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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is an athlete at the school.  He mainly hangs out with other athletes.  He likes being close to home and finds the coursework very manageable with his sports schedule.  He received a sizable merit aid scholarship.  I'm on campus frequently since I go to most of his home games.  When I go to his games, it's usually on the weekends or in the evenings, and I'll drive him back to his dorm.  The athletic fields are walkable, but it gives me a chance to talk to him for a few minutes.  I always see other kids walking around outside of the dorms so I think the kids stick around campus on weekends.  My DS is not Catholic.  He doesn't feel out of place even though it is a very conservative Catholic college, not like more liberal Jesuit schools.  I don't think he would have picked the school if he wasn't playing his sport but he seems relatively happy there.[/quote]

[b]I wouldn’t call it “very conservative” or even “conservative,”[/b] but it is not Catholic In Name Only like some places. I think a few credits of either Philosophy or Religion (not sure which) are still required.

The campus is not large; you’ll either like that or hate it. Recent years have seen a lot of renewal in the surrounding area, and there are more restaurants and the like than there used to be.

I have the sense it’s not a very political place, at least as colleges go. The people on campus seem happy to be there. It’s naturally strong in Philosophy and, of course, Catholic theology. Nursing and Social Work seem to be well regarded. Opened a great big new business building not that long ago.

Sorry I don’t know about the specific program(s) you mentioned. [/quote]

When I said it was "conservative" I meant conservative Catholic, ie very Catholic.  For example, the dorms are all single sex and there are visitation hours.  My DS says they are loosely enforced.   I'm on the Facebook parent page and there are often posts about students looking for roommates that are "very devout Catholics."  The school's housing page states: "Undergraduate students live in single sex residence halls.  Coupled with programs directed towards student's personal, spiritual, and moral development, single-sex housing fosters an environment of virtuous living consistent with the Catholic intellectual tradition."  I went to a Catholic college back in the 1980s and we had visitation hours, but my college now has coed dorms and no visitation restrictions.[/quote]

Yeah, it’s plenty Catholic but not really as lockstep Catholic as the impression you seem to have derived from externals. Take a look at Ave Maria in Florida as a comparison. Now THEYRE Catholic!  At CUA, the Catholic culture is there, no question, but not everybody is going to daily Mass, weekly Confession, regular rosary and adoration at the Shrine, etc. There are plenty of non-Catholics in the student body.

I think the fact that the really devout are advertising for other really devout roommates confirms that not everybody fits that mold. If they did, nobody would need to advertise.

If you’re looking for catholic, but maybe-not-really-all-that-Catholic, the fact that it’s a Pontifical University more or less run under the auspices of the US Bishops might suggest a better fit elsewhere.
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