Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

^Agree, Georgetown strayed away from
Catholic identity. Notre Dame is magnet for traditional Catholics. Holy Cross is in the middle more liberal than Notre Dame but Jesuit affiliation like Georgetown. Villanova is run by Augustinian order of priests. Excluding Georgetown ranking; ND>HC>Villanova>Boston .

[Anonymous]

Until Villanova is able to provide financial aid similar to ND or Georgetown, they won't be competitive with them. Their departments aren't as impressive as ND or Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, very few have Pope as their career goal. But for those that do, it might swing the needle to Villanova.

Catholics are irrational though

[Anonymous]

Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

[Anonymous]

As a non-Catholic, I don't get the knocking of schools for being less purely Catholic. One goes to college to broaden their horizons and meet other people from other backgrounds. Going to a school that is 99% Catholic seems very isolating and like it won't prepare you well for the real world.

I feel somewhat the same way about women's schools and HBCU's but as groups that have faced significant discrimination in the not-too-distant past, it is different (I know Catholics have been discriminated against, but it is nothing compared to these groups, especially not in a long time).

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

All true. BC should be concerned because Nova is its most direct competitor and now it is pulling away like Secretariat with the new pope.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

Way to twist those facts. Based on your questionable logic, Georgetown is #1 Catholic, then BC, and Fordham (tied), then Notre Dame, then Holy Cross.

So if that is the basis of your analysis, which is super weak to begin with, then you are completely wrong. But I'm sure you will now move the goalposts.

https://www.regis.org/downloads/2024%20Regis%20School%20Final%20Profile-v1-1.pdf

[Anonymous]

^None of those schools mentioned have Catholic enrollments exceeding 70%. They all seek diversity but Georgetown has gone out of its way to shed its Catholic identity. A school
like Holy Cross strikes a balance their new President is African American male non priest who graduated from Brown and Harvard Law and he leans left politically. BC has had only 2 Jesuit Presidents in last 60 years and their new President announced as another Jesuit they have been less liberal. Glad to see Villanova with a priest as their President.

[Anonymous]

This Holy Cross booster needs to find another hobby.

[Anonymous]

Does the average applicant really care where the Pope went to school? Maybe, if they aspire to be a pope, but most kids are thinking about medical, law, or business school. I don’t see how this logically changes anyone’s mind about where to apply.

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Anonymous wrote:MAGA turned Catholics against the Pope. Hopefully this won't have an ill effect on Villanova admissions going forward.

Pope Francis turned against traditional Catholics.

There is a lot of hope that this new pope will be more Catholic and less political, given his canon law background, especially among traditional, church attending Catholics.

There's a lot of hope that traditional Catholics will be more Catholic and less political. If you're taking your cues from Steve Bannon rather than the pope, you should ask yourself a few questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is Nd?
I don’t think Georgetown or this ND are that popular. So yes, Villanova will be more popular. Which is good, because they just bought the campus down the street and need to he wears income and students to fill it.

Not that popular? ND acceptance rate <10%, Georgetown about 11.5%. Both have early action, rather than binding early decision, so students aren't locked in, but both nonetheless have very high yield rates (60% and 50%, give or take).

What you mean is that Georgetown and ND are not that popular with the people you hang out with.

[Anonymous]

Apparently traditional Catholics didnt listen to Harris/Walz. How did that work for liberal Dems

[Anonymous]

No, but villanova has been on the rise for awhile and will continue to be a solid choice. I think the better question is will it ever outrank BC? I don't think it ever will be higher than ND or Gtown.

[Anonymous]

No