University of Scranton?

kitty56
Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:40:12 +0000

There is no Greek life at Scranton. I believe there were parties available off campus, but D only chose to go to a couple of them.

I think the usual loans (Stafford) were offered, but we declined them.

The majority of students are from PA, NY, and NJ, but D did have friends from as far west as Oregon and also Nigeria.

They do offer an Honors program as well as their SJLA program which stands for Special Jesuit Liberal Arts. SJLA is offered to approximately the top 50 incoming freshmen and was a phenomenal experience for D. You can investigate these programs further on the Scranton site - www.scranton.edu and plug in SJLA in the search box.

Study abroad is available with many different opportunities, but D didn’t choose to do that.

I think she felt Scranton was a perfect size for her. There were about 4000 there when she enrolled.

She would say the campus is definitely a community. That was the feeling she got the moment she first set foot on the campus. From stats I’ve seen, about 50% of the students live on campus. And even though we live only 1 1/2 hours away, she did not come home every weekend. There were always enough people on campus for the weekend.

What major are you considering? Yes, PT is big, sciences are strong, education is popular (she had 2 teachers in HS who were Scranton grads.) and business program is very good.