Religion-affiliated colleges?

ucbalumnus
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:36:00 +0000

Before going to the expense of a visit, you may want to check each school’s web site to see if the religious affiliation is “heavy” enough that it would make the school unsuitable for you. For example, if devotional religion courses (as opposed to religious studies courses that do not require devotion) are required, religious devotion is an integral part of not-specifically-religion courses, there are student conduct rules based on religious rules that you would not follow as a non-member of the religion (e.g. mandatory religious service attendance), or other aspects that might not be suitable for a non-member of the religion (e.g. a social environment that mostly revolves around a religion other than yours – or even yours if the it seems “over the top” to you).