<p>Georgetown is Jesuit Uniersity. Is the religious presence of campus too overbearing?</p>
<p>I'm from India and am considering applying to Georgetown. I'm not too religious but definitely tolerant. Will I have a tough time adjusting to the environment at Georgetown?</p>
<p>No. There are so many religious colleges in the U.S. but it does not affect the students’ daily life too much. E.g. did you now that Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth are all religiously affiliated? Probably you did not (I didn’t) because it doesn’t really matter. Although I see that a Jesuit university might be a bit different from let’s say a calvinist school, it shouldn’t be the reason for not applying to Gtown.</p>
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Though they were founded with a religious affiliation, none of those schools currently have a religious affiliation.</p>
<p>I do not foresee a Jesuit university such as Georgetown being religiously intolerant. Many students are not Catholic, nor even Christian.</p>
<p>Georgetown to me, had a very different feel than a Catholic university such as Boston College.</p>
<p>Less, well, * Catholic * to be honest. At least the presence isn’t as strong, imo.</p>
<p>@sahilchaudhry I definitely don’t think you have anything to worry about. I had my alumni interview over the weekend, and my interviewer actually cautioned me (since I am a practicing Catholic) that Georgetown isn’t an extremely religious.</p>
<p>“Though they were founded with a religious affiliation, none of those schools currently have a religious affiliation.”</p>
<p>True, sorry.</p>
<p>I’ve spoken to a couple alumni from my school at Georgetown about this. All of them say that the religious presence is minimal and that aside from a required, general theology course, there is absolutely nothing that is ‘forced upon you’. Another thing to keep in mind is that Georgetown is a school that has, according to current students, more democrats than republicans so I would guess it is fairly liberal.</p>