US News and World Report

One of the cornerstones of an education in the Catholic Ivy League is that all claims must be backed up by proof- so to validate my prior post, refer to the US News & World Report college rankings 2011.

To summarize, Notre Dame is a respectable #19, closely followed by Georgetown at #21, and #31 Boston College. Fordham is represented at #56 on the National University Rankings.

Find Villanova ranked #1 on the Regional Universities (North) and Holy Cross holding #32 on the National Liberal Arts Rankings.

So, when someone says, "I'm going to Notre Dame" that means "Yes, I was accepted to all the other CIL schools, but I love football, my first trip to Indiana was to an ND football game when I was 7 with my uncle's cousin's nephew, but who cares, I'm ready to party."

"I'm going to Georgetown" means "I may or may not have wanted to go to Notre Dame, but I'm more 'refined' and I want to be in a city. I'm also ready to party, and Boston's too cold."

"I'm going to Boston College" means "Ugh, I really tried for ND and G'town, but it didn't work out. I guess Boston's cool, I'm REALLY ready to party, where's the keg already?"

"I'm going to Fordham" means "I may have applied to the Big Three, maybe not. I went to Catholic high school and this seemed like a good choice. And New York? Can't beat it!" note: this person did not see Fordham Road on his or her campus tour

"I'm going to Holy Cross" means "I worked really hard in high school, but Georgetown, ND and BC only took three kids from my high school class. Oh well, Worcester is kinda near Boston, right? Where's the keg?"

"I'm going to Villanova" means "Yep, had my heart set on Georgetown."

Until next time, raise your glass and say a prayer to St. Claire