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6 Things Loyola Students Should Know

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6 Things Loyola Students Should Know

Because it's finally college open house season and the time high school seniors receive acceptance letters, you’re most likely reading this because you have gotten accepted to Loyola. So congrats, you got admitted to Loyola, most likely among many other university acceptances.

You’ve probably heard all the stereotypical facts already about Loyola. For example, our ratio of females to males is 60-40 with just about 4,000 students, which isn’t too bad. We have excellent education and business programs. A vast majority of the students come from New Jersey and Long Island. Most classes are capped at 30 students, even for first-year classes.

But there are a few things you won’t realize to be true until you get here.

1. Everyone actually doesn’t come from Long Island and New Jersey.

Believe it or not, everyone doesn’t actually come from Long Island and New Jersey. You can find people who come from Alaska, California, the Midwest, and even the most northern parts of Maine. We are actually quite diverse.

2. Not everyone here is Catholic.

Yes, we do go to a Jesuit University and we have a chapel on campus, but not everyone is necessarily Catholic. You can find basically every religion on campus.

3. Our Men’s Lacrosse team is pretty famous.

We may be well known for our Men’s Lacrosse team, yet we do have other very good athletes, like Women’s and Men’s Rowing, Women’s Soccer, and Women’s Volleyball.

4. Our Business School isn’t the only good school at Loyola.

You can’t forget about the School of Arts and Science. Here you can find a plethora of female engineers and chemistry majors. Don’t get me wrong, our business school is pretty amazing, but it’s not the only thing we have going for us.

You can find some pretty famous scientists at Loyola making ground breaking discoveries in the areas of Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Plus, we have some of the leading scholars in English, Political Science, and History, to name a few departments.

5. There are plenty of guys here.

Don’t let this 60-40 ratio scare you away. It might at some points even seem as if there are as many males as females.

6. Campus isn’t as small as you may think it is.

Yes, we are on the small side of medium sized school, but you won’t know everyone no matter how hard you try. You’ll meet new people everyday, and realized you’ve crossed paths millions of times but never fully introduced yourself until now. You can’t walk across campus without saying hello to at least two people, or casually bumping into your best friend as you walk across the quad.

All in all, welcome to Loyola and I hope you can call this place home like I have been doing for the past few years.

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