There are very many reasons for me to get excited about Notre Dame, but I will try to limit my examples to fit the word requirements. My desire to go to Notre Dame and the excitement that surrounds potentially going there started at a young age. Notre Dame is the only big time, Division I university that is not three hours or more from my house so naturally I grew up being a big fan of the college. I always loved it when my family would occasionally attend the basketball and football games which made me appreciate Notre Dame even more because I loved the atmosphere and the excitement of the games. Now that I am older, I have looked into other reasons that get me excited about attending Notre Dame. The university's location near South Bend means
