<p>How does not being catholic impact chances of admission?</p>
<p>Supposedly not at all</p>
<p>No. My interviewer said that only 51% of georgetown has to be Catholic for it to stay a jesuit school but the school is not strictly Catholic</p>
<p>I’m atheist and I got in early action.</p>
<p>I’m agnostic but its irrelevant (at least until i get in/denied haha)</p>
<p>Probably will not matter. I hope…</p>
<p>Doesn’t matter at all - there are plenty of Protestants, Jews, atheists/agnostics, and other groups here (although honestly those do form the vast majority - I don’t think there are very many Hindus or Muslims, although there certainly are a few). I’ve never heard of the 51% Catholic thing and I suspect that that is not true. Either way, your religious affiliation (or lack thereof) has no bearing whatsoever on your application.</p>
<p>Good luck, and I hope to see you guys here in the fall!</p>
<p>^^^ I asked my interviewer if being not being Catholic would effect social life at GT. He told me that no it won’t. GT has to have 51% of the students be Catholic to stay a jesuit school. Meaning that on the application when they asked for your religious affiliation you just checked the box that said Catholic…I didn’t make it up…What benefit do I have from making it up? This was said to me. Asked by someone else on CC so i answered.</p>
<p>I’m sure you didn’t make it up. Alumni just aren’t always quite up on their facts. Many Catholics do self-select into Catholic universities, though, so thus far that has never come up as an issue.</p>
<p>G’town is not obligated to be 51% Catholic in order to be a Jesuit school. It’s Jesuit because the Jesuits OWN it. They wouldn’t magically lose ownership if the % was less than 51%. It would still be owned by the Jesuits. Think about it…who’s school would it suddenly be? It certainly wouldn’t be confiscated. </p>
<p>the Jesuits may choose to have a policy that THEY want the school to always be at least 51% Catholic. But no outside entity is requiring them to do so. No outside entity is going to grab the school.</p>
<p>Regardless of the 51% thing (I didn’t mean to suggest that you were lying, just that I don’t think the alum was right about it), the fact remains that your religious affiliation will not impact your admissions chances or your social life on campus (unless you choose to get involved in religious activities, but most people don’t and it will not adversely affect your life in the slightest if you don’t want to).</p>