<p>Hello all... as a junior from NJ, I find myself on a rampage trying to find the perfect college. I visited Loyla in October and absolutely loved it. Does anyone who attends/applied have any feedback as to what its really like and/or know if its getting increasingly hard to get into?</p>
<p>Also, for anyone who likes Loyola, what other schools are you interested in?</p>
<p>not too hard to get in to. what are stats like psat and gpa?</p>
<p>Hello everyone!
I applied to Loyola in November and was notified in late December that my app is going to be placed in the 2nd round of consideration..Loyola is my reach school so hopefully it might pull through. I have a scheduled interview in February. I have okay sat scores (i hate the sat's), B average, and have taken college prep and ap courses...I am extremely involved in my school..hopefully i will be admitted. What do you think my chances are? Anything i should do to better my chances? Thank you so much!</p>
<p>hello libby,
I am 18 years old and from Harrisburg, pa. I have applied to Loyola, however i won't here from them till april...I have applied to the following schools:</p>
<p>Quinnipiac University:accepted
Roger Willaims University: accepted
Randolph-Macon college: accepted
Elon University:Deffered
and Loyola..</p>
<p>Where else are you interested</p>
<p>A few comments about Loyola life from my parental perspective. When I first visited with daughter, I loved the place. Lovely campus, great location, and far enough from home to allow her to grow. Now that she is set to graduate, I can comment on her experience. "Likes it, doesn't love it" would be a fair statement. Was very social in high school with lots of friends,sports, and activities, but finds it difficult to develop true,close friendships at Loyola.</p>
<p>Academically, Loyola is pretty competitive. Popularity has increased the average applicant scores. Excellent teaching staff. Well respected Jesuit education. Very difficult to transfer college credit. Nice dorms...however, frankly, not as great as advertised. Decent food options. Recent higher than normal yields have made housing an issue (over-crowding), and competition for admission greater. Excellent study abroad opportunites!!</p>
<p>Social life decent, but mainly off campus (bars) as the school has really cracked down on on-campus parties, etc. (No football team. Soccer, lacrosse, and basketball are fairly popular). In addition, they have a group of "difficult" campus police (ie. unethical/power-tripper's) who love to harass the students. Word of caution...if you do find yourself in a compromised position with the campus ethics board or police, you will likely be thrown off/out of campus. Loyola is very intolerant of typical college screw-ups. You will pay dearly for your mistake. School assumes guilty until proven innocent. We know from direct experience.</p>
<p>One important thing to consider is that for a large metropolitan city, Baltimore has lousy mass transit. As a result, students should be prepared to spend a lot of money on cabs to get around. Most kids share cabs, but it still gets expensive (not something we planned/budgeted for).</p>
<p>All in all, I think that our daughter has gotten an above average education. However, the total experience has only been average, and lacking in comparison to our other college-aged children. As a result, our remaining children will not be applying to Loyola. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>raksyr, thank you for sharing all that information.
Could you please share what your daughter's major is ,and if she participated in internships or co-op programs? </p>
<p>My friend's son is considering Loyola for business and these things are very important considerations.</p>
<p>Would you say your daughter or her friend's will have job opportunities in their respective majors? Also, any info on grad school acceptance rates? </p>
<p>Thank you for any info you can share as an "insider" who is nearing the end of the process, and don't those four years just FLY by and many of these applicants will be in your D's shoes all too soon!</p>
<p>From what I can gather, Loyola's business program is top-notch. My D's boyfriend is a senior business major and will have no problem finding employment upon graduation. He has had a couple of nice internships during the summer months. In addition, Loyola has allowed him to continue classes over the summer, complete his undergraduate degree early, and begin graduate classes (in Loyola's MBA program). Thus, in five years time, he will have an MBA from Loyola.</p>
<p>D is a communications/journalism major...so employment after graduation is an unknown. I am a strong believer in having some idea of what you want to do before heading off to college so that time isn't wasted "trying to find yourself" at 40+k a year. So your friend's son is ahead of the game in that respect. One of the problems that you hit is that the time flies by far too fast. So if you don't have some sort of idea of what you want to do in life, you will find yourself behind the eight-ball. My advice is to have your friend's son go down for an overnight stay. In my opinion, that is the only way a student can truly get a feel for any school. It helps dissect the "fluff" from reality.</p>
<p>raksyr,
thanks for the prompt reply and interesting information about the business majors' experience at Loyola! You have painted a more positive impression and I find that a student's major can greatly effect their experience at any given college! </p>
<p>Your advice to overnight is solid and after Merit Awards are mailed out I would expect them to do that. He has overnighted at another school and it was a positive experience. He has visited Loyola twice, once at a Junior Open House on a nice spring day ,and last weekend during the Honors Open house in torrential rain! </p>
<p>Question: How did your boyfriend get into the MBA program? When did he apply and how competitive is that program? Sounds like a great option! </p>
<p>Also, has your daughter felt safe on campus, and are there plenty of activities to do on campus? off campus?</p>
<p>Very good question regarding MBA program. Unfortunately, the answer is not that easy. He is a varsity athlete with five years of eligibility. He was able to acclerate/load up on his classload in order to finish BA early. Do not know if that option is available for every student. I would certainly ask. </p>
<p>Regarding saftety...that is a very good question. Walking around campus for the first time, I remember how beautiful it was. Yet, I felt uneasy on the walk down to the library, which seemed dark and unprotected. Reality is that the campus is pretty safe. What they don't tell you is that it border's a very unsafe neighborhood (which happens to be the same neighborhood that all of the college bars are located). For some reason the students do not tend to run into many problems down there. However, I am still uneasy about it. Oddly, the only safety issue that my D has experienced has involved the campus security. They were wrongly accused of public intoxication (they had not been drinking), and were assaulted by the campus police and charged with assaulting a police officer. I met with one of the deans and found Loyola to be of no help; basically leaving the students out to hang. Fortunately, the appeals board realized that the police had a history of exerting to much force, and all charges were dropped. Needless to say, it has left a very bad taste and thus my comment that none of my other children will be allowed to apply.</p>
<p>Raksyr, sorry to hear about the unfortunate experience with the campus security and the administration.</p>
<p>I appreciate you sharing this because it sheds light on your perspective about Loyola, and understandable. </p>
<p>I guess it is reassuring to know the campus security has a strong presence, but this sounds overboard.</p>