Thinking back on it, I recall hearing that Notre Dame perhaps had one of the lowest acceptance rates, and was trying to establish its reputation that way, and I guess I took some unsupported leaps from there. Otherwise perhaps my professor was speaking about their patristics program, not their classics program.
Regardless, thank you for the help.
I am exceptionally new to the whole world of grad programs, and am finding this forum quite helpful, so thank you to all of the contributors. I was wondering however, why has no one mentioned the program at Notre Dame? I was under the impression that it was easily one of the most respected programs in the country, but perhaps I simply heard wrong?