Catholic colleges for safeties?

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Loyola Chicago is very liberal and big on lots of social issues.

[Anonymous]

+1 for Creighton

Omaha is a great city and easy to fly into.

[Anonymous]

Fordham and Hofstra

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Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

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Catholic University in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

Are you asking OP?

Catholic universities = universities associated with Catholic orders. Some orders are known to be more conservative than others. Others are very liberal and social justice-oriented. See: the difference between Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.

This can influence the kind of students the school attracts. If you're a more liberal Catholic, you may bristle at a school with more traditional Catholic students, professors, and administration, and likewise. Some Catholic colleges don't allow condoms to be distributed on campus, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

As a general rule, Jesuit universities tend to be more liberal, while those more subject to the influence of the hierarchy (i.e., bishops) tend to be more conservative. That's a big generalization, but looking at the whole list of Jesuit universities is a good place to start. They are typically in cities, the result of a specific commitment of the Jesuits to urban education. Most have already been mentioned above, but here's a complete list and map: https://www.ajcunet.edu/institutions .

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Anonymous wrote:Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

Are you asking OP?

Catholic universities = universities associated with Catholic orders. Some orders are known to be more conservative than others. Others are very liberal and social justice-oriented. See: the difference between Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.

This can influence the kind of students the school attracts. If you're a more liberal Catholic, you may bristle at a school with more traditional Catholic students, professors, and administration, and likewise. Some Catholic colleges don't allow condoms to be distributed on campus, for example.

NP. I think the PP was asking specifically about Catholic University in Washington DC, which does tend to have a more conservative reputation than some of the other Catholic universities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

NP. I think the PP was asking specifically about Catholic University in Washington DC, which does tend to have a more conservative reputation than some of the other Catholic universities.

Good point! I'm the PP who mentioned the Jesuits. My experience of CUA is that it has a higher proportion of students who are training for the priesthood and/or are members of religious orders than any other Catholic college I've experienced in the US, and students, both lay/secular and seminarian/religious, tend to be all in on the party line on right-leaning Catholic politics. My experience of Jesuit colleges is that the more intellectual/free-thinking/less-orthodox commitments of the order can make these institutions welcoming to a wider range of faith-informed positions, and you are more likely to find significant numbers of students with left-leaning/social justice-y orientations, and faculty support for those students. Those are both broad generalizations, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Fordham and Hofstra

Hofstra isn't a Catholic college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you say more about Catholic U and what you mean by more conservative than the others? How does that translate with regards to the experience? Thanks.

NP. I think the PP was asking specifically about Catholic University in Washington DC, which does tend to have a more conservative reputation than some of the other Catholic universities.

Good point! I'm the PP who mentioned the Jesuits. My experience of CUA is that it has a higher proportion of students who are training for the priesthood and/or are members of religious orders than any other Catholic college I've experienced in the US, and students, both lay/secular and seminarian/religious, tend to be all in on the party line on right-leaning Catholic politics. My experience of Jesuit colleges is that the more intellectual/free-thinking/less-orthodox commitments of the order can make these institutions welcoming to a wider range of faith-informed positions, and you are more likely to find significant numbers of students with left-leaning/social justice-y orientations, and faculty support for those students. Those are both broad generalizations, of course.

Thank you, yes, I was thinking of Catholic University in DC.

[Anonymous]

Boston College was my kid's safety.

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For less conservative Catholic schools, the Jesuit ones are your best bet. Boston College is a good choice...my daughter went there..but you are right to look at safeties as it is increasingly competitive to get in. Georgetown is less conservative, but an even harder admit. Catholic University in DC is the only school somewhat tied to the Vatican, so, tho, probably the biggest safety, it is the least conservative.. May I ask, however, why you want Catholic? Villanova, Providence, Fairfield, Dayton...all good schools...none liberal. No Catholic school is Liberal really. They promote service and duty, but they also promote traditional values. So maybe save the Catholic school spots for those who truly value it and just go to your preferred liberal school.

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correction...Catholic is the most conservative under Vatican guidance.

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I went to Loyola in Baltimore and loved it. It was pretty liberal but the PPs are correct, none of them will be extremely liberal. My friend went to PC and it definitely seemed more conservative when I visited.