Marquette and religion??

[Bickle]

I was just reading this info packet marquette sent me and it says they are a catholic school. Does anyone know how much religion plays a factor in marq's cirriculum. I'm not catholic and the last thing I want is to go to a school for 4 years and feel completely out of place.

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[Dr.BadVibes]

University of Detroit-Mercy has religous affliation as well, and Im curious about the same thing....good question...

 

[Dr.BadVibes]

Hey dream, are you considering Marquette...Im assuming its a bit cheaper than Tufts, and living expenses would be MUCH cheaper...probably would save $10000 US/year with that....but I dunno the exact figures....have you visited the school? I dont know why I didnt apply to Marquette...its got a great rep as a university....probably slipped my mind....

 

[surfy]

I can't say exactly how it works for Marquette or Detroit, but from my experience (I went to a catholic school for undergrad) it really won't make a difference to you - if you don't want to get involved in that aspect of the university.

I am not catholic, and I didn't feel out of place at the school.

One thing is that I had to take a couple theology classes as part of the curriculum in undergrad, can't say for sure how it works in professional school.

Creighton has a jesuit affiliation as well, I think a lot of the private schools do.

 

[gryffindor]

Creighton, Marquette, and University of Detroit-Mercy are all Jesuit schools. They are the only three dental schools with a Jesuit affiliation. Georgetown and Loyola-Chicago closed their dental schools a while back. Saint Louis University does not have a dental school but does run an orthodontic residency. There are 28 Jesuit colleges in the USA - Boston College, Holy Cross, Fordham - to name a few more examples that people have heard of.

I attended a Jesuit school for undergrad and am not Catholic. (Hence all the Jesuit trivia.) My experience was the same as what surfy posted.

How this affiliation is incorporated into the dental school, I don't know for sure. I would venture to say it is minimal. A friend of mine in Georgetown's med school mentioned having to take some sort of ethical-religious class, but that was 1 class out of a gazillion. And learning a little bit of ethics never hurt a healthcare professional, so it can't be so bad.

And before people start confusing all this with Loma Linda - Loma Linda is affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventists. This is not a Jesuit school as I described above. (If you want to get technical, Jesuits are Catholics and Seventh Day Adventists are Protestants.) I think the religious experience at Loma Linda is a bit more involved that what you would encounter at a Jesuit dental school.

 

[Bickle]

Originally posted by avingupta
Hey dream, are you considering Marquette...Im assuming its a bit cheaper than Tufts, and living expenses would be MUCH cheaper...probably would save $10000 US/year with that....but I dunno the exact figures....have you visited the school? I dont know why I didnt apply to Marquette...its got a great rep as a university....probably slipped my mind....

Your exactly right. I crunched the numbers: the tuition for both schools is pretty much the same, but the COL is cheaper in Milwaukee. I dont think I'll save 10 grand/yr, according to my calcs its more like 5-7 grand/yr, which is still a nice chunk of change. I've never visited the school, and I still havent decided if I'm going to send in a deposit for the waitlist. Decisions....


Dr. Rob, I'm waiting for you to chime in. 😀

 

[DrRob]

Religion doesn't really play into any factor in the curriculum. The whole university is jesuit and there are extra events that have to do with being a catholic like masses etc. but they are optional.

Marquette was an OK school - Milwaukee is fun and relatively safe to live.

 

[Bickle]

I just got off the phone with Marquette. I dont think I'll be sending in my deposit. I guess I got turned off because of Marq's religious affiliation (no offense to our Catholic SDNers).

 

[sxr71]

Originally posted by griffin04
Creighton, Marquette, and University of Detroit-Mercy are all Jesuit schools. They are the only three dental schools with a Jesuit affiliation. Georgetown and Loyola-Chicago closed their dental schools a while back. Saint Louis University does not have a dental school but does run an orthodontic residency. There are 28 Jesuit colleges in the USA - Boston College, Holy Cross, Fordham - to name a few more examples that people have heard of.

I attended a Jesuit school for undergrad and am not Catholic. (Hence all the Jesuit trivia.) My experience was the same as what surfy posted.

How this affiliation is incorporated into the dental school, I don't know for sure. I would venture to say it is minimal. A friend of mine in Georgetown's med school mentioned having to take some sort of ethical-religious class, but that was 1 class out of a gazillion. And learning a little bit of ethics never hurt a healthcare professional, so it can't be so bad.

And before people start confusing all this with Loma Linda - Loma Linda is affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventists. This is not a Jesuit school as I described above. (If you want to get technical, Jesuits are Catholics and Seventh Day Adventists are Protestants.) I think the religious experience at Loma Linda is a bit more involved that what you would encounter at a Jesuit dental school.

Oops. I mentioned that I attended catholic schools most of my life when they asked questions on the LLU secondary about my religious involvement (I'm not christian)


Dentaldream: what did you learn on the phone that made you not want to apply if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Bickle]

Originally posted by sxr71


Dentaldream: what did you learn on the phone that made you not want to apply if you don't mind my asking?

It was not so much what I learned on the phone. I asked if I could come and see the campus. I was told the next available time to visit was in March, and the deposit for a waitlist is due on feb20. How can I put down a deposit for a school and a city I have never visited? In the end, for me its not worth it.

 

[ItsGavinC]

Originally posted by Dentaldream
It was not so much what I learned on the phone. I asked if I could come and see the campus. I was told the next available time to visit was in March, and the deposit for a waitlist is due on feb20. How can I put down a deposit for a school and a city I have never visited? In the end, for me its not worth it.

But you can ALWAYS go out and visit. What would they do, turn you away at the door?

In fact, I'm sure Brian Trecek would love to have you drop by. He may not have all the time in the world to spend with you, but you could certainly talk to students, check out the new building, and observe in the clinic.

That's exactly what I did over a year ago.

 

[Bickle]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious gavin.

I meant that I just found out about this waitlist yesterday, and the deadline is in a week. Doesnt give me a huge window of opportunity to check out the school and decide to send in a deposit.

 

[hockeydentist]

Its an opportunity that I couldn't pass up. They send it right back if you don't get in. Nothing ventured nothing gained.


By the way Dr. rob what you mean Marquette was just an okay school

something not right about the school

thanks again
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