<p>Does anyone have any knowledge they can share about SLU in terms of reputation, students, anything? I am also very interested in learning what the neighborhood around SLU is like. From google earth it appears to be bordered by an industrial area to the south. I can't find many posts about it here. Any comments would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I'm no expert and I don't want you to think I am trying to be one. However, my H is involved in advising SLU administrators about a new program they are getting ready to launch, so he has been on the campus frequently in recent months. It is his opinion that the campus itself is vastly more beautiful and student friendly than it was just 10 years ago, and that the area around the school is undergoing major redevelopment and 'gentrification'. He keeps trying to get me to accompany him on some visits so I can see why he is so upbeat about the school now.</p>
<p>It can't be too dangerous looking, since he has suggested the school to our 10th grade daughter as a possible college. (She likes rural, however.) </p>
<p>There are a couple of other posters who comment on SLU on occasion, and know more details. Give this thread an occasional bump, and they might find your post and tell you more.</p>
<p>I know two guys at SLU--one a freshman in Journalism (i think) and one a med school student. Both love the school and campus, including academics and social life. I don't really have "details" other than they've enjoyed their time there.</p>
<p>I know that at least in the Saint Louis area, SLU has an excellent reputation. It is a Jesuit university. People I know that have had their children attend there are very impressed with it. I do think the area has been improving a lot in the last few years. There is a theater area that has been improving, and SLU has been expanding a lot. It is not very far west of downtown, but not walking distance. I can't think of any major industrial area out that way. Most of the campus is north of the interstate. The medical campus is south of the interstate. There may be some light industrial in between. Unless you need to go to the medical campus, I don't think many students would go south of the interstate. They run a shuttle between the two campuses. I found the campus to be very attractive with a lot more green space than I would have expected.</p>
<p>I would use common sense when walking around at night, but that's true anywhere.</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted to the six year DPT program at SLU. While she is leaning toward another school, I will say SLU has been a real class act throughout the whole admissions process. Personal calls from the adcom, generous merit aid. The facilities all seem to be top-notch (SLU has a LARGE endowment among Catholic schools). I think it is a wonderful school, well worth considering.</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from SLU in May. She was very happy there. She was accepted into some higher ranked schools, but she had a presidential scholarship, which paid for her tuition for 4 years. She made may great friends there. I remember the weekend she went there for the scholarship interview. It was cold and miserable. Even then, everyone seemed nice and friendly. That made a big impression on her. It is a friendly school. She is with a major investment house in New York, so not going to a top tier school did not keep her from getting a good job. She spent a semester abroad, and her scholarship applied to that. All in all is was a good experience all around. </p>
<p>Oh, she really enjoyed the Jesuits. She had one class her first semester that she didn't know her professor was a Jesuit until halfway through the semester. I think that she had 4 or 5 Jesuits throughout her 4 years. They weren't necessarily in her theology classes either. </p>
<p>Oh, you have to take some "theology" classes, but they can consist of comparative religions, ethics, etc. Religion is not shoved down the student's throats.</p>
<p>BUMP. S2 ('09 grad) is now interested in this one. Would like to hear more. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Silverlady-what were your Ds stats?</p>
<p>Very good undergraduate program in the life sciences</p>
<p>My daughter had a 4.6 GPA, 1420 SAT, and a 33 ACT. She was tied for first in her class with three others. She had great EC's and very good recommendations.</p>