<p>I am wondering how many of you went to the day for Accepted Students that was held last Saturday, 4/22/2006. It is my understanding that this kind of Day has become very common at most colleges. What I am curious about is what influence Saturday had on your final decision? For example, if Loyola wasn't your first choice did this day do anything to change your mind. In short, I am wondering after going to this why did you decide to go to Loyola or why did you decide not to go to Loyola. Also, did anything on Saturday have a serious impact on your final decision. My daughter had already sent in her Deposit so she was going to find out specific information like campus activities and which Dorm she wanted to live in. She wants to live in Hopkins and she was interested in the activities related to Community Service. Please respond and let me know your impressions about the whole day.</p>
<p>i was at loyola day on saturday, and i must say i was very impressed. it was really informative, and like a lot of other people -- i ended up paying the deposit during lunch. i had been waitlisted at a handful of other schools on the same level as loyola, so really for me it came down to fairfield university, ithaca college, or loyola. visiting made the decision all the more easy. first of all, it's the perfect distance for me, since i live in NJ...not too close, not too far away. the academics are respectable and i felt like the classes would be engaging with hand-on learning and interactive lessons/professors who actually care about the individual student. i was very impressed with the campus, it seems like the ideal set-up. its beautiful and residential and compact...yet spacious and comfortable. i also really really like the close proximity to baltimore, which i've heard is a great city. the campus itself (buildings and grounds) re extremely pleasing to the eye and the facilities (lecture halls, dining halls, FAC) all seemed top-notch. i had heard the dorms were also top-of-the-line and i was really impressed by them. aside from the academics and aestetics of the campus, i just loved the close-knit feeling of the community. the people were extremely friendly and students and teachers were all willing to answer any questions. all in all i was really impressed with loyola, and i'm kind of glad it didn't work out with a few of my other top choices because loyola seems like a perfect fit for me.</p>
<p>Loyola is on the visit list for my D along with Ithaca and Fairfield.
could you give some detail about what it was about Ithaca and Fairfield that made those schools the non-choice?
thanks.</p>
<p>both schools were nice but just not the rigth fit for me. i liked fairfield, the campus was really pretty -- but i wanted to be closer to a city. i wanted easy access to a city but a campus with a safe, pretty, suburban feel. plus the closest city to fairfield is NYC and i'm from north jersey, so i kind of wanted a change of scenery. also, the issue of name recognition was an issue for me. while fairfield is a very challeenging and competitive school, i just didn't feel that it had enough name recognition outside of the east coast. i know that sounds a little bit shallow, but its the truth. i'm not condoning a name brand education simply for the name, but an equally copetitive school with better name recognition might make things a little easier when it comes to getting a job. as for ithaca, it was a beautiful campus as well, but i felt like it was a little less competitive than loyola. also, when i visited i kind of got the feel that freshman year was like a 5th year of high school there. the kids were genuinely nice, but a lot of stoners and jappy jews from long island -- not exactly my type. so alas, i got into loyola and ended up liking it a lot more than i thought i would when i visited. it has a beautiful campus on the "urban fringe" of baltimore.not too far from home and easy access to DC. great dorms. great academics. great sports. and i know this may sound a little weird, but all the kids were extremely friendly. i felt like i "fit in" when i visited. but its all personal preference. ithaca and fairfield are just as good as loyola...just in different ways, its all depends on what the applicant is looking for...</p>
<p>thank you very much for sharing your thoughts about these schools.</p>