Catholic universities best suited for a kid like mine?

[Anonymous]

I have a similar daughter. Our first choices are ND and BC. Also looking at Holy Cross, Dayton, Marquette, St. Louis and Creighton.

[Anonymous]

Add Duquesne in Pittsburgh to her list.

[Anonymous]

Hillsdale
Creighton
Fairfield

If interested in Liberal Arts school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman at a large, secular, public school. He is member of the Newman community there and spends multiple days a week at the house. They have meals together, play sports together, do Bible study etc. You do not have to go to a Catholic School to find your people and will be disappointed to find out how not Catholic some of them actually are.

+1

In addition to Catholic universities, I'd also suggest considering secular schools with a strong Catholic community as a second option.

[Anonymous]

To answer your question on social fit, everyone will have a story on how their similar personality student had a great time / was unhappy and transferred across all of these Catholic Schools.
If your daughter is in the mix for Notre Dame and feels it checks the boxes in a lot of different spaces, I would think about the following schools for Reaches, Targets and Safeties (some not Catholic - but felt the culture of the school might work)
Reaches - BC, Davidson, Rice
Target - Holy Cross, Case Western
Safety - Loyola, Providence (Honors College), St. Olaf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale
Creighton
Fairfield

If interested in Liberal Arts school

Hillsdale isn’t Catholic and Creighton isn’t a liberal arts school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer your question on social fit, everyone will have a story on how their similar personality student had a great time / was unhappy and transferred across all of these Catholic Schools.
If your daughter is in the mix for Notre Dame and feels it checks the boxes in a lot of different spaces, I would think about the following schools for Reaches, Targets and Safeties (some not Catholic - but felt the culture of the school might work)
Reaches - BC, Davidson, Rice
Target - Holy Cross, Case Western
Safety - Loyola, Providence (Honors College), St. Olaf

Rice and Notre Dame could not possibly be any more different. Where do you people come from?

[Anonymous]

Dayton would be a great safety for a high stats kid. It’s a great school and community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale
Creighton
Fairfield

If interested in Liberal Arts school

Hillsdale is not Catholic

[Anonymous]

She’d be great at BC. Despite the other thread BC is not a party school the way Tulane is. It’s a social service minded smart kid wealthy school. If that’s your kid she will be great there. And then if a safety is needed Holy Cross is a baby BC however Worcester kinda sucks. Good luck with ND!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’d be great at BC. Despite the other thread BC is not a party school the way Tulane is. It’s a social service minded smart kid wealthy school. If that’s your kid she will be great there. And then if a safety is needed Holy Cross is a baby BC however Worcester kinda sucks. Good luck with ND!

HC has an acceptance rate of 18% for class of 2028. It is not safety school for most people especially OP's daughter.

[Anonymous]

UCSF is on the western side of SF which is really nice. Not a party school at all.

[Anonymous]

Marist

[Anonymous]

University of Scranton and Catholic

[Anonymous]

University of San Diego