<p>Hi! I'm a senior in high school, and SCU is currently one of my favorite schools (already sent in the app!), but I'm not sure if I would fit in there. (Hoping to get invited to join the Honors program too.) I'm a Midwestern Catholic school girl. I don't drink or do drugs, and I'm not a big partyer or sports fan. I'm extremely studious, but I have a very mellow personality--definitely not a drama queen. I get along well with just about everyone. I love to travel; I love Disney; I love the arts; and I love to just hang out and chat with people. Currently, I'm the editor of my school's yearbook, and I do a lot of volunteer work with little kids. Hoping to continue with publications and volunteering in college. I would be up for going Greek. Could someone please tell me if I'd fit in?</p>
<p>You sound like a friendly person who likes people. My daughter graduated from SCU in June. She LOVED LOVED LOVED it there. There are plenty of different kinds of people even in a smallish school. You will find friends there.</p>
<p>Less than 2% of the student body at SCU is Greek. The sororities are no longer under the auspices of the university. They do have “houses” but the only ones who live in them are the officers. My DD went to a lot of sorority events as her best friend was in one of the sororities. My daughter was not in a sorority and neither were most of her friends.</p>
<p>Volunteering is an intergral part of the Jesuit education. In fact, your Residential Learning Community (which is basically your dorm) will have service projects as part of their theme. In addition, many of the classes have a community volunteer component. There are also immersion trips during the spring break to volunteer. My daughter volunteered teaching young children, worked in an HIV recreation center (played piano there), did an immersion trip to a soup kitchen in San Francisco, did a Global Medical Brigades trip to Honduras to do medical outreach, and a number of other things that had to do with her courses at SCU (btw, she was an engineering major, not a social sciences student). </p>
<p>The school is lovely, the education is excellent, and the Jesuit philosophy is very nice. </p>
<p>Good luck to you. I hope you get accepted and you love it there as much as my D did.</p>
<p>hey you sound a lot like me! SCU is currently my number one choice also! From what I’ve heard from talking to alumni it is a great fit for the non partying type and people who love to travel, volunteer, and be outdoors.</p>
<p>Hi thumper! Glad you responded. </p>
<p>SCU is also near the top off son’s list, AND ours. It might be the only private I am willing to work extra hours for, because of location, size, Jesuit philosophy, and majors, in that order.</p>
<p>OP, as far as I can tell, my son is also not interested in drugs or alcohol, but he is not particularly studious, and he IS into soccer. The only reason SCU is not number one, is that he won’t be recruited there. He is a black male from Ncal. </p>
<p>His sister, a MUCH better student, looked hard at SCU, and got a big $$ offer, but shared concerns about the students professed drinking culture during an admitted students event. I think they were just showing off. Josephine, she ended up in N. Carolina, at a school with a much bigger reputation for drinking. One of her bff’s, also the salutatorian, attends and likes it. She is currently a junior. The bf’s brother went there and liked it as well. All of them went to a small Christian school, about 90 miles away,</p>
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<p>“One of her bff’s, also the salutatorian, attends and likes it. She is currently a junior. The bf’s brother went there and liked it as well. All of them went to a small Christian school, about 90 miles away”</p>
<p>“It” refers to SCU, not the school in N Carolina.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I hope to hear back from SCU in about a month, and if I’m accepted, I would love to go for an overnight visit. I feel so much better about this. Again, thank you for your help!!</p>
<p>Riley, if you get accepted, inquire about Shadow SCU. It is a program for students and they are paired with current SCU students, attend classes. etc. The “personalize” the visit for the accepted student. Good luck.</p>