The campus has been designated as an arboretum. The campus is called Evergreen because of the Evergreen property next to it. Loyola at its present location was created in the 1920s when they bought this property. The Evergreen house is a museum now.

https://www.loyola.edu/department/sustainability/arboretum/

Anonymous wrote:Does the campus seem really small? I just read that it is 79 acres!

There is an area that is just trees, fields and wild animals. So pretty in the snow!

The main part of campus has academic buildings, places to eat, practice fields, a chapel, etc., and then there is a bridge where there are dorms and meeting places, but the mail part of campus is what you will see on a tour. There are nearby places that are a part of campus, but are 5 minutes away (the lacrosse/soccer stadium and the fitness and aquatic center).

Anonymous wrote:Accepted UMDCP & Loyola and leaning Loyola for advising, smaller class sizes and community. Merit aid makes it comparable in-state. Anyone's DC facing similar choice? Have other acceptances as well, these two coming in at top...

My daughter chose UMD over Loyola last year for business. We are in state and Loyola would have cost us less than UMD. If she had not gotten admitted directly to business at UMD, she would have chosen Loyola. We were impressed with what Loyola offered, but she wanted the bigger school and did not want to take foreign language classes. She is loving UMD and has become very involved with some of the business clubs. Loyola's dorms are much nicer overall than UMD, but UMD's dining hall hours and options are way better. UMD also has the metro, MARC trains and busses which makes it very convenient and affordable to get to DC, Baltimore and to shopping centers. My daughter's friend goes to Loyola and often uses Uber. They are both very good schools.

St Joe’s in Philly is remarkably similar in terms of feel and the campus.

Anonymous wrote:If you liked the Loyola Maryland tour, what other schools did you like?

St. Joe’s in Philly is a very similar feel in terms of size, city suburb location, Jesuit college, etc. Worth taking a look if Loyola MD is of interest.

If you liked the Loyola Maryland tour, what other schools did you like?

Anonymous wrote:Does the campus seem really small? I just read that it is 79 acres!

That’s bigger than I expected! The campus seems pretty compact, but there are a lot of wooded areas that probably add yo the acreage. Loyola MD has a beautiful quad and really nice dorms too.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter’s best friend is a little shy and had some medical issues. She dropped out of Ohio state, could not get into UND, did community college and was lost.

She transferred in Loyola and lives in campus and is not thriving, she was lost at the big schools,

Are you saying she is thriving now?

Does the campus seem really small? I just read that it is 79 acres!

Anonymous wrote:We just came from Loyola MD admitted students day. It’s hard not to admire the prevailing sentiment which is, we educate the whole person, and we care about you. It seems like a special place. I was impressed.

How did they accomplish this?

My daughter’s best friend is a little shy and had some medical issues. She dropped out of Ohio state, could not get into UND, did community college and was lost.

She transferred in Loyola and lives in campus and is not thriving, she was lost at the big schools,

Also attended Admitted Students’ Day and walked away very impressed by promoted access to professors, pre-professional engagement and Jesuit ethos.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted UMDCP & Loyola and leaning Loyola for advising, smaller class sizes and community. Merit aid makes it comparable in-state. Anyone's DC facing similar choice? Have other acceptances as well, these two coming in at top...

We’re in the same boat. Dc prefers Loyola over UMD because UMD is so large.

UMD’s outcomes are actually not that impressive for a lot of majors, so that is one thing to consider.

That's because of the sheer size.

Not really. Outcomes are strong in STEM fields, but not great in a lot of non STEM majors (business is the exception).

Pp again. I should have added that I came to that conclusion when my oldest applied to UMD. He was interested in a non STEM major and outcomes for that major at UMD were worse than the outcomes at the other colleges he applied to.

Sure, UMD isn't great for everything, but in general, it's a better school

I have one at UMD, and another who got into Loyola MD with lots of merit. But, they opted to go elsewhere. They didn't want the small school feel.

We just came from Loyola MD admitted students day. It’s hard not to admire the prevailing sentiment which is, we educate the whole person, and we care about you. It seems like a special place. I was impressed.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve only heard great things about this school over the years, including their generosity with merit money.

One question: Our family is Jewish, and we feel that Jesuit values are compatible with our religion in so many ways. Curious, though, what families with first-hand experience with LM think. How is the school experience for non-Catholic students? Are we correct that it’s a welcoming place?

We’ve only visited but I’d note Loyola has a lot of interfaith a nod ecumenical programs, including an interfaith worship space and Jewish Student Association.

https://www.loyola.edu/department/campus-ministry/interfaith/interfaith-ecumenical-worship.html

Not sure if grad school is the same but my Jewish friends attended Loyola Chicago law school and Fordham MBA and felt welcome and no issues.

I went to Fordham. They gave off for major Jewish holidays and even had kosher options at orientation and other big events. Other than a few crucifixes and a focus on public service and intellectual rigor, there was nothing that really distinguished it from a non-religious university. The theology/philosophy course requirement was no different than anywhere else. You could satisfy it with a course on Hinduism or Thomas Aquinas, among others.