<p>I'm pretty sure a few parents on here have children who attend. Even if you don't have a child who attends, if you've heard about it, tell me!</p>
<p>I'll ask one of the same questions I asked about DePaul. Is it overly Catholic? Is it more like Fordham or Liberty?</p>
<p>What is student life like there?</p>
<p>How is Dayton?</p>
<p>How has your child enjoyed it?</p>
<p>Tell me whatever you know! Thanks!</p>
<p>I had terrible grades my first three years of high school but did very well my senior year as I have discussed on other posts and since I was going to a Catholic Prep school I applied to the University of Dayton. They only saw my grades through junior year. They not only sent me a form rejection letter but someone in the admissions office had also added a very prominent hand written personal note saying “Extremely poor high school record”, as if I did not know that. This was over 40 years ago but I still think of it and remember how hurtful it was.</p>
<p>Everyone I know from my area just loves the school. Some have loved it a little too much, if you get my drift. My d will be starting there this year and we’re not Catholic. You can find some information under the alphabetical listing of colleges on this web site.</p>
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<p>Wow! A personalized rejection note! My neighbors were there 30 years ago and have told me all kinds of horror stories, so Lemaitre1, I don’t think you missed out on anything. The student housing was truly a ghetto.</p>
<p>Toledo, what did your D like about it? Why did she choose Dayton?</p>
<p>Between my two kids, I’ve seen at least 20 campuses and I just loved Dayton’s campus. It’s beautiful and I liked the medium size. Everyone I met seemed very professional and the students really did seem happy. It seemed to be a fairly safe area. Freshmen retention rates are close to 90%. Students live on campus all four years because they WANT to live there. The upperclassmen housing is really neat. D is interested in education and they’ll put her in the classroom right away and provide bus service to that school. Dayton requires fewer core classes, allowing students to take more electives. Students seem to participate in a lot of community service activities, which is important to my D. She likes the fact that they have fraternities and sororities. I like the fact that most students don’t join.</p>
<p>Dayton native (no longer live there). Had some relatives who went there years ago. (I greatly enjoyed some of those ghetto parties back in the day ;)–the ghetto has really been cleaned up!) A good friend of mine works there. UD has always had a party school reputation. Good school spirit. It has some strong academic programs and the people there are very nice and friendly. It is Catholic, but not conservative. There are a lot of non-Catholic students. If you’re Catholic there are plenty of service clubs/campus ministry activities. But if you’re not into that, it’s no problem.
Dayton is a medium-sized city, weak economy like many places in the region. The area around the school is not the greatest, but not too bad. You can find things to do, but Dayton isn’t exactly a real happening place. Most students would be into campus parties, bars, school sports. . .</p>
<p>Three of the kids from my older S’s Catholic elem/middle school are going to UD - two are Catholic and one of those is a legacy. One of my cousins also went there on a volleyball scholarship in the late 80s/early90s. I’ve never been there but have heard a lot of good things about it. As atomom said, it is Catholic but not conservative - Xavier in Cincinnati is much more so. I tried and tried to get S to look at it but he wasn’t interested - I think he would have been if he had known about the kids who were going there.</p>
<p>Okay, so it’s been a lot of years (BA '90), but I personally loved my years at U. of Dayton. I took advantage of their study abroad summer program, lived on campus freshman year then off campus like the majority of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years in “the UD ghetto”. It was a party school at the time but they have worked hard to crack down on drinking I hear. Dayton is not such a hot place, but what was nice was having all the local places to eat and shop within walking distance. I did have a car which my roommates referred to as “the Denny mobile” and there was always plenty of parking since you essentially had your own house to park it at. It’s a very friendly campus and mostly I attribute that to it being in the midwest – people slow down and are just basically friendly. </p>
<p>My sister is now a professor at U. of Dayton (ESL/Spanish dept.) and I now live in Washington DC. She tells me that they have really worked hard to improve the campus appeal. It was nice when I was there but now the buildings and walkways are all brick and it just has way more charm :).</p>
<p>We have hired a number of UD grads (local school). Good school for business (my team’s needs). Charming school. Very motivated student body for their good sports teams and local charity programs. Pretty nice campus housing. The area around there is in a building mode (many new restaurants and shops). And the campus just bought the old NCR complex so there will be more expansion coming.</p>
<p>How religious is it? I’m Catholic but attend church only on Christmas and Easter and I’m not even sure what I believe.</p>
<p>Will I be hit with crucifixes everywhere (obviously I expect to see some, but…) and professors touting the good books as the only thing we need to know? Or will it be more balanced with a few religious classes but more like Fordham or Georgetown?</p>