Would you go to a religious college?

[TomFoolery]

Are you planning on getting a Biochem degree still, or something else? I happen to also be working towards that. I started at community college and transferred, but by the time I did so, I had already taken several more credits than my destination school allowed. They simply figured out which combination of credits would maximize my progress towards a degree, and left the other ones out. I'm certain it would be possible, and less expensive/time consuming, for you to do something along those lines. Sure, you'll have to retake some classes (I'm retaking basic physics right now), but far less than you would starting from scratch.

I have a B.S. in Business Management, so not many of those classes transferred into biochemistry anyway. It's nice that I don't have to retake things like English and government, but it really was like starting from scratch. The problem also is that I did a year at the University of South Carolina toward biochemistry and then we had to move for my husband's job. So I have about two and a half to three years left, and I'm at the point where I pretty much have to commit to a specific school and program or else I'll just be wasting my time like you said because I'll just have to take extra classes to meet the in-house hours requirements and some things might not transfer.

 

[Baruch]

I made a mistake of joining a master's program at a Baptist university, and I wouldn't recommend it. I tossed faith in the trash mid-way through the program, and now I'm stuck with professors who pray and read the Bible in class. I was even tested on my Biblical knowledge and how certain verses are related to concepts discussed in class. The info itself isn't bad, and we use the same secular books as everyone else, but the professors are a nightmare. If I wasn't so close to being done, I'd transfer.

It's kind of funny when you think about it. When I'm a Christian, I suffer through secular professors who challenge my beliefs. When I'm not a Christian, I suffer through professors trying to stuff their beliefs down my throat.

Thermodynamics ... can't win, can't break even, can't get out of the game.  Of course you could be self-taught, and get no credit for it ... and then you can only hassle yourself ;-)

[josephpalazzo]

I applied to a state university here in Texas and started looking at other options in case I don't get in or don't get the program I want. The problem is, all of the nearby options are religious schools. One's Catholic and two are Baptist. Cost isn't so much of an issue for me thanks to the GI Bill, and two of these schools do have programs in my field of study, but I just... can't.

I don't want to go to a school where the Christian Ministry department enrolls more students than the biology department. My husband thinks I'm putting principle over practice. I think he doesn't understand the inherent disconnect between science and Christianity, and I don't want the science I learn faith-washed.

Before enrolling, you should look at the programs you're interested in. And then look at the professors in those programs and how well they fare in their respective disciplines. In the end it's the professors that you'll have rather the college itself that will make a difference. 

[Hakurei Reimu]

Went to a Quaker college. Really laid back, too. Yeah, it was a lib art college, but it happened to have a strong science and math section, whence I got my science fix.

[GreatLife]

No.

The money I pay in tuition will never go to support any religious cause...

[TomFoolery]

Went to a Quaker college. Really laid back, too. Yeah, it was a lib art college, but it happened to have a strong science and math section, whence I got my science fix.

Depending on what brand of Quakers you're talking about, Quakers are pretty fucking cool. I associate Quakers with the abolitionist movement, pacifism, equality, tolerance, philanthropy, and community service. I know the further West you move the more crazy they get and I don't know what Quakers in other countries are like, but of all the denominations of Christianity, if someone held a gun to my head and told me I had to join one, I'd pick Quakers.

[Munch]

Whats the difference between a religious establishment and a gay "deprogramming" center?

[Ace101]

I applied to a state university here in Texas and started looking at other options in case I don't get in or don't get the program I want. The problem is, all of the nearby options are religious schools. One's Catholic and two are Baptist. Cost isn't so much of an issue for me thanks to the GI Bill, and two of these schools do have programs in my field of study, but I just... can't.

I don't want to go to a school where the Christian Ministry department enrolls more students than the biology department. My husband thinks I'm putting principle over practice. I think he doesn't understand the inherent disconnect between science and Christianity, and I don't want the science I learn faith-washed.

A Baptist college definitely not - especially if you're going there to learn biology. A Catholic college, maybe

[trdsf]

I did go to a religious college -- the College of Wooster is a Presbyterian facility, and offers a major in religion, and requires one or two religion classes, although the choice is broad enough that you can find something that'll be interesting.

I entered there nominally Roman Catholic and left it a practicing Wiccan, so obviously the place didn't make a lot of theological impact on me outside of the people I met.