scholarships and is waiting to hear if she will receive any of them." She also said, "if she ends up attending U-M rather than Notre Dame, she will return all checks sent to her to attend Notre Dame. Notre Dame is considerably more expensive than U-M."

There definitely was some bashing of her application essay on there too. Did I miss the peers = piers error?

ETA: "It was so much fun to sing with my piers and special needs children, while making the people at the nursing home happy."

PM_Mama00 · #14 03-17-2009, 07:35 PM

Why doesn't she just do what Rudy did?

Rudy. Rudy. Rudy. Rudy.

(or just go to the best school in the Big 10 division... GO BLUE!)

knight_shadow · #15 03-17-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Why doesn't she just do what Rudy did?

Rudy. Rudy. Rudy. Rudy.

(or just go to the best school in the Big 10 division... GO BLUE!)

I nominate this for GC quote of the year.