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<p>If you mean Seattle University, yes it’s a Jesuit school, but it’s not a school of religion. Students are not required to attend mass, take religion classes, or for that matter, even to be Catholic. Don’t rule out these schools on that basis alone.</p>
<p>Both of my brothers went to WSU (graduated late 70’s), and they both have said for the record that UW is the superior school. However, they’re both having successful careers; one got a degree in business and is now a manager at Boeing, the other took his ME degree to Stanford and got a PhD there. </p>
<p>It’s good to hear that WSU is beefing up its academics; UW needs the competition. But it will take many years for these measures to affect perception. Wazzu’s reputation as an isolated party school is too well-established to be changed during your son’s tenure there.</p>