<p>do religiously affiliated colleges, like Duke and Georgetown, consider applicants' religions in their decisions?
for example, gtown's app has section for "preferred religion"
if i have no religion, will that affect my application in any way?</p>
<p>I’m interested in the same information.</p>
<p>When I went on a tour at Georgetown, the guide said 53% of the student body is Catholic. It make me wonder whether 53% of the university’s applicant pool is also 53% Catholic because that seems a little high.</p>
<p>yea i mean its good school but i just dont like mixing religion with academics</p>
<p>Those schools accept plenty of students who are not Catholic or Methodist. Your not being either will not be an issue.</p>
<p>The places you would have to be careful with are Pepperdine, Bioloa, Wheaton (not Mass one), Liberty, Bob Jones, etc. At all those you are expected to be a practicing christian of a certain stripe.</p>
<p>find something else to worry about</p>
<p>I was raised Catholic but I’m really unaffiliated. So, I decided to put down “Catholic” for all the Jesuit schools I applied to, and “unaffiliated” for all the secular schools I applied to. It really doesn’t matter in the end, though, so don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>ok thx everyone!</p>
<p>At many schools the question about religious preference is so that they can pass your name on to the student organizations affiliated with that religion/denomination and/or to a specific campus chaplain. In some cases there are scholarships designated for students with a specific religious background. You won’t get more money, it is just that your aid letter will include a line saying something like “Josie Smith Scholarship for XYZ students”.</p>