<p>Hello...just read your post and my son toured FField last September (actually was recruited for a sport, but that did not work out) and loved the campus and the surrounding area. He applied EA, but was deferred to the regular applicant pool. It is one of his top choices. My husband and I also liked what we saw and we also like that it is a Jesuit school and we like their teaching philosophy. Of course, the weather helped that day - beautiful, warm and sunny and we did take a drive to LI sound, whcih is where many of the seniors live.</p>
<p>Can you share with me the reasons your son did not care for FField?</p>
<p>Thanks.<br>
oh, my husband is an alum of Loyola College of MD, so if you want any opinions on Loyola, just ask.</p>
<p>Wheeling Jesuit in Wheeling, WV is a great little school that Sen. Byrd has funneled more money into than you can imagine. It has about 1,000 students and a science center to rival a big time state school anywhere.</p>
<p>I hate to add this,
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I'd like son to consider Providence but we're running out of time. The rest of his schools aren't Catholic.
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What does your son want? Does he want a Catholic school, or do you? </p>
<p>If he is a senior, the vast majority of deadlines have passed. I have gotten a couple emails from St. Joseph's in NY in the past couple days. I'm not sure how selective it is or whether you consider NY in the northeast. It's also smaller, I think, but being in/near the city may make up for that. You have some great ideas already.</p>
<p>My D is considering Fairfield and St. Joes--she got accepted to both and is waiting to hear from Loyola Maryland. I also would be interested to hear why various kids did not like Fairfield. We have visited twice and to me the drawback would be the surrounding community (or lack thereof) but who knows how a teenager would react.</p>
<p>Loyola also seems to be a great school--lovely campus in a mostly suburban area although a few blocks in one direction looks a little sketchy. Any input from others?</p>
<p>A good friend of my son's transferred out of Fairfield. He thought the kids were "all spoiled rich kids." He is a pretty motivated, social-justice kind of kid and felt the kids on campus were only interested in "going into New York City on weekends and living it up with their daddy's Platinum Visa." I think he just didn't find his niche. He transferred to Syracuse and is much happier. Maybe he just felt overwhelmed by the NYC-Long Island kids. I also know one kid who is a freshman there and seems to be doing fine. So, who knows?</p>
<p>We visited Fairfield on a Friday in early April. The campus was dead - there were no students walking around. The library was empty. The few students we did see were very not very friendly. My son was also put off by the group of kids in his tour. They were all very preppy girls - talking among themselves, making it very hard to hear the tour guide. The freshman dorm room we saw was very dark. He thought it looked like a prison cell. I was impressed with the information session, particularly the Jesuit priest who spoke, but my son decided very quickly that was not where he wanted to attend college.</p>
<p>You know, when I visited with my older D, the campus was pretty deserted all morning long. I just figured it was a day when many classes were afternoon ones. It didn't seem like a really happening place, at least on that day.</p>
<p>The younger D plans to do an overnight in the dorms, which should be revealing. Weenie, thanks for the link--and your comment is a worry for me, not just at Fairfield either.</p>
<p>Can anyone provide insight as to how a non-Catholic, non-religious student would feel at Fordam? We appreciate good education and location but are not looking for the religious aspect of Fordam. Also, any ideas about the science programs at the Rose Hill Campus?</p>
<p>My guess is that you would feel absolutely fine as a non-Catholic at Fordham. Heck, my kids went to a Jesuit High School - and we are neither Catholic nor religious! They always felt welcome and just fine. The Jesuits are a good bunch.</p>
<p>My son toured Rose Hill and liked it, but that's all I know. He also liked the ethnic neighborhood it's in. (He likes to eat, and he thought the food looked good in the restaurants around campus. :) )</p>
<p>I would add two more things:</p>
<p>I have a good friend whose son is at St. Michael's in Vermont. He loves it. He is not exactly a star student (and he probably got in because his parents could pay full freight) but I think he's coming along. </p>
<p>I have another friend whose kid was truly a super-star kid and probably could have gone anywhere (in fact he got into Yale). But, they could not afford to pay much for school and he wanted to stay in Jesuit schooling and he got a full scholarship at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia. He is very happy there. He says there is a real feeling of community there and that the faculty is very personable. He did say that a lot of kids go home on weekends, but he says he still has plenty to do.</p>
<p>So, secondhand stories I know, but there's all I know.</p>
<p>Considering Stonehill? Here are some of the things they will be looking for in applicants through 2010. Details are in the link above.</p>
<p>Academic quality indicators: Improve SAT scores and class rank. Improve combined enrolled verbal and math SAT, and break 1200 threshold by 2010. Improve class rank to top 11-13% by 2010.</p>
<p>Gender: Improve efforts to address gender balance within Stonehill College.
Seek at least 40% male student enrollment by 2010.</p>
<p>Support Intercollegiate Athletics Departments goal to recruit impact athletes in order to improve Stonehills competitive posture within the Northeast 10.</p>
<p>Geographic diversity: Strengthen recruitment efforts in metropolitan New York area. Increase percentage of the student body from the New York Metro area by 3% by 2010</p>
<p>Further involve science faculty in the recruitment of high-caliber science students to Stonehill, beginning in Fall 2005.</p>