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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.[/quote]

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable[/quote]

She won’t go to BC because of religion but she’ll go to Fordham? 
I don’t think you know enough about the schools OP[/quote]

She believes Fordham is less religious than BC even though both of the schools are Jesuit. However, she has not seen BC in person yet and she might change her mind! It's not a dealbreaker for her[/quote]

When we toured BC, the Jesuit approach was overt. But, they emphasized it as more a state of mind on spirit and service.  That spiritual aspect did not have to be Catholic or Christian. I think students have to take a religion/ethics class.  They had all sorts of classes, Jewish, Hindi, Muslim, ethics, probably even something towards atheism. We are Christian and not Catholic, and I was struck by how overt they were about being Jesuit. But, also inclusive and not indoctrinating. Definitely check it out for yourself. [/quote]

DP - We visited and agree that they were very focused on the Jesuit approach.  It felt very religious to us based upon the admissions speaker, the panel and the architecture.[/quote]

My husband went to BC, and my older son looked at it.  It's a beautiful school, and their presentation before the tour was impressive.  It definitely leans Catholic (70%), and white (over 50%) UMC.  There are only 411 Black/African American students out of 9500+ undergrads.  While a lot of the students don't heavily practice Catholicism or go to church regularly, it is definitely a part of the culture.  [/quote]

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