Do Catholic universities prefer catholic prep kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

[Anonymous]

Yes. Duh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

This can be demonstrated through essays. The fact a kid is educated in a Catholic HS makes it more likely he/she is practicing than one in a public school. My daughter participates in youth group in our church and does some volunteer work for Catholic organizations. This can all be listed on the common app.

[Anonymous]

ND grad. It definitely makes a difference. More than half my class was Catholic school kids. Also, ND is not Jesuit; it's Holy Cross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

This can be demonstrated through essays. The fact a kid is educated in a Catholic HS makes it more likely he/she is practicing than one in a public school. My daughter participates in youth group in our church and does some volunteer work for Catholic organizations. This can all be listed on the common app.

Going to Catholic HS is sufficient. My DS did and was admitted to a few Catholic colleges. He’s not Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

This can be demonstrated through essays. The fact a kid is educated in a Catholic HS makes it more likely he/she is practicing than one in a public school. My daughter participates in youth group in our church and does some volunteer work for Catholic organizations. This can all be listed on the common app.

Going to Catholic HS is sufficient. My DS did and was admitted to a few Catholic colleges. He’s not Catholic.

Maybe, but it certainly makes a difference in more selective colleges like Notre Dame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say certainly yes for Gonzaga to BC (or any other jesuit college). I haven't look closely at other scenarios.

+1. For one thing, Jesuit high school is a plus for Jesuit colleges. Kid should know what they are looking for, an interest in Jesuit educational values.

For another thing, Jesuit colleges have relationships with the high school counselors at Jesuit high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely. The Gonzaga-Jesuit colleges relationship also makes several great schools safeties, in the old fashioned sense of the word that they’re actual safeties.

I would agree for some colleges. I would not agree for the likes of BC, Georgetown, Villanova, which are as challenging admits as ever for admission from our Jesuit high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

This can be demonstrated through essays. The fact a kid is educated in a Catholic HS makes it more likely he/she is practicing than one in a public school. My daughter participates in youth group in our church and does some volunteer work for Catholic organizations. This can all be listed on the common app.

Going to Catholic HS is sufficient. My DS did and was admitted to a few Catholic colleges. He’s not Catholic.

Maybe, but it certainly makes a difference in more selective colleges like Notre Dame.

Perhaps but they don’t actually know if you are a practicing Catholic. He got into ND.

[Anonymous]

according to Naviance, we have about a 30% acceptance rate to BC and Georgetown from our HS.

which could mean they know and like our Jesuit HS, it's about the college's institutional priority, or the HS counselor knows who should apply.

I think ND likes Catholic HS, but they dont care if it's jesuit or not. They may be just as happy if it's not tbh. Our HS has far fewer kids applying to ND

[Anonymous]

FYI, not all Catholic universities are Jesuit. And some would say not all Jesuit universities are Catholic...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI, not all Catholic universities are Jesuit. And some would say not all Jesuit universities are Catholic...

Lol. That’s the way the Jesuits roll. I went to a Jesuit school and my son goes to the same one. It’s even more radical now then it was back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine if you are a practicing Catholic you would get preference. I’m pretty sure Quaker schools do this.

There is no way for a college to know whether or not a student is "practicing."

This can be demonstrated through essays. The fact a kid is educated in a Catholic HS makes it more likely he/she is practicing than one in a public school. My daughter participates in youth group in our church and does some volunteer work for Catholic organizations. This can all be listed on the common app.

Also through letters of recommendation from Catholic adult leaders. I hope that's enough. My DS has embraced his Catholicism recently, and he goes to public high school. I'm sure he is a more committed Catholic than the majority of Gonzaga grads; he's certainly more committed than most of the GZ students we know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, not all Catholic universities are Jesuit. And some would say not all Jesuit universities are Catholic...

Lol. That’s the way the Jesuits roll. I went to a Jesuit school and my son goes to the same one. It’s even more radical now then it was back then.

That’s what make them popular

[Anonymous]

I don’t think these colleges care if kid is practicing. Being Catholic culturally is enough. Plenty of kids drop off as a teen and that’s understandable