Catholic Schools with Strong Engineering?

Alexandre
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:35:40 +0000

“I am glad your two kids went to Catholic schools and value them. For those who don’t value or want a Catholic education, that is perfectly fine with me. They can just shuffle off to Buffalo as they say and do their thing. But the Catholic bashers here need to think twice and knock it off.”

Ghostbuster, I am a devout and practicing Catholic, but I must confess (pun not intended) that I also do not quite understand the point of a “Catholic education”…not at the collegel level and not in this day and age. High schools can and do instill a value system in their students. Universities cannot do that. I am sorry, but there is absolutely nothing Catholic universities do differently from non-denominational universities. Some Catholic universities (like BC, Georgetown, Notre Dame etc…) are excellent in various disciplines, but it so happens that there aren’t any that are greatly respected for Engineering. As such, for an Engineering student, I would generally not recommend a Catholic university.