Religious schools?

[jp2008]

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Hey all. I just got interested in dentistry and I look to pursue this career. I will be applying this May. So far, I've been looking at some of the schools that I want to go to, and I wanted to ask you guys about religious schools. What is a seventh-day adventist? Is it like another branch of Christian? Are there any other religious schools that believe in this? Any other Catholic schools? Do you know where I can find a link that tells me this instead of looking at each school separately? Thanks!

 

[skyskier]

Hey all. I just got interested in dentistry and I look to pursue this career. I will be applying this May. So far, I've been looking at some of the schools that I want to go to, and I wanted to ask you guys about religious schools. What is a seventh-day adventist? Is it like another branch of Christian? Are there any other religious schools that believe in this? Any other Catholic schools? Do you know where I can find a link that tells me this instead of looking at each school separately? Thanks!

I know Loma Linda is a Seventh-day Adventist school. I'm sure you can find more about it on wikipedia or something if you run a simple search. SDN is not the place to ask what different religions believe.

Creighton and Marquette are Catholic. Other than those, I personally don't know of any other religious schools.

 

[bodiddely]

Detroit Mercy is Catholic also.

 

[Flyboy]

And I support what skyskier said as well. I think this is the Seventh-Day Adventist Church's Official website: http://www.adventist.org/. I've found that the best way to find what others believe is to investigate their tenants, doctrines, and principles and not what everyone else says about them. I agree with the others on this thread when they said that this is not the place to discuss beliefs. Good luck!

 

[jigabodo]

Creighton is Catholic too, right?

 

[lemoncurry]

Creighton, Marquette and Detroit Mercy are Catholic universities (I know creighton and marquette are Jesuit institutions, not sure about DM). Loma Linda is SDA. As far as I can tell from the cursory examinations of the curricula, Loma Linda is the only one that I know of that actually integrates aspects of religion into the program. They have a mandatory weekly chapel attendance, and there are other things, such as inavailability of meat and caffeine on campus. None of the catholic schools, as far as I know, incorporate actual catholic, possibly not even Christian in general, teaching into the curriculum, but I am sure they offer ethics courses (as do most of the d-schools).

A lot of people get freaked out by LLU's religious roots, but it is due to a lack of understanding of both the religion and the school. No one is going to indoctrinate you to SDA teachings or pressure you to convert (well, an individual student may take it upon him or herself, and there is no way to stop that).

If you want to know more about the SDA religion, google it or look on wikipedia.

(I'm not SDA, btw).

 

[crazy4clana]

If you come from Catholic undergradate university, do you have a better chance of being accepted at Creighton or Marquette?

 

[lemoncurry]

i spent 2 years at a catholic university and it hasn't seemed to help me much at all, nor has being catholic.

 

[blankguy]

i spent 2 years at a catholic university and it hasn't seemed to help me much at all, nor has being catholic.

Pray harder.

 

[Suren911]

I know religion is taboo subject in sciences and most def not a good idea to mention at interviews. But, does playing your religious card at interviews help out your chance with Loma Linda and Creighton and Marquette?

 

[Suren911]

^Uh... how about just uh... Christian? :-/

 

[Suren911]

^Well, presbyterian or Pentecostal or something. Not specifically that branch of the Christianity (Seven day).

 

[dkny2kx]

it helped me get a creighton acceptance I'm from a Catholic since elementary

 

[Ranelar]

Reviving an older thread b/c I'm curious and a search brought up this topic:

Someone mentioned that they think that LLU is the only school that mandates christian/religious involvement ie via chapel. Does anyone else know for sure that Marquette/Creighton/etc do not do this? I cannot attend any kind of religious service outside of my own religion, no matter how "secular" "worldly" or "non-denominational" it is.

 

[pmantz]

Creighton, Marquette and Detroit Mercy are Catholic universities (I know creighton and marquette are Jesuit institutions, not sure about DM). Loma Linda is SDA. As far as I can tell from the cursory examinations of the curricula, Loma Linda is the only one that I know of that actually integrates aspects of religion into the program. They have a mandatory weekly chapel attendance, and there are other things, such as inavailability of meat and caffeine on campus. None of the catholic schools, as far as I know, incorporate actual catholic, possibly not even Christian in general, teaching into the curriculum, but I am sure they offer ethics courses (as do most of the d-schools).

A lot of people get freaked out by LLU's religious roots, but it is due to a lack of understanding of both the religion and the school. No one is going to indoctrinate you to SDA teachings or pressure you to convert (well, an individual student may take it upon him or herself, and there is no way to stop that).

If you want to know more about the SDA religion, google it or look on wikipedia.

(I'm not SDA, btw).

Detroit Mercy is jesuit

 

[jon68]

That's curious Ranelar, you are not allowed to attend another church? If you dont mind me asking, why is that? Please excuse my ignorance but I assume it is because of another religion - Although a Christian myself I think it would be fascinating and a wonderful cultural experience to go to a school (most are just different Christian denomonations) that has a different belief than myself. Anyone out there attending a religious school and not apart of that religion? Has it interfered with your education at all? Im interested to hear your experiences...

 

[Ranelar]

It's not that I can't attend a school that has a different belief than myself, I just can't be a part of any service, even if that means just sitting in chapel and doing my homework, or sleeping, as many people have stated they do at LLU. I'll send you a PM later with more details if you want, but I'm off to shadow now 😛

 

[pingy24]

I specifically asked Dr. Ayers, at Creighton, what role the Catholic religion plays in their curriculum, and how it would affect a student like me (non-Catholic, Christian, but not very religious).

He pretty much said I wouldn't have to worry about being forced to attend Cathloic or any other religious services, they don't preach the Catholic beliefs to you in class. Basically the religion is there if I want to practice it, but I won't be told I'm going to hell if I don't choose to practice it.

I don't quite know how to explain this part because I interviewed over 6 months ago and can't remember exactly how it was explained, so sorry if I make no sense here. One example he gave was that Creighton wants us to be compassionate dentists and many people get their compassion from religious or spiritual sources. This however doesn't mean we are going to be taught or shown straight from the bible how to be compassionate. Probably mainly just taught through observing how to be sincere and compassionate.

Another way we will see Catholic beliefs is through the tradition of a Jesuit University. Again not forced to follow the Catholic religion, but just follow their standards of professionalism, compassion, leadership, service, etc.

This is probably why we are required to dress up everyday. As a student I'm not sure I like the idea, but I know as a patient I prefer to see a dentist dressed nicely and professional rather than in scrubs looking like they jsut rolled out of bed. At other interviews, where the school required scrubs, some students literally had that just out of bed look. In all reality appearance does matter, and if you can pull off scrubs and look professional, I'm all for them. But I'm sure many students are too tired and worn out to care about their appearance, so if a stricter dress code is mandatory to try to prevent the just out of bed look, then that's fine with me too.

Anyway, I was worried about Creighton being a Catholic school before my interview, but afterwards I'm not concerned and I think I will do just fine there in the fall.

 

[jon68]

Thanks for the info, sounds like you'll have a good time there, congrats.
Anyone from LLU?