<p>I am half Jewish/half Christian and am considering BC. When they ask for your religion, do they want to hear that your Jewish and therefore bring diversity to their campus. Or do they just say they do, and really prefer Christians?</p>
<p>Judaism and Christianity are religions..how can you be half of each?</p>
<p>my mom is Jewish and my dad is a Christian...when they ask, they are asking about what you are, not what you want to be. Really, I'm not religious at all.</p>
<p>They're not asking for your heritage; they're asking for your faith. If you don't have one, you're atheist or agnostic. Otherwise, tell them whatever faith you identify yourself with.</p>
<p>BC, however, does have a decent sized Jewish population.</p>
<p>"Judaism and Christianity are religions..how can you be half of each?"</p>
<p>Jews for Jesus.</p>
<p><em>snort</em></p>
<p>Anywho, Chedva is right.</p>
<p>as far as I know I don't think BC even takes religion into account when admitting a student. The only reason they have the question is for statistical purposes.</p>
<p>Most schools are out to achieve a certain level of diversity, its just that some want it and sacrifice for it more than others...</p>
<p>BC has many Catholic students, because just about every Catholic highschool in the NE has a ton of students applying there. Their applicant pool is predominantly catholic, no surprise, given it is a Catholic college. I know kids who just refuse to apply to a Catholic college (some are Catholic) because they just don't want the presence of religion in their college life. With some schools, it is so dominant, that someone who wants a relatively secular life in college, should really investigate this atmosphere to decide if they can live with this. I don't think BC fits into that category.
As to prefering Catholics, I think that because so many of their "feeder" schools are Catholic, that does give Catholic kids somewhat of an edge.</p>