Loyola University MD
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Anonymous
| What do you guys know about Loyola MD? What kind of student would fit in there? |
Anonymous
| I went to Loyola and loved it. Most of the students at the time seemed to be Catholic (practicing or non-practicing) who came from middle to upper middle class families. Strong academics and a lot of clubs, etc. There was a lot of drinking but it didn't seem much different from the colleges my friends went to. The campus has grown a lot too since I was there. I think it is voted best dorms in one of those polls by US News. |
Anonymous
| 63% acceptance rate and $63,000 per year. |
Anonymous
You do realize that hardly anyone actually pays that, right? |
Anonymous
Yup, but the pay at least 30k, they all want to collect at least a 120k for your kids education. |
Anonymous
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The best description of Loyola I heard came from a Loyola parent (whose other children attended Georgetown and Boston College): it's an uncomplicated school for an uncomplicated student.
Growing up within blocks of Loyola in Baltimore the school never had much of a reputation. It was a Catholic college, that's all there was to it. If your child is looking at Loyola odds are it's no better nor worse than a bunch of schools in the same category so it comes down to fit, and Loyola students do seem happy. |
Anonymous
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From their website: "Approximately 72 percent of all undergraduates receive some form of aid from federal, state, institutional, and private sources. Of that aid, 64 percent is a Loyola-funded scholarship or grant. Loyola also offers several merit-based scholarships, awarded to students based on their academic achievements."
That's not "hardly anyone." 28% paying full freight, and a good chunk of the 64% getting a token grant probably no more than 5-10K out of the total 63K tuition. It's still an overpriced Catholic college catering heavily to upper middle class students from the tri-state area. There's nothing wrong with that but it does say much about the feel and environment at Loyola.
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