Comparing top Catholic Universities

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to think Georgetown is the better school; this is especially true when thinking about the entire university (most grad schools at Georgetown are better). Notre Dame has a far larger endowment and better physical facilities though.
It is great that the kids of Georgetown and Notre Dame grads can think about getting a fair shake at Harvard or Yale without any worry. Plenty of Catholics on the East Coast went to Georgetown because it was the best Catholic school in the region after being totally shut out at those schools.

I went to Georgetown for grad school. I am not Catholic or religious but respected the traditions at the school.

I am from the Midwest and find Notre Dame to be unique. What one thinks of the positives or negatives is subject to debate but it is an incredibly well respected place. I took my Ivy League educated spouse who is not the least bit interested in sports to a Notre Dame game with another couple, with brunch at the nicest place in the area before hand, and she enjoyed it tremendously. In Chicago, the prestigious beat sports writer gig is following Notre Dame (yes, the Bears are desirable too), a reflection of how unique Notre Dame is.

Ironically in my sport (I went on scholarship to another school) both Georgetown and Notre Dame are top ten. So recruited athletes in the sport really have to determine the best fit for them. I practiced at times with the team in grad school and Georgetown's facilities were not so great. The coach and the guys were great though and similar to my undergrad team - all good students and interesting. On the other hand, I know what lake effect winters are like in South Bend. It is really a choice of what feels right for the student. If Georgetown or Notre Dame are your choices, well, that is a great circumstance.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).

How about naming ONE of these many metrics?

They can't. They never can.

They think Georgetown is the best because it is the least Catholic LOL

how is Georgetown less Catholic than BC? Almost every Jesuit University in the country Requires a FY seminar on Jesuit values, then two philosophy and two Theology classes including Georgetown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame historically served the same purpose as a flagship school like Howard, to provide an excellent education for a specific group of kids that were not welcome at the other notable universities.

Their mission first and foremost is to provide a Catholic centered education.

If you want a top school that focuses on diversity, apply somewhere else. Your kid has plenty of non-Catholic options, and also the "catholic" lite option of Georgetown.

Notre Dame should never sacrifice its Catholic identity to satisfy some box checkers. We have Georgetown for that role.

Why is Georgetown always considered “Less Catholic” when they require the same amount of Philosophy and Theology to graduate as all the other schools? Including an Ignatius Fy seminar?

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I think it has more to do with how observant the student body is reputed to be. Many of think of Georgetown as a more secular student body than Notre Dame. I have no idea if true or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame historically served the same purpose as a flagship school like Howard, to provide an excellent education for a specific group of kids that were not welcome at the other notable universities.

Their mission first and foremost is to provide a Catholic centered education.

If you want a top school that focuses on diversity, apply somewhere else. Your kid has plenty of non-Catholic options, and also the "catholic" lite option of Georgetown.

Notre Dame should never sacrifice its Catholic identity to satisfy some box checkers. We have Georgetown for that role.

Why is Georgetown always considered “Less Catholic” when they require the same amount of Philosophy and Theology to graduate as all the other schools? Including an Ignatius Fy seminar?

Why did you reactivate an old thread?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it has more to do with how observant the student body is reputed to be. Many of think of Georgetown as a more secular student body than Notre Dame. I have no idea if true or not.

Neither do any of the people who post that with confidence.

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Anonymous wrote:it was fully renovated in 2019-2020 and holds 253 students.

https://residentiallife.nd.edu/undergraduate/halls/dillon-hall/

it actually has fewer rooms now, a few more bathrooms. so fewer kids.

I dont know chapel capacity, but 40 sounds right to me. tops.

so .. nope to you.

Once again, Nope.

The chapel in Dillon seats about 200 students and the Milkshake Mass has standing room only. There goes your credibility.

Where's the person who said hardly anyone goes to mass...doesn't look that way here. Maybe it's the milkshakes?

So, Dillon is a men's dorm ... see all the girls there ... It's not always about the Mass.