<p>Hey, I applied early action to Nova. I visited and kind of got a feel, but I’m not sure what I think. So a couple questions for anyone who goes there:</p>
<li><p>Does Villanova have a notably strong English program? This is my desired area of study.</p></li>
<li><p>What’s daily life like? Like, does it get bleak in the winter cause of the weather? is there a tight unified feeling, student pride in the school? Is it relaxed, or preppy, you know just whatever you’d like to tell a prospective student about daily life.</p></li>
<li><p>How big a part of the school are the sports programs?</p></li>
<li><p>I’m fairly conservative, and pretty serious about my Catholic faith. This is pretty solid at Villanova right? Not huge, just you feel like villanova is a “catholic school” (though not to the exclusion of people of other faiths).</p></li>
<li><p>I have no idea if i want to do greek life, but I’m leaning against it. Thoughts?</p></li>
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<p>hey i can probably answer some of your questions .. i applied EA too. </p>
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<li><p>I live 40 minutes from Nova and the winters aren't too bad. It gets cold (like 32F?)and snows a little. i've heard there are a lot of preppy rich white kids... and a majority are white and that it's easy to make friends. everyone is friendly. </p></li>
<li><p>BASKETBALL = huge, i would say football is somewhat big too </p></li>
<li><p>i heard that a lot of kids go to mass saturday night or sunday morning? but that if you're not catholic it's not a problem.</p></li>
<li><p>i don't think greek life is that big at Nova. There is no housing and i think 15% of undergrads are actually greek... but i've heard greek life at nova is still nice. </p></li>
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<p>overall... i've heard few things bad about villanova. it's a great school.</p>
<p>To add to the post above...My junior D is an English major at Villanova, and has had universally fantastic professors, and small classes. Several professors have bent over backwards to help her with connections for internships, submitting her papers, and overall have been remarkably accessible and supportive.</p>
<p>To add to the two above posters: Villanova has a very tight knit community. My S is a freshman at VSB and he has had no trouble making friends and the upper class has been very welcoming. The faculty has been very helpful and he has even attended a basketball game with a one.</p>
<p>He is contemplating a fraternity, but is not sure if that's what he's going to do for sure.</p>
<p>1) I was not an English major at Villanova but I have a lot of friends who were and who really liked it. For my core English classes, I had wonderful professors.</p>
<p>2) Winter in college is fun-- minus walking to class in the cold/ snow. Snow days do happen and there are just silly-fun things to do-- snow ball fights, snow football, sledding on cafeteria trays. I am a summer person but always have great winter memories from Nova.</p>
<p>3) Basketball is huge at 'nova. There are many "athletic" types throughout a class but it not so exclusive that others feel left out. Even those who did not play sports seem to enjoy Bball games. I played a DI sport for 'nova and I could not have asked for a better experience. The sports community from the inside is very close.</p>
<p>4) Catholicism is important at Villanova, but the over-arching emphasis on morals, ethics, and faith, "non-denominationally" speaking, is even stronger. Plenty of people attend mass every week-- and they are very interesting for any religion. </p>
<p>5) IMO, Greek Life at Villanova is not all that impressive. Sure it is a great way to make friends and become involved with many social, philanthropic, and various party opportunities, but the lack of housing, the strict PA housing rules for college students, and for women in particular, and the VERY strict Radnor/ Merion police forces put a huge dent in Greek Life potential. </p>