Notre Dame Research Paper

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Notre Dame is obviously one of the top academic universities in the whole nation of the United States. But there are other details that make it an attractive university for me. I have always been a sports fan, but I was never truly into NCAA sports. Well, five years ago I started watching March Madness and I was mostly interested in Duke's basketball team. Over the last two years I have been able to see Duke's games against Notre Dame and I can say that I suddenly fell in love with the schools basketball program and started rooting for them. This feeling was also shared with the schools football program. I have always wanted to attend a university that is at the top in both sports and academics and I believe that Notre Dame is one of the few

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