Need some college input

[1990Domer]

Yeah I was really surprised to hear others talking about Georgetown like that. Not only is the school stellar in terms of academics, but the atmosphere is pretty conservative (it is in DC) and from what I was told, it’s like the oldest Catholic university in the US.

But DC is about as liberal as you can get…with all the political lobbyists. I also found DC to be very self-absorbed.

I have heard not so great things about GT because 1) they are Jesuit and 2) they covered all Catholic icons when Obama was there (which has been more than once). Also, they are located in what has to be the most liberal East Coast cities. People like Pelosi are the majority.

 

[1990Domer]

One thing re: Wyoming CC. They sound solidly orthodox, which is awesome. It makes me extremely uncomfortable from a personal safety aspect, however, that they don’t allow cell phones on campus. Yes, I understand their thinking; yes, I know it’s the middle of nowhere. Bad things can still happen, though, and it seems to me to be deeply irresponsible to have a policy wherein one can own a gun and carry it while on campus, but you can’t have a cell phone to call for help as an intermediate step between “I’m uncomfortable with this situation” and “I need to shoot someone to get away.” Seems like being able to call a friend, at least, and say “Hey, there’s kind of a creepy guy following me, I’m stopping at the coffee shop, could you meet me here and walk me back to my dorm?” is rather more responsible than potentially forcing a confrontation involving a gun when it’s just not necessary.

Do bear in mind that I’m not attacking gun rights here; I’m about as libertarian on guns as anyone you’ll meet. What I think is that it’s morally irresponsible to not allow a student to have a perfectly useful tool* that can help them avoid a very bad situation. Leaving aside anything else, Wyoming features a Whole Lot Of Nothin’, and I’d be seriously not okay with a daughter of mine (really, a son too, but women do have some considerations that guys don’t) deliberately not having a means to call for help for 50 miles of a time of road while going to and from school.

Lastly, most schools–if anything, some secular schools much more than Catholic schools–will have an active Catholic student group on campus. I suggest broadening your search to include major universities, and then do a bit of research on what the student faith life is like there. As others have mentioned, Texas A&M, for example, is rather famous for sending off a lot of students to seminary and various forms of religious life each year. The church there which caters to the students is located next to campus, and is semi-jokingly referred to as “St. Mary’s Seminary of the South” because of the massive numbers of solid vocations coming out of there.

*And if the argument is that a gun is a tool, and it’s the owner’s responsibility to use it well, why doesn’t that argument apply to a tool that is still less likely to lead to someone dying?

My husband educated me about all the lovely programs at A&M. My apologies!

 

[Xantippe]

But DC is about as liberal as you can get…with all the political lobbyists. I also found DC to be very self-absorbed.

I have heard not so great things about GT because 1) they are Jesuit and 2) they covered all Catholic icons when Obama was there (which has been more than once). Also, they are located in what has to be the most liberal East Coast cities. People like Pelosi are the majority.

I think there’s a different sense of “conservative” being used here. Georgetown and DC are “conservative” in the sense of people dressing formally and being career-minded, rather than in the sense of being politically or religiously conservative. Careerist liberalism is the tone of the area.

I believe runwaymodel is in CA, which explains her view of Georgetown as conservative.

 

[1990Domer]

I think there’s a different sense of “conservative” being used here. Georgetown and DC are “conservative” in the sense of people dressing formally and being career-minded, rather than in the sense of being politically or religiously conservative. Careerist liberalism is the tone of the area.

I believe runwaymodel is in CA, which explains her view of Georgetown as conservative.

Makes perfect sense.