<p>My daughter has been accepted to the screenwriting program at LMU. She applied based on good things she has heard about the school, but we are not at all religious and I'm wondering if she'll feel comfortable there.</p>
<p>I think she will be. She’ll have to take two theology classes, but there are a lot of options I would suggest looking at the course catalog (bulletin). The university is very accepting and for a religiously affiliated school very liberal. The school’s jesuit identity is more about being service orientated than about being a devoted worshipper. If she wants to talk to other prospective students, she should join the facebook page <a href=“LMU (Loyola Marymount University) Class of 2016 | Facebook”>LMU (Loyola Marymount University) Class of 2016 | Facebook;
<p>Is she going to preview day?</p>
<p>LMU is a Jesuit university, but that said, the students, faculty, and administration are from every religion imaginable and for some, no religion. Our new president is not only the first non-Jesuit priest, but President Burcham is not even Catholic, if you can believe it. When you go to the Convocation in the fall, you see university “ministers” or representatives from every major religion at the front of the chapel–Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, etc. There are many spiritually-oriented options for students to participate in if they choose, but no pressure whatsoever. I think the Jesuit tradition is best represented in the way we approach the world: a commitment to social justice and a commitment to rigorous scholarship and questioning.</p>
<p>Thanks, your comments are very helpful! We are taking a tour next month and she can decide for herself.</p>