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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does she feel compelled to want to attend a Catholic college/university ?
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OP here - none of the earlier responses were me.

She has a list of about 15 schools and three of them are Catholic (Jesuit I think) They are attractive to her because of location, mission (social justice), they aren't horribly hard to get into, and the cost is a little more affordable than some other schools on her list.

As I said, I grew up Catholic (very religious) but it I never would have considered a Catholic college.  She has not grown up Catholic and doesn't have any negative associations with the church. To be honest, I don't think she actually understands how conservative many Catholic churches can be.  [/quote]

I'm not surprised, this thread is juvenile and kind of offensive.

OP, I think your daughter has great reasons to keep these schools on her list. We've visited a few Jesuit schools, and they definitely talked about their LGBTQ group, lots of social justice-oriented extracurriculars. I think ensuring access to reproductive care if she needs it is a valid concern. Everything else, I'd keep an open mind.  You usually have to take a few religion classes, but they are diverse, interesting topics. [/quote]

I'm a pretty big fan of Jesuit education.  They have a strong tradition of quality academics, scholarly inquiry, critical thinking, and social justice.  They tend to be and produce more liberal thinkers (I always say I'm a liberal because I was taught by Jesuits).  Theology classes were usually pretty interesting -- lots of philosophy, history, etc., not proselytizing, as befits an academic class.  I learned a lot about Church history, doctrinal evolution, theological disputes, etc.  I would explore the specific schools carefully to ensure that they will be a good fit, and do consider access to reproductive care (including BC).  [/quote]

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