Loyola Maryland v St. Joe’s

[Anonymous]

Curious for those choosing between Loyola and St Joes, where you are choosing?

[Anonymous]

In at both with great merit aid. We were going to see if we could talk to admissions about DS specific program as he recently decided he wants to add a minor. I am worried he will find Loyola to be too small but recently he said he wants stay nearer to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In at both with great merit aid. We were going to see if we could talk to admissions about DS specific program as he recently decided he wants to add a minor. I am worried he will find Loyola to be too small but recently he said he wants stay nearer to DC.

Arent they pretty close in size? DS is considering Loyola due to being closer to home now too- glad we applied!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In at both with great merit aid. We were going to see if we could talk to admissions about DS specific program as he recently decided he wants to add a minor. I am worried he will find Loyola to be too small but recently he said he wants stay nearer to DC.

Arent they pretty close in size? DS is considering Loyola due to being closer to home now too- glad we applied!

Loyola alum with a kid currently at Loyola. Loyola is smaller with appr. 4,000 undergrads. SJU has appr. 4,800 undergrads. Honestly, the schools were remarkably similar, even down to the campuses. They both have a pedestrian bridge to connect the mostly academic side of the campus to the residential part. My DS got great merit aid at both. We visited SJU in the summer which was a mistake. It was pretty dead so when we went back for admitted students day, he always had a meh memory of it. I liked them both equally.

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Anonymous wrote:Getting ready to visit both schools and doing some advance research. Dream school is Fordham, but having a 1200 SAT makes it tough to be competitive there despite high grades. If you have experience w/either school please share.

My kid with 1270, 3.9 UW, About 6 APs, and a combo of sports & arts awards was turned down from Fordham. Also a legacy.

Keep your options open!

Fordham is also expensive re: lifestyle. A bagel in Philly or Baltimore is not as pricy as a bagel in NYC. Multiple that by Ubers, water, salads, coffee, movies....

+1 Not to mention off campus housing and entertainment!