<p>IB, I think B77 just likes to round up or round down figuers so it favors Brandeis…</p>
<p>I mean what’s the difference between 70% or 95% :P…</p>
<p>I mean, it has to be 95% Christian when EIGHTEEN percent of the students state “No Preference”. Disregarding all other religious preferences 100%-18% = 95%, obviously.</p>
<p>i was going to apply to both, i visited brandeis and was impressed with their small class sizes. but everything else i wasnt too happy. Athletics there is almost non existant.<br>
im going to wake forest in the fall because of its atmosphere, small classes (brandeis offers this too), and student life</p>
<p>both schools academics are top notch though.</p>
<p>they are completely different schools</p>
<p>Actually, you misread the pie chart. The 70% on the pie chart represents only the largest Christian subgroups, not all Christians at Wake Forest. With only 1.7% Jewish, .6% Hindu, .3% Muslim and .2% Budhist, a total of merely 2.8% for those other major religions, you hardly have religious diversity. Even if you assume none of the non-respondents and the no preference folks are Christian, which is highly unlikely, you’re still above 80% Christian which shows very little religious diversity and does not diminish my original point. </p>
<p>Your attempt to average percentages of a survey involving a fraction of each senior class is not reliable. No point engaging in a battle of stats. As a wise man once said, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.</p>
<p>I think we can agree that these schools are very different from one another with differing attributes. The OP should do his own due dilligence and not rely on the polemics in this thread.</p>
<p>You also have 3.7% in the “Other” category.</p>
<p>Also, I am pretty positive that most people who said “No Preference” constitute as people who identify as Atheist, Agnostic, or really no specific spiritual belief. Actually, this category is the fastest growing, in the Fall 2004 is was just at 2.6% and now it’s at 18%. </p>
<p>Also, B77, I am afraid I cannot trust any of your information. You either are not able to read a chart correctly, or again, just choose the % that would make Brandeis look better. All those % of other major religions you cited were from FALL 2004, not current ones. All those groups have seen an increase since that time, except for Buddhists, and you clearly have decided not cite the most updated numbers…</p>
<p>Neither IB nor I am trying to argue Wake as a haven for religious diversity, but we are merely citing correct statistics. You still haven’t told us where you got the 95% Christian statistic from? You argue that the Brandeis figures were not statistically reliable, but your made up figures are even less so.</p>
<p>Apparently I grabbed figures from the wrong column. Apologies for that. Apparently both my 95% figure and your 70% figure are both incorrect. I think we’re in agreement that Wake is not religiously diverse. Although it is improving, that improvement seems to be in the area of “no preference,” which may indicate agnosticism or simply someone who does not practice actively but still may be Christian in background and belief. Once again, I hope we can find agreement that these schools are very different from one another with differing attributes and that the OP should do his own due dilligence</p>