<p>Villanova: pretty solidly Catholic, but not oppressively so. I’m pretty sure my son isn’t going to church every week. But there is a requirement to take 2 theology classes as part of the core curriculum. Many non-Catholic and even non-Christian course choices. Son’s freshman year roommate was Jewish for what it’s worth.</p>
<p>The Business school at Villanova is extremely difficult to get into if not accepted as a freshman. There is not a great deal of flexibility to move between Business and Engineering once there.</p>
<p>Although it doesnt have a true engineering school as someone pointed out to me, it has everything else. Strong relationship with IBM down the road, excelent School of Management, about 6000 students, no real Greek system, more secular than some of the other schools mentioned although it does have Catholic influence; one to consider anway.</p>
<p>Sacchi, what is the SAT breakdown of this student? </p>
<p>What type of engineering is this student interested in? Or would this student want to be at a school where if he/she changes mind about engineering, could switch to business? That is something to consider as the kids do change their minds about a major! </p>
<p>Also I thought Union College (NY) had a Greek presence: (from Collegeboard website) </p>
<p>Percent of men who join fraternities: 32%
Percent of women who join sororities: 30%</p>
<p>^To me this says 70% of the campus isn’t in a sorority or fraternity. That said, at what point do people think that it feels like a strong Greek presence? Both my kids went to schools with about 15% membership and there seemed to be no pressure to join at that level.</p>
<p>Union started their Minerva Houses so everybody could be affiliated with a house for all 4 years. As to whether or not the Minerva system has helped to reduce the Greek system’s influence over the social life, remains to be seen. This is dated 2006. Perhaps a Union College parent/alum/student could post their impressions. </p>
<p>I had suggested Union College to two of my four college bound kids & after reading the description in Princeton Review’s Best they decided not to apply because of the influence of Greek Life. That was my personal experience in researching the school, that’s all.</p>
<p>The student is the S of a non-CC friend of mine. His SAT breakdown is CR 630, M 670, W 650. He doesn’t know which branch of engineering he would want to major in, and isn’t even certain that he wants to major in engineering, and might prefer business or economics or a different social science. It’s a good point to consider how easy/difficult individual Us are about switching between a school or engineering and a business school or college of arts & sciences.</p>
<p>Regarding greek presence, he doesn’t mind if there is some greek presence on campus, just that there is a social life outside of fraternities. I would guess that 15% greek is fine, 50% is too much. In-between, I guess it would depend on the school.</p>
<p>Delaware may be worth a visit, to see how big it feels. U. Rochester looks promising, probably as a low reach.</p>
<p>Some of the Catholic schools would be a lot more interesting if they weren’t Catholic…</p>
<p>I’ll pass along all of the suggestions. CC is such a great resource.</p>