Catholic School Rankings Revisited

[JuniorMint]

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Funny, JuniorMint, my son says he knows about grade inflation at G-Town, and he considers that a plus too.

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<p>Although I’m sure living in the Bronx would be a plus as well.</p>

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Georgetown is more selective for students, the Jesuits were commenting on the respective schools’ faculty providing undergraduate instruction. Those are really apples and oranges. There is a much larger Jesuit community at Fordham that Georgetown.

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<p>Father McShane knows how to keep a tidy ship. ;)</p>

[hen4763]

<p>Fordham is discussed favorably in the Falling in Love with My Safety School thread in the admissions forum: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1532205-falling-love-my-safety-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1532205-falling-love-my-safety-school.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[JuniorMint]

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Fordham is discussed favorably in the Falling in Love with My Safety School thread

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<p>Well that thread made for a happy change of tune. :)</p>

<p>If anecdotal evidence matters, I fell in love with Fordham myself. I got in by likely letter back in October, which I suppose made it my safety. Sad news from Gtown EA, a full-tuition scholarship, a very favorable alumni reception in Seattle, and a pleasant honor’s program invitation (~30 students) made Fordham look quite attractive. </p>

<p>It’s all retrospective now, but in my case, would you rather go to Gtown for ~110k, Fordham with the perks for ~50k, or Boston with honors for ~120k?</p>

<p>Let’s hope I chose correctly. :)</p>

[cbreeze]

<p>Fordham vs Georgetown. I am sure the campus’ locations heavily influence kids and their families.
When my son was visiting a friend at Fordham, first thing he said to me was there’s a fence surrounding the campus to keep it safer.</p>

[AlwaysLearn]

<p>Just my own personal rankings based on my experience with these schools over the years as a student and, now, as a parent: </p>

<p>1) Georgetown
2) Notre Dame
3) Boston College
4) Holy Cross
5) Fordham</p>

<p>They are all good schools; however, in your shoes, JuniorMint, I would have made the same decision that you did.</p>

[taben1112]

<p>Anyone have any sense of which of the Jesuit schools are the most diverse and accepting ethnically? The stats don’t always tell the story, so we are most interested in personal experiences and perspectives.
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[JuniorMint]

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Just my own personal rankings based on my experience with these schools over the years as a student and, now, as a parent: </p>

<p>1) Georgetown
2) Notre Dame
3) Boston College
4) Holy Cross
5) Fordham</p>

<p>They are all good schools; however, in your shoes, JuniorMint, I would have made the same decision that you did.

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<p>Well that makes me glad! Thank you for your ranking. I agree with it completely, although I’m not so partial that I see Georgetown as decidedly better than Notre Dame. It is for me, but that is a touchy distinction.</p>

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Anyone have any sense of which of the Jesuit schools are the most diverse and accepting ethnically? The stats don’t always tell the story, so we are most interested in personal experiences and perspectives.

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<p>I touched upon economic diversity [elsewhere[/url</a>], but I wouldn’t dare assume economic diversity equals ethnic diversity. </p>

<p>It sounds like you have seen the stats, but you may find this [url=<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/campus-ethnic-diversity/spp%2B50]Diversity”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/campus-ethnic-diversity/spp%2B50]Diversity</a> Index Ranking](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16238298-post50.html]elsewhere[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16238298-post50.html) interesting.</p>

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@USN

Campus Ethnic Diversity on a scale of 0.1 to 1.0, with scores closer to 1.0 being more diverse. </p>

<p>Pepperdine University 0.59</p>

<p>University of San Diego 0.51
Loyola University Chicago 0.50
Fordham University 0.49</p>

<p>Georgetown University 0.47</p>

<p>Boston College 0.43</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame 0.39

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<p>So from this we could assume Notre Dame has the most homogeneous student body. It is predominantly white (78%) and more than half of the class is drawn from private schools. According to their [institutional</a> data](<a href=“http://equity.nd.edu/statistics/StudentStatistics.shtml]institutional”>http://equity.nd.edu/statistics/StudentStatistics.shtml), the student body is 3% Black, 4% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. I’m sure Notre Dame is very welcoming, but in absolute numbers, there are more diverse student bodies.</p>

<p>From what I observed from the students and alumni, Fordham was satisfyingly diverse. It wasn’t pronounced, but neither was its absence.</p>

[bluebayou]

<p>fyii – Pepperdine is neither Jesuit nor Catholic. (It’s affiliated with the Church of Christ.)</p>

[JuniorMint]

<p>Well spotted, blue. I apologize everyone. </p>

<p>My Catholic friend going there might be in for a surprise in the fall…;)</p>

[omzac]

<p>@Junior Mint – My son had exactly the same offers as you did down to the finances and chose Georgetown. Although he was offered a full-tuition scholarship to Fordham and I am a Fordham alumn, he fell in love with Georgetown during the GAAP weekend and could not be convinced otherwise. I love Fordham and believe that it is a wonderful place, but the tradition, academic excellence and prestige of Georgetown cannot be denied.</p>

[JuniorMint]

<p>It’s nice to meet again, Omzac! I hadn’t realized your son and I had such similar adventures.</p>

<p>I’d be interested to meet him, since I think we are both pre-meds. </p>

<p>So how was your experience at Fordham?</p>