I need counselling about attending Baylor

CATDECAL
Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:12:09 +0000

Thanks for your candor.

You are 100% correct. Baylor is very expensive. No way around that. Have you used the online scholarship calculator to see what type of merit aid you’d qualify for? They are pretty generous with merit aid, so that frequently takes a good bit of the edge off the price.

I can’t speak for Baylor directly (my only connection is having a bunch of friends went there are the fact that my son plans on going in 2015) however I will say that everywhere you go if it is church, or school, or clubs, you will run in to SOME people who are hypocrites. I can’t imagine Baylor is immune to this. I will say that one thing that impresses me is how much people who attend (or have attended) seem to genuinely love the school. I’ve yet to talk to a student of alumnus face to face who didn’t rave about it.

Last week I went to a Baylor “watch party” to see the Baylor - UTex game and met several recent graduates. About half of them were racial minorities and nobody had anything but good things to say. My son is bi-racial so the issue is something I consider, but frankly based on what I saw in the diversity of the party made me not feel I even needed to ask the question. It was very reassuring.

Sorry I don’t have any real first hand experience, but wanted to share my impressions.

Best wishes to you, wherever you choose to attend!