Hi, Congratulations again to your daughter. Sorry about the delay getting back to you.
I’ll try to answer each of your qu’estima and hope this helps!
Crime: I’ve not heard of any crime on-campus, but off-campus can be dicey. The school provides a shuttle to Target and some off-campus housing, which is helpful. My son lived in on-campus housing both freshman and sophomore year, and there were no issues. Sophomore year the students can live in suite-style apartments, which makes it easy to cook meals. Junior year is when most kids live off-campus near the school and I think they are a bit more street-wise by then. There were some incidents this year (mugging and breaking & entering), and the school responded by increasing patrols and landlords responded by adding security features. My son is doing spring semester abroad, so he he was barely in off-campus housing for four months. Senior year he will live in Manyyunk, which is a short drive away. He will for the first time “need” a car senior year, and we’ll likely get him one in June, so he can easily commute from Manyyunk to his summer internship in Center City.
Re extracurriculars, they have a lot of club sports and many different clubs ranging from professional interest to service clubs to dance and more. Knock wood, we’ll never see another pandemic, but during that time, I was super impressed by how the school brought in animals to hang with the kids (goat yoga and dogs!) and they sponsored a lot of outdoor events.
What does she plan to study and which other schools is she considering?
I just happened to see this, her act was 33, her sat was only 1470 but I think she submitted it as well. She wasn’t a Philadelphia fan (we live 1 1/2 hours away, but she’s somewhat familiar with the city and as much as she lives cities it’s not her favorite, feels the homeless is too aggressive compared to others).
Just posting an update for anyone considering SJU. I always thought mine would end up in a huge school but SJU started checking so many boxes that thats where she chose. I am beyond thrilled at how her first semester freshman year has gone. The teachers know her by name. The department heads know her by name. She gets invited to almost weekly “networking” events where tons of companies attend. The amount of opportunity she is given at the school is unlike any other college my other kids attend. I am 100% confident she will have a job long before she graduates. In the end, thats really what it’s all about and why they are going to college. I also have no concerns with safety. Not thrilled that they uber into mannayunk to go out and I do wish there were more things to do right off of campus but she loves the city. While they lack the “big football”, her and her friends have no problem going to an Eagles tailgate instead (go birds!). They are also expanding and improving like crazy with them just breaking ground on a brand new set of dorms which is great as she is in the awful dorm this year and its in serious need of being torn down.
If anyone has any questions let me know!
So happy to hear that things worked out for your daughter and she ended up at St. Joe’s! What is she studying? You mentioned a special program - is she in the McNulty Scholars program or the Honors Program or something else?
Well, if she is Ubering into Manayunk, she may be partying with my son, imagine that! I’m so glad I answered all your questions last year! And you are right about jobs…my son interned for a top bank last summer in Philly, and was made a six-figure offer in August, which he accepted. He’s been riding high ever since - so nice to have a job offer before senior year even starts! Continued best wishes to you and your daughter.
Hi! Can I ask what her major is? My daughter was accepted for Marketing and it looking at St Joe’s, Temple and Manhattan (my older daughter goes there). We actually put down a deposit for Temple, but now she is really second guessing it, so we will be attending the accepted students day on the 25th. We have already taken a tour - so it will not be our first time on campus. We live about 2 hours away, so I am also concerned about how many people stay on campus for the weekend in addition to information about the marketing major in general.
In case this helps or you haven’t seen - don’t know the #s but it appears marketing students fare well. You could ask for a complete report with job titles and locations.
Obviously doesn’t replace your visit but if it’s supplemental for you.
We went to accepted student’s day today and had a couple of great sessions with the General Marketing and Food/Pharma/Health Marketing professors and students. My daughter was definitely more interested in the pharma/healthcare major after we left. Maybe we will have a decision soon! LOL
Not sure that you will see this but where did your child wind up? My daughter will be a high school senior in the fall and St. Joes, Temple and Manhattan are three of her top choices.