How religious is Calvin College? [international]

mundanewarrior
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:02:58 +0000

@CalvinAlum2013
Wow, you freshly created an account.

You make Calvin sound like a school I want to attend. Almost the doubts that I had are now cleared. I will definitely apply to Calvin.

A couple more questions, tho.

What is this “reformed tradition” you speak of? I get that it is based on John Calvin and such, but I want to know about the practical aspects. All the brochures I have of Calvin contain stuff like “Practice holiness”, “Expand your view of God” and “Learn how to be a citizen of the kingdom of God”, which give an impression that Calvin is all about God. But then it’s blended with awesome stuff like ECs and internships, and the liberal arts, all of which is so enticing.

Also, could you tell me what those religious courses were about? I will email the adcom today, but they will just direct me to a link of the mentioned courses. I want to get a different perspective. What is it that your atheist roommate found interesting?

That should be it.

P.S.: MYOS1634 didn’t say that Calvin requires you to abstain from coffee. He said that Calvin is among the “colleges [that] help you grow in your faith and require you to sign a creed or affidavit of faith and to abstain from certain behaviors or actions, upon penalty of dismissal (being in a gay relationship, drinking alcohol or even coffee - it depends on the university)”