Religion at NYU

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<p>I am a Roman Catholic, and I've been hearing about the secularism of colleges throughout the US. I go to a Catholic high school, and I participate in several Catholic organizations. A decent amount of my ec's are religiously oriented. Im wondering if this will hurt my chances of getting in.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your responses!!</p>

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<p>No, they'll like that your involved in clubs and community service and such. Secularism has to do with religious actitives on campus, not the admissions process.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know if there are many Christian related activities on campus at NYU?</p>

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<p>NYU has plenty of Christian groups..I'm sure you'll find one to your likeing. There are also many churches of various denominations in the NYU area</p>

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<p>cool, thanks.</p>

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<p>I had mostly religious EC's and I got in. Just try to make your ECs sound impressive.</p>

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<p>What's the church that's close to NYU?</p>

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<p>There are many churches near NYU. It all depends on what you're looking for.</p>

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<p>nyc isn't that big and public transport connects everything. there are also ~8 million people on manhattan alone.</p>

<p>you're deluded if you think you won't be able to find a church.</p>

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<p>"there are also ~8 million people on manhattan alone."</p>

<p>No, there are 8 mil. people in New York City (all 5 boroughs)....Manhattan has 1 mil and change.</p>

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<p>whoops.</p>

<p>point still stands though. manhattan is 1.5mil.</p>

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<p>Absolutely, its not very hard at all to find churches/religious groups at NYU.</p>

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<p>Protestant:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/protestant/nyc_churches.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/protestant/nyc_churches.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Catholic:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/pages/catholic.center/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/pages/catholic.center/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I got this book out of the library- "Not For Tourists Guide to New York City."
Its got good maps- The city is broken into sections (including NYU/Washington square) and also has a guide on where to find food, coffee, libraries, supermarkets, etc. and also lists all the churches in the NYU area</p>

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<p>And since the largest active religious group of students at NYU is Jewish, here's a link for related info:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/bronfman/links/index.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/bronfman/links/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>NYU has disproporatonately more Jews than the US population (this tends to be the case at most selective colleges), but they are not the largest religious group among the student population.</p>

<p>"The results of the study also showed the top three religious affiliations among NYU students as Roman Catholic (29.6 percent), Protestant (21.7 percent) and Jewish (13.7 percent)."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nyunews.com/news/campus/2704.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyunews.com/news/campus/2704.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Read what I said, jw. The key word is active. There are no religious groups that are as active and visible on the NYU campus as the jewish kids.</p>

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<p>"There are no religious groups that are as active and visible on the NYU campus as the jewish kids."</p>

<p>Thats a matter of perception and one's own circle of friends...point well taken though.</p>

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<p>I'm probably good evidence that religious affiliation does not hurt your application chances. I didn't even realize it, but several facets of my app were religious... I did the general essay on a C.S. Lewis book, my tisch essay was on Switchfoot, and the tune I submitted for REMU was from a christian cd I recorded.</p>