Mich. teen turns to Web for help getting into Notre Dame

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A high school senior from Michigan who wants to attend the University of Notre Dame has turned to the Internet for financial help.

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Harris spells out her case at her Web site IWantToGoToNotreDame.com.

She says she has applied for admission to the school and expects to be accepted.

Harris says she carries a 3.97 grade-point average and is ranked 10th in her class at Reeths-Puffer High School in Muskegon County's Muskegon Township.

She says she has been accepted to the University of Michigan but hopes to raise enough money from donations through the site to attend the more expensive Notre Dame.

Harris plans to pursue a degree in biomolecular engineering and then attend medical school to become a pediatric endocrinologist.