Not a school that gets much mention here. It would be a very strong safety for my D28, and since it isn’t too far away we are attending their summer preview day next week. This will be her first formal on-campus school tour or open house so it’s also a low stakes visit in that regard.
Thoughts on the overall experience, academics including honors program, “vibe” of the type of students who are happy there, access to research. Hopkins is right down the road but would be a mega reach and very different experience.
Considering the last thread on Loyola is four years old and about its political leanings, I’ll say we are Catholic but more in the Pope Leo mold than Amy Comey Barrett if that matters in any responses.
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A friend of mine sent one daughter to Boston College and the other to BC. They were very pleased with Loyola and often referred to it as a mini BC. And sure enough the academic offerings mirror those at BC:
Arts & Sciences
Business
Education
Engineering (small at both)
And the recent addition of Nursing rounds out the package.
I wish I could offer more.
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Circling back to my own thread so if anyone else looks in the future there’s something more recent about Loyola Maryland.
D28 and I attended their summer preview day in late August. Summer session was still going on, so some students were on campus but the dining hall was packed with groups of younger kids likely attending summer camps on-campus rather than college students. The campus was beautiful, and staff and students were incredibly friendly. The university president stopped in during the info session and really encouraged the students to all come back when school was in session.
Our tour guide was amazing, so much energy and knowledge. To the politics issue in the post from a few years ago, Loyola has a minor in gender and sexuality studies and a robust LGBTQ office. Our guide described himself as a “queer black man” who chose Loyola specifically because it was warm, welcoming and accepting.
We saw a suite-style dorm room and it was huge and the dorm seemed nice and well kept. Saw no classes in session unfortunately. The one down side of the student panel and the AO giving the info session was that we learned the honors program is not at all robust, which would be a priority for my daughter.
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