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Anonymous wrote:Fairfield has a lovely campus and is a good size (about 5000 undergraduates). Professors teach their own classes and are readily accessible. It has a large core requirement, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective. (A big core is pretty typical of Jesuit colleges). It's less than an hour by train from New York and many students do internships there.

I have a child choosing between Fairfield and Providence. Returning for second visits with new eyes.

Have fun! Make sure to stop at firehouse deli in Fairfield for lunch. I also have a friend who went to providence, and she loved it. One thing to consider is will your child prefer to be in Boston or ny after graduation? Those schools have many more connections there than they do here.

Anonymous wrote:Fairfield has a lovely campus and is a good size (about 5000 undergraduates). Professors teach their own classes and are readily accessible. It has a large core requirement, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective. (A big core is pretty typical of Jesuit colleges). It's less than an hour by train from New York and many students do internships there.

I have a child choosing between Fairfield and Providence. Returning for second visits with new eyes.

Have you thought of Wheeling Jesuit? It is less than a day's drive from DC, cute little campus (not old gothic or anything). The town is small and in need of love but there are some cute aspects. The staff are really nice and they do social justice work.

I swear people don't realize unhooked kids have to be valedictorian of your parochial school AND like cure cancer AND save a village in Central America to get into Notre Dame. It's so so so difficult.

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Villanova hasn't been mentioned yet. Great school, lovely campus, and easy access via train to Philadelphia. Two of my close friends went there and loved it.

OP wanted schools "not quite at the level of" Georgetown, BC & ND. Villanova is more a peer to those schools than, say, St. Joe's.

I'm the Villanova poster. It's def not at the level of Georgetown or ND. I have nothing but great things to say about Villanova, but it is *far* easier to get into than ND.

If I had to attend a lower tier Catholic school I'd choose Loyola Chicago.

Fairfield has a lovely campus and is a good size (about 5000 undergraduates). Professors teach their own classes and are readily accessible. It has a large core requirement, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective. (A big core is pretty typical of Jesuit colleges). It's less than an hour by train from New York and many students do internships there.

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Anonymous wrote:Xavier University is my alma mater - loved it. I've also heard good things about Marquette, John Carroll, University of Dayton, Creighton, and LeMoyne. I'd recommend Jesuit schools over all other Catholics, but I'm biased.

Jesuit schools are Catholic in name only

That's a bunch of BS. I've been very impressed with what I've seen of people who come from Jesuit schools.

That doesn't make the schools Catholic. They don't follow the Magisterium and the teachings of the Church. Jesuit colleges have been taken over by the Leftist/LGBT lobby. Here's a list of some authentic Catholic colleges.
https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/program/the-newman-guide/

Jesuits are Catholics. The Pope is Jesuit.

You don't have any authority to dictate what is "authentic" vis-a-vis Catholic colleges.

I don't, but the Magisterium does. Not everyone who claims to be Catholic is Catholic. I'm sure you're one of those who thinks the Kennedys are Catholic.

I don't think you'd consider Christ himself to be Catholic.

Apparently PP doesn't think Pope Francis is Catholic, either.

I don't think she does, actually. Pretty sure she's the poster who slams "social justice" Catholics on a regular basis and thinks Pope Francis is part of some doomsday scenario.

Questioning the infallibility of the Pope? Sounds like it's PP who might not be Catholic. Sounds more like an Evangelical with her paranoid attacks on the "Leftist/LGBT lobby".

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Villanova hasn't been mentioned yet. Great school, lovely campus, and easy access via train to Philadelphia. Two of my close friends went there and loved it.

OP wanted schools "not quite at the level of" Georgetown, BC & ND. Villanova is more a peer to those schools than, say, St. Joe's.

No it's. It. It's in a tier between them.

Anonymous wrote:Surprised Villanova hasn't been mentioned yet. Great school, lovely campus, and easy access via train to Philadelphia. Two of my close friends went there and loved it.

OP wanted schools "not quite at the level of" Georgetown, BC & ND. Villanova is more a peer to those schools than, say, St. Joe's.

Loyola University in Chicago. My DD is there and absolutely LOVES it. Fantastic campus in a fun city. She is studying environmental science.

University of Dayton -- some of my cousins went there and really loved it.

Villanova
Fairfield
Loyola
Holy cross


I have friends who went to all of these colleges. I went to Fairfield, and I loved it. Great small school, and a really good business school. Everyone in the business school got good jobs either in Boston, Stamford or NYC. Most people are from Ct, NY, NJ, or MA.

There are a few FU alumni in the DC area. They are mostly in law or finance now.

I'd highly recommend that you go check it out. I got a great education and was able to live on a "beach" for two years. Very fun, well rounded, religious (if you want to be) school.

Suprised Villanova hasn't been mentioned yet. Great school, lovely campus, and easy access via train to Philadelphia. Two of my close friends went there and loved it.

Loyola Baltimore. Holy Cross. Fairfield. And Catholic University, if you want to stay local. And if you are worried about the real v. Fake Catholics (as some posters commented), you can't get much more Catholic than Catholic University.