Updates at SLU and SJU


New information just crossed my desk about two great Jesuit colleges, Saint Louis University (SLU) and Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) in Philadelphia.

Saint Joseph’s University

SJU has recently welcomed their largest freshmen class in the school’s history with over 1300 students. Their physical campus has nearly doubled in size over the past few years, and they are starting to fill-up some of that extra space!

SJU has also implemented four new majors and five new minors including: Majors: Entertainment Marketing, Information Technology, Linguistics, Secondary Education, and minors in Creative Writing , Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Journalism, Justice & Ethics in the Law, and Medieval, Renaissance & Reformation Studies.

Saint Louis University

SLU has already started accepting applications for admission and will begin delivering answers out on a rolling basis beginning October 15th.

Although many of their application deadlines are later in the year, be aware of some of the special programs with earlier deadlines. December 1, 2014 is the application deadline for our Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy programs and the preferred deadline for our Nursing program. December 1 is also the deadline for applications for the Presidential Scholarship, University Honors Program, and Medical Scholars Program.
If you are interested in visiting SLU, please visit their website at visit.slu.edu
If you cannot make it to SLU, feel free to chat online College Week Live chats twice this month on the following dates:

September 18, 3:00pm - 7:00pm EST
September 24, 11:00am - 1:00pm EST

I hope this information helps, and as always, happy searching!


-Mr. Joe Korfmacher, MA

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