Tell us about Marquette University

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Most of the people I know who visited there either loved it or hated it

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Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

I live a few miles away from Marquette's campus. It's OK. Better than it was 15 years ago, yes, but I stand by my original post that it's still not a great neighborhood.

What's the neighborhood around Marquette? If I wanted to live within reasonable commuting distance to campus, but in a solidly safe area, where would that be?

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They got rid of rolling admissions

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Anonymous wrote:They got rid of rolling admissions

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

I live a few miles away from Marquette's campus. It's OK. Better than it was 15 years ago, yes, but I stand by my original post that it's still not a great neighborhood.

What's the neighborhood around Marquette? If I wanted to live within reasonable commuting distance to campus, but in a solidly safe area, where would that be?

are you applying for a job there or is this for a prospective student?

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Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

I live a few miles away from Marquette's campus. It's OK. Better than it was 15 years ago, yes, but I stand by my original post that it's still not a great neighborhood.

What's the neighborhood around Marquette? If I wanted to live within reasonable commuting distance to campus, but in a solidly safe area, where would that be?

are you applying for a job there or is this for a prospective student?

Graduate student

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Mke is a great town.

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Anonymous wrote:Marquette is well known outside of the region.

is it?

It’s known by people that live in illinois or Wisconsin and by people who watch college basketball

I know it and am not in the region but went to a different Jesuit university.

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A number of my classmates from my very good Lake County Illinois high school attended Marquette. Wisconsin was closer than Chicago. A choice for many who did not get into University of Illinois. Public schools in Illinois decline quite a bit after University of Illinois. Marquette grads place well in Illinois and Wisconsin. It is a regional school. Cost and value would be on my mind today.

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Very impressed by their new business building.

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Anonymous wrote:Very impressed by their new business building.

Can anyone share more recent feedback?

Good to hear about the business building!

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Anonymous wrote:Jesuit Catholic, and they're pretty serious about it

What does that mean?

If you do not have Catholic heritage, review a webpage about the history of the Jesuit order. It's very connected with elite educational institutions, intellectual matters, and power.

A parent I know recently encouraged her child to choose Marquette after a very careful selection process. It was important to their family that their child go to a Catholic college. Quality of education in the major, scholarships, and access to sailing were three other inportant factors. They are from elsewhere in the Midwest...not in IL or WI.

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Anonymous wrote:Very impressed by their new business building.

Can anyone share more recent feedback?

Good to hear about the business building!

Took me three pages to realize this was an old thread. You might want to start a new one instead.

I agree with one of the PPs from two years ago, there are a bunch of Jesuit schools to look at if you are remotely interested in Marquette. Gonzaga, Loyola Chicago, LMU, Fairfield, Fordham, etc.

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As Jesuit schools go, it's on the level of Gonzaga, Creighton, Saint Louis U, a half step above Xavier and St. Joe's, a half step below Fordham, three quarters of a step below Holy Cross, and a full step below BC.

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They beat Georgetown by 40 points yesterday.