Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Buy and read the Cardinal Newman Society's Newman Guide to Catholic Colleges, which reviews the best Catholic colleges in America. This guide only includes colleges which are authentically Catholic, as determined by a set of objective standards applied to each Catholic college.
Step2
Learn which Catholic colleges offer the degree or area of study you are hoping to attain. Christendom College, for example, is a liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts degrees in English, Political Science, History, Theology, Philosophy and several others. Franciscan University of Steubenville has science programs and a nursing school.
Step3
Attend a summer program at your favorite Catholic college. You can choose from summer programs such as the ones offered by Christendom, St. Thomas Aquinas and Magdalen Colleges, to get more of a feel for the college you hope to attend.
Step4
Visit your top two or three Catholic colleges during your senior year of high school. Schedule a "Come and See" weekend at several, or at least those close enough to visit. Explore each campus, meet other students and attend classes while you are there.
Step5
Send your applications to the top Catholic colleges of your choice, highlighting your academic strengths and well-rounded interests. Write solid application essays and edit carefully. Be sure to complete each application in a professional manner.
Comments
DCFmagoo said
on 5/12/2008 Christendom College is a wonderful college for a CERTAIN kind of Catholic student who is looking for the specific kind of experience Christendom offers. The same goes for the hundreds of other Catholic colleges and universities throughout the U.S. It would not be pleasant for a Protestant or Orthodox Christian.
DCFmagoo said
on 5/12/2008 First, the term "authentic" is abusive. I have a son at a first-rate, faith-filled Catholic university (St. John's in Minnesota) that is providing him with "authentic" Catholicism. As a Melkite Catholic, it is unique that a place like St. John's offers him liturgy and support by a bi-ritual Benedictine priest. Add to this a wonderfully supportive male-centered residence life (no co-ed dorms or "floor" differences - as if this matters).
The colleges listed above as well as the Cardinal Newman Society have embraced a political world-view of the right-wing (not "conservative" as they would portray themselves); a pre-Vatican II understanding of ecclesiology and a misunderstanding of the social, religious, and educational development of young adults. As a college professor at a Jesuit college whose mission is proclaimed every day as "men and women for others" (as was also proclaimed by t
WriterGig said
on 11/29/2007 I have been to Christendom College and it is wonderful--I highly reccomend it!