<p>I would ask the OP to define “in your face”. Is a crucifix in a classroom “in your face”? What about the fact that the President of the school is a Jesuit priest? </p>
<p>I am most decidedly not challenging the OP’s atheism, but you cannot ignore that the basis of a BC Jesuit education is informed debate taking place on a Catholic affiliated campus. Will it be “in your face” if you are required to defend your position in a theology class? How will you react when you are assigned the classic educational technique of researching and defending a position in direct opposition to your own? </p>
<p>I don’t doubt that the OP has a vast library of data to support his position, but that’s not the point. As Scottj stated, if the OP comes to BC with preconceived notions that he is unwilling to question, then a good portion of the Jesuit educational experience will be wasted on him. I attended BC a long time ago (I think the Keplers and their telescopes lived next door to me in Cleveland Circle), but unless things have changed radically, you will be expected to question, research, question again and then defend your positions. That’s not trying to convince you you’re wrong, that’s scholarship. </p>
<p>So my question remains: If the OP is entrenched in his position and is unwilling to entertain even the possibility that there may be flaws in his arguments, why choose BC?</p>