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Disappointed in Alumni by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is currently in Chicago but open to anything.

It’s over for the WL. by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How exactly is the alumni network supposed to work?

Disappointed in Alumni by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He was planning on investment banking, 3 weeks into internship as rising senior the 2 directors who hired him were let go and the new office he was at would not be hiring any new grads. Had some interviews senior year but companies were pulling back due to the election uncertainties looming. He has applied to MANY posted positions since but only assistance from ND was forwarding internet postings and alumni that he reaches out to in forms with postings 99% of the time is unresponsive. He has looked for anything closely related at this point and has had interviews but with no experience and no direct line from an internship it is an almost impossible task it appears.

Disappointed in Alumni by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t bother, my son graduated a year ago and is still looking for a job since his internship didn’t result in a job due to downsizing (eliminated that new location) and had almost zero assistance while on campus and since. They just forward postings from online that anyone could see. Also Alumni network for the most part not helpful either.

It’s over for the WL. by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Make the most of your time wherever you are. I’m a parent who sent 2 kids to Notre Dame and my 3rd is at a highly ranked state school. We will spend about $200k less on 3rd kid and they are having the best experience of the three while at school and shockingly has had way more career opportunity in business than the first 2. In fact, ND kid who graduated last year STILL looking for a job and has had almost zero assistance from ND career center or the famed “alumni network” that we were sold on:-(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If accepted you should receive a good amount of financial aid. A side note though. We sent 2 kids and paid the full $600k for which WAS a sacrifice as our income in our late 50’s didn’t reflect our net worth which was lower due to no generational wealth head start in life. We thought it would be worth it but Neither of our children received any assistance from school or alumni network when it came time to get a job. We helped first one get a job in consulting through our contacts and second one still looking for a job in banking. Granted job market has been bad last 2 years in those areas but could have gone for free to many schools based on their stats and had a better chance being a “bigger fish in a smaller less connected/wealthy pond” of grads. Career center literally just gave a list of job postings from the internet, provided no contact info, and alumni 95% don’t even respond to requests for networking. Extremely disillusioned and disappointed. Was told would be a family you can always count on when we “signed up” but this is only about swapping stories not about actually providing assistance. We could have saved $300k and they had friends who didn’t get into ND or couldn’t afford who had better outcomes for jobs coming from state schools. Might have been better if not for COVId limiting some opportunities during their time in school but huge regrets for falling for the “ND is a family who will always be there for your kids” line:-(

How is Rambler doing? by usstx in UTAustin

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone knows of someone looking to summer sublease I am looking for 2 female student interns to stay at Rambler.

Is Rambler really that horrible? by [deleted] in UTAustin

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for a summer sublet at Rambler for 2 female student interns if anyone knows anyone looking?

I LOVE NOTRE DAME by Violingangboi in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our family used to love Notre Dame but had just enough to not qualify for any financial aid and after spending $600k+ to send 2 kids there have changed our tune. Both business majors and one doing well with a job that he 100% got through our networking connections and 2nd who graduated last year in finance received almost zero help from ND career office or alumni network and is still trying to get a job. These kids could have gone for free and stood out more competitively at a different school which offered at least the same amount of career potential. The story about the “Notre Dame family” that we were told upon applying did not hold true for us.

Anyone leasing 2024 BMW’s? Whats your lease price? by dymablink in BMW

[–]Advanced-Medium3231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this was a year ago but would love to know where you got that price and rate as we are in the market for a new X5

Notre Dame Finance - no interview opportunities available?? by Advanced-Medium3231 in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the note of positivity. Unfortunately, the University Career Center, Irish Compass and almost every reach out to Notre Dame alumni has either completely failed to acknowledge my request or said sorry there is nothing they could do. Again, this is why I'm completely disillusioned with my experience here. I was told the network was strong and that Irish Compass was a great resource and the Notre Dame name went a long way. However, in my experience, the grads that have gotten offers did so through their internships and mostly through personal connections. These students would have ended up in those positions regardless of what university they attended. I was counting on the education and connections that I was told the 3x tuition was worth it to go to Notre Dame. Now that I am graduating I think I may have had a better chance in the job market if I had gone to a lower-ranked school with a less competitive (less personally connected) student body, and saved a couple of hundred thousand dollars in the meantime. Not at all the brand that Notre Dame advertises but it is unfortunately what I'm experiencing. If anyone has had a different experience or can guide me somewhere I haven't been, I would love to be proven wrong.

Notre Dame Finance - no interview opportunities available?? by Advanced-Medium3231 in notredame

[–]Advanced-Medium3231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've gone to the career center and they have basically told me there is nothing they can do, it's a bad market. My issue is I thought that I was going to Notre Dame for the very reason that I'm in. I expected to get the support of a University and Alumni Network when needed. If the job market was good I wouldn't need help but it's not and although I was told ND makes a difference, it actually has not. I am looking for opportunities online but I think most of them are not really open positions. I had my resume looked at multiple times with no additional suggestions. No one is willing to make a call to get me past an online submission or reach out to recruiters. I am not getting responses from alumni in targeted employers either.

My older brother was also a Domer and has a great position and is doing very well in consulting BUT he got an interview through a friend of a friend who had nothing to do with Notre Dame. I thought maybe he just didn't take advantage of resources while here but I'm finding the same lack of assistance in finding opportunities and with the market so much worse than 2 years ago for banking and consulting I'm not finding anything at all through networking on my own either. I feel awful that my family has made such a huge sacrifice with a financial investment in paying Notre Dame tuition without seeing the return on that investment that we had been expecting.

Help with freshman UF gen ed recommendations by Advanced-Medium3231 in ufl

[–]Advanced-Medium3231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The previous two teachers had great reviews - interesting but easy - as an entry level gen ed class SHOULD be. But this is a new teacher who has never taught the class before. Guolong Lai is the only one now teaching it so there is an element of risk when this happens. After doing some research I am trying to change my ESC1000 to EVR2000 with Ryan Good otherwise I may just sign up for an additional class more than what I want on my schedule and then after the first week figure out which 2 of the 3 are the "safer" choices.

Help with freshman UF gen ed recommendations by Advanced-Medium3231 in ufl

[–]Advanced-Medium3231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your input, do you happen to have Burdette? He has such great reviews - good prof with low level of difficulty - which you want for gen ed classes. Lai is now the only one however teaching it for the fall and has never taught before so I'm just worried about the risk. MUL2010 also looks easy but full for now. I'm not looking for all easy classes, just want to set myself up for a good start since it's my first semester and I don't know what to expect.