Boston College - Does it matter if you're Catholic?

socaldad2002
Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:50:17 +0000

Another point is that you need to remember that Jews (according to the Pew Research Center) as a group are politically liberal while BC tends to be run conservative and when you combine that with a very prominent Catholic/Jesuit affiliation, it doesn’t make for the most welcoming environment for the average Jewish student.

Having only 200 Jews on campus (2%) is very telling to me especially when you review the % of Jewish students at peer colleges in the Boston area. For example, according to Hillel.org, BU has 22% Jews (4,000); Tufts 18% (1,000) and even though Harvard’s Jewish population is dropping it’s 11% (750).