Catholic universities best suited for a kid like mine?

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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?

The main similarity I see right off the bat is that they both have residential colleges and no Greek life.

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Anonymous wrote:Marist

Not Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale
Creighton
Fairfield

If interested in Liberal Arts school

Hillsdale isn't Catholic.

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If she is truly devoted to her faith, have her consider whether she has a deeper calling:
https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocations/discerning-women

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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

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

I don't think that is a Catholic school

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Anonymous wrote:

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

I don't think that is a Catholic school

I think they mean the U of San Francisco. That is Catholic.

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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.

OP here. I know the PP didn't say nice things about the HC's town, but no need to disparage my DD because of it. HC would be lucky to have her with her stats (35 ACT, 4.0 UW GPA). Not sure what you know about my daughter to be so belligerent about her chances there. By the way, the scattergram on her school Scoir shows HC at a 59% acceptance rate, so I would say it is pretty close to being a safety, although I would call it a target. FWIW, my son looked at HC and didn't like it. The tour guide was terrible and he felt the school was too small. It might be the perfect place for my daughter...we will see. It looks like a beautiful campus.

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Anonymous wrote:If she is truly devoted to her faith, have her consider whether she has a deeper calling:
https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocations/discerning-women

Yes she is devoted, but wants to get an education before even considering anything like this. Would you allow your daughter to enter this life before being educated and having the experience as a lay person? I think people with those experiences make the best members of the ministry.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

The main similarity I see right off the bat is that they both have residential colleges and no Greek life.

OP here...actually Rice is on her list!

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

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

OP here. Yes, thank you. She is looking at that. She has friends at UMD where they have a strong community.

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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!

OP here. Thanks for the vote of confidence for BC. Actually, the thread about BC prompted me to start this thread (rather than hijack that one). My son applied and was admitted to BC and really loved it, but chose ND. It was tough because he is a big New England sports fan lol.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

OP here. Yes, thank you. She is looking at that. She has friends at UMD where they have a strong community.

I’m interested in learning how one determines which secular schools have a strong Catholic community. Do you look for Newman centers?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

OP here. Yes, thank you. She is looking at that. She has friends at UMD where they have a strong community.

I’m interested in learning how one determines which secular schools have a strong Catholic community. Do you look for Newman centers?

Or check with the parishes near the campus. Many of them will serve the student population in some way and should have a sense of how active they are. Thr Newman center will have Mass attendance figures, but if it matters to DC, ask about other kinds of available activities like service and retreats.

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Anonymous wrote:If football isn’t high on her list, look at St. Joe’s in Philly.

Agree. For a devout Catholic, St. Joe’s is a better choice anyway.