<p>From everything I've been reading about Marquette, it sounds like it could be a good possibility for S2. However I wonder how a Lutheran with liberal political views would fit in here? I read that 60% of the student are catholic. That seems pretty high. So I'd love to hear from some current students, parents or alumni about how they see non-catholics fitting in. </p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>Well Marquette is Jesuit so it gets a lot of its students from private Catholic Schools. But as an an alumnus ('83) and having a S attending (sophomore engineering) I can tell you you won’t really notice since, no one ever really preaches religion on classes or on campus. Unless you really want to get involved in religious type clubs you won’t even notice. Your S would have to take a combination of thelogy / humanity electives (no matter what major). There is a wide spectrum of theology courses and at least I never felt that I was being forced into any type of religious point of view. Jesuits are pretty liberal as they focus more on education and community work. If your only worry has to do with religion there is nothing to worry about. I would say most Catholic students that go to Marquette do not even go to mass regularly.</p>
<p>newsdrms has it in a nutshell.</p>
<p>My S is a sophomore at MU who is very liberal and describes himself as an aethiest. While he’s not enjoying the Theology classes, he is thriving at Marquette with a big group of friends. He’s never made ONE comment to me that being non-Catholic has been an issue.</p>
<p>I’m Muslim, and I know many friends and cousins who are Muslim who have attended Marquette, and they all love it. Other than the Theology requirement that some consider to be a waste of time (however, my friend’s sister says that you can usually pick classes that end up being more interesting than annoying–and it’s not even that many credits), I have not heard of any issues arising from differences in religion.</p>
<p>So then if religion is such a “non-issue” at Marquette why do so many Catholic kids want to attend?</p>
<p>I would say that it is well known to all students that attend Catholic high schools in the USA as one of the top Catholic Universities. Obviously the Marquette name will have more of a presence amongst Catholic high schools. I only went to mass twice in the 4 years I was a student and both times for very personal reasons (death of a classmate / graduation mass - parents wanted to go). None of my friends ever attended mass and we never really discussed religion. Talking to my S about his experience so far, it seems it is still the same to this day (he is not very religious). But of course, being a Catholic institution you would expect the majority of those enrolled would be of Catholic background. Have you visited the school? They have an overnight program for prospective students. Your S would actually stay in a dorm with a freshman or sophomore and will get to attend all the classes the student has that day.</p>