Seton Hall or Villanova
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Anonymous
| Has anyone visited both, and how do they compare? Looking for thoughts on how the two Catholic-based schools compare it is for an OOS student DMV. Not interested in Georgetown. How do those two compare such as is either more tight-knit, the academics, sports and activities, and dorms? |
Anonymous
| They really don't compare. Villanova is several tiers higher. The only reason not to choose it over Seton Hall is if you don't get in or can't afford it. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Villanova and Seton Hall are not peers in anyway, except perhaps for basketball. Villanova is several times more selective/ more national in scope. Seton Hall is a nice regional university. I believe (though my info may be out of date) that Seton Hall has many day students. |
Anonymous
+ 1 This. Seton Hall is largely a commuter school |
Anonymous
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Fall 2023 data
Middle 50 percentiles for SAT Villanova EBRW 690-740, math 710-770 with 25% reporting SAT, 11% reporting ACT Seton Hall EBRW 620-700, math 600-700, with 24% reporting SAT, 4% reporting ACT Acceptance rate Villanova 25% Seton Hall 79% USNews rank Sept 2024 Villanova #58 National Universities Seton Hall #165 National Universities |
Anonymous
| Does Seton Hall offer good merit scholarships? |
Anonymous
| Night and day. Fairfield U is perhaps in between. |
Anonymous
I can't find a current Common Data Set, but per College Navigator, Seton Hall offers aid to 100% of students. That has got to involve merit discounts. https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=seton+hall&s=all&id=186584#finaid Average aid 33k About a third of students are also Pell recipients, which is quite high |
Anonymous
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Of Catholic schools, my DS got accepted by all Catholic schools he applied to so far:
- Marquette - Dayton - Seton Hall - Catholic - Xavier All of these schools offered anywhere from $25k - $37k in merit aid. Many of them were applied to as safety schools because they waived application fees. He is still awaiting to hear from Villanova (which is a reach) I agree w/ those responses above that Villanova is not in the same league as Seton Hall. Not saying Seton Hall is not a good school, but it is just not in the same category as Villanova. |
Anonymous
Visited Villanova. Nice campus and location. More competitive for admissions versus Seton Hall, so keep that in mind. |
Anonymous
Good to know, definitely keeping it in mind. I’ve been around a lot of the greater Philly area, just haven’t visited the Villanova campus. |
Anonymous
OP here, this is what I read on another site. Definitely not wanting to go OOS for that, so thank you for confirming. |
Anonymous
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What they said!
They are completely different institutions. Seton Hall draws a lot of kids from the surrounding area -- which is Newark, NJ. In addition to the Catholic schools already mentioned, I'd encourage you to check out St. Joe's and Scranton. Very nice colleges that are generous with merit aid. |
Anonymous
It’s also right on the border of Newark. If you don’t grasp what that means, you should look into it. |