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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - Thank you for everyone’s comments. [b] DD is very much into women’s rights/equality[/b], so that is my main concern with the student population and instructors. Are they cool with that or is it a [b]conservative catholic atmosphere?[/b][/quote]

If by "women's right" you mean that your DD is staunchly pro-choice, I would not send her to BC or any other Catholic school. While BC may not be a conservative Catholic environment, as you put it, it is a Catholic school. That means the school administrators are (and should be) staunchly pro-life with respect to all issues, including abortion, the death penalty, war, etc. That's a huge part of what it means to be a Catholic. So, yes, she would have many classmates who are pro-choice, but does she want to be at an institution that is pro-life? Because that is what Catholic universities/colleges are, and what they must be. Especially in our current times where debates about abortion will be heated and the Supreme Court may very well be curtailing Roe v. Wade, I would not send my staunchly pro-choice kid to BC. Now, if your DD is willing to listen to other viewpoints and learn the other side of an issue she feel passionately about, then BC may be the perfect place for her to go. FWIW, I work at another Catholic university, so I view this more from an institutional perspective than most parents who probably view this from "what has my kid's experience been."[/quote]

OP - I went to BC and all of the above is totally off base and just opinion from a person who is not part of that community. There are not highly conservative Catholic institutional perspectives, pressures, or even messaging.  As a Jesuit school, the focus is on learning and community and fostering both.

I do remember going off campus for my GYN appointments, but it was right in Cleveland Circle and easy to do.  I don't think it occurred to me at the time (or even until now!) that that was something I'd get at a school health clinic (as I could at my graduate school).  But again, it wasn't any less convenient and it was never as if there were political judgements from the student body, teachers, or administration.  It NEVER came up in my four years there.

I am not Catholic and I loved it there.  It's not a Catholic atmosphere.  It's a great supportive community, filled with nice kids who are smart, well rounded, and outgoing.  There is a lot of school spirit for sports.  And the spirit of the community carries after graduation, making for a great alumni network.  BC folks love running into others - I would have grads come talk to me all over the country (and world) if I had a BC shirt on, or at a stoplight with my BC sticker.  And it really helped with interviewing at jobs, even after graduate school (from a higher ranked school/program).

It is preppy though and most classmates came from wealthier backgrounds than mine. It wasn't super diverse. I grew up in a very diverse area both racially and economically so that was a surprise at first, but those valuable lessons had been learned already in k-12 so I was lucky on that front.[/quote]

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