Catholic University experience

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH used to teach at CUA and the students were mostly middle class graduates of suburban Catholic high schools. Kids with a mix of As and Bs in HS. The political climate depends upon the major. The school of social work is pretty liberal but most departments aren’t. A conservative will be fine. There’s a mix.

I took a grad school class at the social work school and was turned off by how much dancing around LGBTQ issues the professor had to do. It was clear that the professor supported LGBTQ rights but wasn't allowed to say it outright. (And, yes, talking about LGBTQ issues was relevant to the class topic, which was working with vulnerable populations as a social worker).

That should be the standard at Catholic Universities.

That's fine. It wasn't for me and I went elsewhere. But it's an important consideration, whether it makes someone like the school more or less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Factor in where the sport practices and plays games and what that means for commute times.

Also, make sure your kid is picking a school they want to be at and not just because of the sport. Already know two freshmen who picked schools because of a sport and both are now actively trying to transfer for the Spring semester because they realize the overall school is a bad fit (and D3 sports aren't even the same as HS sports in terms of how much it means to your experience).

I think you posted on the wrong thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Factor in where the sport practices and plays games and what that means for commute times.

Also, make sure your kid is picking a school they want to be at and not just because of the sport. Already know two freshmen who picked schools because of a sport and both are now actively trying to transfer for the Spring semester because they realize the overall school is a bad fit (and D3 sports aren't even the same as HS sports in terms of how much it means to your experience).

I think you posted on the wrong thread.

No...if you read OP's question, she said her daughter is being recruited to Catholic for her sport. All the responses have been about how conservative Catholic University is or talks about kids living on-campus or not.

I was trying to be responsive to her DD as a recruited D3 athlete. It's important to know if her practice/game facilities are on-campus vs. a bus ride away. It's possible Catholic is large enough that all sports facilities are right there on campus...that's not the case for many GW sports and some Georgetown sports.

Also, OP never mentioned if DD ever had any interest in the school if not recruited for the sport. If DD really wants the D1 experience of a Notre Dame or Boston College...well Catholic will be a big disappointment. It's hard in the moment to think that way, but know two kids already transferring from their similarly small D3 schools because they realized that playing their sport at a small D3 just wasn't worth all the drawbacks of their small D3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Factor in where the sport practices and plays games and what that means for commute times.

Also, make sure your kid is picking a school they want to be at and not just because of the sport. Already know two freshmen who picked schools because of a sport and both are now actively trying to transfer for the Spring semester because they realize the overall school is a bad fit (and D3 sports aren't even the same as HS sports in terms of how much it means to your experience).

I'm the PP with the DS who just graduated and played a sport at CUA. I think for any recruited athlete, this is great advice. If you get injured, or cut or decide you no longer want to play your sport, are you going to want to transfer? My DS had a couple of teammates who transferred to schools where they no longer played their sport. However, there were a couple who decided to no longer play and they remained at CUA and graduated.

Catholic has really good sports facilities. The fields are all right next to campus which is right next to "the Duf" the athletic building. Other than golf and rowing, all the sports play either on the fields or in "the Duf." The Landmark Conference is mostly colleges from PA. The farthest school in the conference from CUA is probably Drew University, right outside of New York City.

[Anonymous]

The surrounding area is about as chill as it gets in a city.