<p>I heard from a guidance counselor that Princeton (but not the other Ivies) is unfair to Catholic School applicants and that you should always put “private” rather than “parochial” to designate your school. Is this true? My school has “Saint” name so it wouldn’t be easy to disguise… I think that’s extremely unfair if it is true.</p>
<p>Plenty of stuff to worry about re: getting into Princeton, but don’t concern yourself with this one.</p>
<p>They give preferential treatment to the old boarding schools, but they do not treat Catholic schools unfairly. The former has been proven: the latter cannot be.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any ideas on this? I’ve now heard this from two separate sources.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. What makes you think these sources are so reliable? The most evidence your guidance counselor can have is rumors and anecdotal observations. Obviously, rumors and anecdotal evidence are unreliable and should not be used when making a decision.</p>
<p>My counselor said the same thing. So I wonder if there’s any basis for these rumors…</p>
<p>Atheist and other non-Christian intelligensia are notoriously anti-Christian, and especially anti-Catholic. Just look at the US News “peer assessment” scores of Georgetown, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Boston College, and Holy Cross…they are significantly lower than the other schoos whose overall ranks are near them. These Catholic elites were started for the very reason that Catholics were discriminated against by non-Catholic colleges.</p>
<p>People will draw screams from the politically correct for squashing a cockroach, but it’s perfectly fine to laugh off Catholics. Don’t be surprised or discouraged by this sort of thing. Study hard and change the Princetons of the world from within…or go to the elite Catholic colleges and then conquer the non-Catholic elites in grad school.</p>
<p>I understand and agree with you TourGuide.
Specifically at Princeton, my daughter has taken the Humanities Sequence, a tough row to hoe with most of the students being first year students. Many of the best prepared were from the Catholic system, and there were quite a few of them.
I’m sorry that I can’t tote this up, but in her first year Facebook (or whatever) listings for the class of 2011, there were many, many kids from Catholic high schools. I wouldn’t worry about this at Princeton.
But at elite colleges generally, the PA is a barometer of bias pure and simple. Not just for Catholic schools, but check out the Wheatons (Illinois) of the world.</p>
<p>It’s very, very sad that such covert prejudice still exists.</p>
<p>This is really silly. My kids went to Catholic school. Both are at Princeton. Their school routinely sends at least one kid to Princeton. I have never heard even a bit of this kind of prejudice discussed.</p>
<p>I can’t believe that people believe silly rumors like these so easily.</p>