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[quote=Anonymous]There was a prior post asking about Loyola’s business school and the below is what I posted.

My DD currently attends and is a Junior. She is a business major.

My DD seems to be having a very good experience. She has blossomed - she has gained confidence - quite a bit - has a large group of friends and is doing well academically.

The students seem to bar hop in Baltimore - frankly that can get a little unnerving as a parent but again my DD has grown because of the experience and now is much more situationally aware.

Loyola was generous with merit aid.

She looked at a number of Catholic schools. Not because of religion but for their size - they seem to occupy an interesting space between the LACs and the state schools.

So Marist, Fairfield, St. Joe’s, Providence were on her list - among others.

It came down to Fairfield and Loyola. I thought it was going to be Fairfield but at the last minute she picked Loyola.

Somewhat serendipitously we met the current President during a campus visit prior to him being named President.

It was during Covid and as we were walking campus he saw us, let us into one of the buildings and introduced himself and some of his colleagues. He was very low key, mentioned that his current role was a bit of an assistant to the President and had a pretty direct conversation about the challenges they were having weighing the decision to stay open during Covid. I came away thinking the school was run by down to earth folks and would be comfortable having them educate and care for my DD during her college years.

Shortly after my DD started her freshman year he was appointed President. To me how he handled our interaction - a one off chat with a perspective parent - and how forthright he was and yet provided no indication of his role/title/ego said a lot about him and the school.

There are a lot of good schools out there. For my DD, I think Loyola has turned out to be the right fit.
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