<p>I do not believe in or follow any religion, will this pit me as an outsider or make school less fun? Are religious activities forced on all students</p>
<p>I can think of a couple of humorous responses, such as "Well someone has to graduate last in the class," or "Not if you are not afraid of burning in hell" to the title of your thread. The truth is that an athiest can do well at Georgetown University--and, quite obvious to me, learn a lot too. Religion is not forced on anyone at Georgetown University--that's what the harsh realities of life are for anyway. Atheism might just be the ultimate hook for getting admitted into schools such as Notre Dame, Georgetown & Boston College.</p>
<p>In my Gtown interview the guy almost went out of his way to say you don't have to be Catholic or religious at all to get in, do well and have a great time.</p>
<p>Honestly, I came to Georgetown having been raised a Catholic (although unconfirmed), but through my confirmation classes and bib. lit. class started to question the whole concept of religion more and more and now am an atheist. This is because everyone at Georgetown encourages you to think for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Although you will have to take two theology classes here at no point does anyone force religion on you. Obviously we do have Jesuit professors (who tend to be really great people) and many of the students here are religious, so if you are militantly atheist and try to convince everyone of it and tell them their religion is wrong outside of class where, you might run into some problems. However, I doubt that would happen and even then I think only a few people would even have a problem with that. So I think you could definitely enjoy Georgetown just as much as anyone else, being an atheist. I have loved it so far, and none of my friends who are atheists have ever complained about having problems because of their lack of religious beliefs.</p>
<p>It is true that georgetown does have a pretty strong catholic presence, but none of it is forced on anyone, it's more just there if you want it. You will have to take 2 theology courses to fulfill your gen ed requirement, but one is called "The Problem of God," and depending on the professor, can be a pretty unbiased survey of world religions rather than just a bunch of Catholic propaganda. For the second class, there are all kinds of options, such as "Yoga and meditation," and "interreligious dialogue."</p>