Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 11:16     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:ND is platinum, Georgetown is gold and Holy Cross is silver. Would not go to any of the other Catholic schools unless received a free ride. Who would pay 400k over 4 years for Villanova, Boston College or a Fairfield.


All of the above are good schools. My kids didn't look at Catholic schools, but of those listed above, I would rather have a kid at Boston College than at any of the others. But that's just my preference. You do you (or, more appropriately, let your kid do your kid).
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 11:10     Subject: Re:Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:MAGA turned Catholics against the Pope. Hopefully this won't have an ill effect on Villanova admissions going forward.


MAGA turned SOME Catholics against the Pope. I would think that would have a very positive effect as it suggests Villanova will attract anti-MAGAs, i.e., the kind of evidence-based thinkers who excel in academic settings. I think it will become a magnet for compassionate, pro-social Pope Francis and Pope Leo Catholics, which makes it the kind of place I'd like to send my kids.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 10:58     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
There are a lot of great schools that aren't Top 20. Villanova is one of them.

It is below ND and Georgetown but it is still a great school. However, I think an argument can be made that its reputation lags behind its desirability and stats of incoming freshman, similar to Northeastern, Georgia and Boston University.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 09:28     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
At 58th in U.S. News rankings, mediocre for Villanova is spot on.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 08:07     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:Villanova will never be a top school because it doesn't do research. They get almost $0 grant dollars and train very few PhDs, no MDs, no Pharma Ds, etc. Villanova does not produce large amounts of publications in top journals. All of that is fine, Villanova is a small school dedicated to undergrads and a few professional degree programs. It will never be top tier until it does ground breaking research. It won't.

Villanova is a mediocre school. It's fine if you want to use it as launching pad for a better grad school, but there are far cheaper and better options at state schools.


Really dumb take.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2025 08:05     Subject: Re:Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:MAGA turned Catholics against the Pope. Hopefully this won't have an ill effect on Villanova admissions going forward.


Please use your brain. Not all Catholics in the US are politically aligned.
Anonymous
Post 05/29/2025 22:56     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Makes them a better school in general however

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for admissions readers at Villanova as you know there are going to be tons of kids who try unsuccessfully to mention the Pope in their essays. It will become very cliché.


They will see through it. My daughter will get in. She’s an excellent student who has always taken her faith seriously and isn’t jumping on the Pope bandwagon. They will see that in her essays and her ECs. She will choose ND over Villanova if she has that as an option though.


It is now ND>Nova>Gtown>HC>BC for Catholic applicants.


This.

I would move Georgetown down one step and Holy Cross up though. Georgetown's hard turn away from Catholicism the past decade or so moves them farther away from being a desired Catholic University.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 14:03     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Nova is ranked between BC and Santa Clara.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 13:57     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Villanova takes roughly half of their class ED. But for the class of 2029 if 3 out of 4 accepted kids don’t enroll at Villanova not a great sign.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 12:54     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:For class of 2029 Holy Cross acceptance rate is 16% while Villanova is 27.4%.Yields for HC over 50% Villanova less than 33%.


Holy Cross takes 62% of their students via ED. That explains the yield.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 12:43     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Villanova is a peer of Providence, Santa Clara, BC, UMiami.


It is not a peer of BC - it is a step below it.


Not true.

Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 12:37     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Appears Villanova’s yield is only 25%.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 12:12     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:Villanova is a peer of Providence, Santa Clara, BC, UMiami.


It is not a peer of BC - it is a step below it.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 12:08     Subject: Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ND is platinum, Georgetown is gold and Holy Cross is silver. Would not go to any of the other Catholic schools unless received a free ride. Who would pay 400k over 4 years for Villanova, Boston College or a Fairfield.


Meh, I would be happy with DC at any of these schools.


Don’t go to fairfield


Why?