<p>Someone posted a comparison between SLU and Marquette not long ago, and both descriptions noted a large percentage of Catholic high school graduates.</p>
<p>Was curious if fellow Marquette posters are fellow Catholic high school attendees or graduates.</p>
<p>Since we're used to paying for tuition, ours will be 6700 next year, which is high for this area, is paying for college a huge difference? This is assuming you'll get some merit scholarship to help with tuition, but still have room, board, books, and the remainder of tuition not covered by aid. </p>
<p>I know this amount will vary from individual to individual, but just want to get some thoughts from my "peers".</p>
<p>We are Catholic but Ds have only gone to public schools (H and I were catholic school-educated, and it caused quite a stir on both sides of the family when our kids went to the public schools. But we also grew up in the city where the public schools weren't so good.) </p>
<p>Anyway, from what I hear, tuition here for Catholic high school is quite a bit more, from the 8,000 to 11,000 range. Obviously, I don't know your financial situation or your final cost of attendance after aid, but don't forget all the hidden costs of college -- transportation, money for shampoo and such, books (!), and money to go out and eat. D has savings from working in HS but we subsidize quite a bit.</p>
<p>She knows many, many grads of catholic high schools at Marquette and of course many who are not. You will get a lot of kids who had that experience. Some kids go to mass at St. Joan of Arc, do lots of campus ministry or retreats, do service projects, and some don't. There are LOTS of parties, too -- no less than at a non-Catholic school.</p>
<p>I think the thing that really marks the "Catholic school" identity for the kids, and that they hate, are the dorm rules. Marquette is very strict about visitation, not just for outside visitors, but also for Marquette students from other dorms. You have to sign in guests and accompany them around the dorm at all times. My younger D is visiting next weekend and I need to have parental consent forms in well in advance. This is the kind of thing that some parents really like (it also helps with a general sense of security in an urban area), but day to day it starts to drive the kids crazy.</p>
<p>Is this regarding opposite sex visitors, or just visitors in general?</p>
<p>If son makes friends in class with someone who lives in another dorm, or maybe is a local, will they not be able to come to his room, even though it's a guy?</p>
<p>How are parties handled then, only fellow dormers can attend?</p>
<p>My son is very spiritual, but he's never been one to join campus ministry or other religious ECs. He went on a Kairos retreat this year, and really loved it, so I'm hoping he'll take advantage of any retreats offered. </p>
<p>I'm fine with my son associating with non Catholics. I married one. It is said that his Methodist grandparents rolled over in their grave when he married a Catholic.</p>
<p>We come from an area where most everyone goes to Catholic school for many different reasons: cost, safety, legacy, as well as religion. It's an individual choice. </p>
<p>You'll laugh, but I think the biggest shock will come when my son goes to a school that not only has girls on campus, but that the boys are allowed to wear their hair below their collar.</p>
<p>My daughter (a PhD student) taught a class at Marquette last year. One of the assignments she gave her students was to write a position paper arguing for or against something that was important to them. However, she had to nix dorm rules as a topic, or else, she told me, “Every single paper would have been about curfew.”</p>
<p>I wonder how freshman think about the curfew issue? S has obviously been dealing with rules all his life, and I'm curious how the kids know that Marquette's rules are strict? They can't all assume everybody can come and go as they please, since the kids have never had that before?</p>
<p>I think TV and movies paint a picture of college life as unlimited freedom. When they go to a college where they actually have rules, there's bound to be surprise.</p>
<p>OK, attempting to cut and paste this for y'all from the PDF version of the Student Handbook:</p>
<p>Visitation Hours
Residents may host up to three visitors at a time during the
following hours:
9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday to Thursday
9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday<br>
and occasions when classes<br>
are excused before or after a<br>
weekend
24-hour lounges are available for students and their visitors
and are located in common areas of each residence hall.
Late-night and Overnight Visitation
Residents may host a maximum of two guests beyond the family member guests are pre-registered at the front desk by
10 p.m. the evening of the visit.
Residents who wish to host any guests who are under the
age of 18 must provide a completed Family Guest Program
Parental Consent and Medical Information Form, signed by
their parent or guardian, to their residence hall director at
least three working days before the visit.
All other visitation procedures, including maximum number
of late-night and overnight guests, length of stay, and sign-in
and escort procedures, apply to family guests.
Within-hall Visitation Hours
Same-gender visitors — There is no restriction on when resi-
dents of the same building may visit if they are of the same
gender. Males may visit males and females may visit females
at any time, as long as the visitation does not interfere with the
privacy and study needs of roommates and other residents.
opposite-gender visitors — Residents living in a coed hall/
floor may have other residents of that hall/floor who are of
the opposite gender visit in their rooms or on their floors during
the regular visitation hours only:
9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday to Thursday
9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday<br>
and occasions when classes<br>
are excused before or after a<br>
weekend
Students may use the 24-hour lounges which are located in
common areas of each residence hall.
Sign-in Procedures
Visitors who do not live in the hall of the resident with whom
they are visiting must be signed-in by the host resident at
the hall front desk. The host resident must leave his or her
Marquette ID and a picture ID of the visitor(s) at the hall<br>
front desk.
Host Responsibility and Escort Policy
Residents are responsible for ensuring that their guests and
visitors abide by university policies and procedures. Residents
are accountable for the behavior of their guests and visitors,
and are subject to disciplinary action if a guest or visitor vio-
lates a policy or procedure. The host resident must escort
guests and visitors at all times throughout the residence hall.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the info. Good to know about the 24 hour lounges.</p>
<p>My main concern is if my child has a school project or is in a study group, not being able to get together at convenient times for all. And we all know how they love to procrastinate on these things, so they may have to pull “all nighters”.</p>
<p>Also concerned if they’re “snowed in”.</p>
<p>I was thinking more along the lines of 10 pm curfews.</p>
<p>These are probably very generous. </p>
<p>Besides, they do have to get up to go to class during the week, don’t they?</p>