I went there and loved it. I’d happily send my kids there someday. The size was perfect for me. Beautiful campus. Great education. And yes, the basketball hype was fun to be a part of as a student.

Anyone that loves March Madness knows about it!!

I have an engineering student there. Loves the small class sizes. Seems happy, feels very supported. He could have attended more highly-ranked schools, including one that was double the cost of Gonzaga (Gonzaga gave merit) and another in-state that has a negative reputation for workload and general faculty support. I think he likes the cozy sense he gets from the school in general.

Workload was always going to be an issue for him (adhd) but he is a very bright kid. He doesn't feel like he has a ton of intellectual peers there, but I think he just hasn't figured out how to notice them yet. I tell him to look around himself in his engineering classes, they're there. In the big picture, this smaller environment is just wat he needs right now.

The neighborhood is a bit sketchy, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for the students. Cars getting parts stolen off them or broken into would be the biggest issue in that regard, though my kid does not have a car there so I haven't paid close attention.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Great smaller Jesuit school (~4500 undergrads), really care about students and their overall well being. Classes are small---the only lecture hall with over 100 spaces is in the business school and only used for MBA classes. Most undergrad courses are less than 40 students.

Everyone I know who attends loves it. I live on the other side of WA, so it is an extremely popular school in my area.

I grew up in Eastern Washington, so lots of people I know went there. Great small school. Would be a good place for an outdoorsy student, too, as there is lots of outdoor recreation in that area -- hiking, lakes, rivers, skiing, etc.

Anonymous wrote:it served as a retirement repository for at least 20 Jesuit priests accused of sexual misconduct, most of which took place in Alaska Native villages and on Indian reservations across the Northwest.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/jesuits-sent-abusive-priests-to-retire-on-gonzaga-university-campus/

According to the article, a building not owned by the university, but located there, did house them. The last one left in 2016, so not sure how this is relevant for OP.

And yet the Catholic Church still opposes a married priesthood. They deserve whatever they get.

Anonymous wrote:it served as a retirement repository for at least 20 Jesuit priests accused of sexual misconduct, most of which took place in Alaska Native villages and on Indian reservations across the Northwest.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/jesuits-sent-abusive-priests-to-retire-on-gonzaga-university-campus/

yikes

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Not really on the Coast. Closer to Idaho.

people aren’t talking about beachfronts when they say east coast/west coast pp

I understand, but it’s 400 miles from the coast. It would be like calling Steubenville, Ohio “East Coast”. Since the poster hadn’t visited, I didn’t know if s/he realized just know far inland it is. I thought it might be helpful to know that information. It also doesn’t have the same liberal politics that people typically associate with the Pacific Northwest. Different mix.

That area does, however, have some of the best fly fishing in the world. Think “A River Runs Through It”. As well as great college basketball.

Steubenville is East coat to a Californian.

it served as a retirement repository for at least 20 Jesuit priests accused of sexual misconduct, most of which took place in Alaska Native villages and on Indian reservations across the Northwest.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/jesuits-sent-abusive-priests-to-retire-on-gonzaga-university-campus/

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Great smaller Jesuit school (~4500 undergrads), really care about students and their overall well being. Classes are small---the only lecture hall with over 100 spaces is in the business school and only used for MBA classes. Most undergrad courses are less than 40 students.

Everyone I know who attends loves it. I live on the other side of WA, so it is an extremely popular school in my area.

Actually enrollment has been on the rise. (I guess basketball is good PR.) Undergrad enrollment is now just about 5000; total enrollment is about 7400.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Great smaller Jesuit school (~4500 undergrads), really care about students and their overall well being. Classes are small---the only lecture hall with over 100 spaces is in the business school and only used for MBA classes. Most undergrad courses are less than 40 students.

Everyone I know who attends loves it. I live on the other side of WA, so it is an extremely popular school in my area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Not really on the Coast. Closer to Idaho.

people aren’t talking about beachfronts when they say east coast/west coast pp

I understand, but it’s 400 miles from the coast. It would be like calling Steubenville, Ohio “East Coast”. Since the poster hadn’t visited, I didn’t know if s/he realized just know far inland it is. I thought it might be helpful to know that information. It also doesn’t have the same liberal politics that people typically associate with the Pacific Northwest. Different mix.

That area does, however, have some of the best fly fishing in the world. Think “A River Runs Through It”. As well as great college basketball.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Not really on the Coast. Closer to Idaho.

people aren’t talking about beachfronts when they say east coast/west coast pp

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools

Not really on the Coast. Closer to Idaho.

Has anyone here toured this school? I’m not familiar with west coast schools