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<p>I’m getting nasty vibes from the majority of these answers! I mean, these people don’t have to answer if they don’t have an answer to the question at hand, so I don’t know why all of them feel the need to do so, especially in a degrading manner. They’re acting like it’s the worst thing in the world that, God forbid, I didn’t take into account the people who were raised a religion but don’t follow it.</p>
<p>I guess I should just mention, Sikorsky, that your answers weren’t any of the ones I deemed rude. They were really good, and I appreciate it. I’m guessing I must seem really dumb if everyone’s talking to me this way, so I appreciate you not pointing it out.</p>
<p>I think most of the people are really struggling to respond specifically (and enough for you) because of the abstractness of your question, and are trying, in good faith, to explain the contradictions you seem to have pointed out, but the kind of answers you’re looking for are only really possible if we know the school, so we can look at some of the data ourselves and how the school presents itself.</p>
<p>As far as the religiosity of institutions, my first look would be whether or not the school requires any sort of religion in their general ed requirement, as well as their mission or any other such thing has religion evoked. Barring that, I would definitely look at religious student organizations on campus (and the frequency with which they meet).</p>
<p>I have testy days myself. Just ask my family.</p>
<p>But I do think purpleacorn hit the nail on the head. I get why you wanted to withhold the name of the college, but doing so made the original question just about impossibly vague.</p>
<p>And I do think it’s a fair point that there can be a world of difference between people’s deciding to check a box when asked their religion on one hand, and aggressive proselytizing on the other. If you were already taking that difference into account, you gave no indication of it in your original post.</p>
<p>I can’t see the whole thread while responding on my phone, but I don’t remember anyone who seemed to be deliberately talking down to you. </p>
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<p>If you are **that unsure **about this school for whatever reason, then do **not **apply ED. Apply RD to give yourself more options AND more time to investigate whether you would really love this school.</p>