[tangarine.]

im planning on applying to a christian college but im not christian and in one of their essays it asks to write about your experiences etc.. along with letters of recommendations from your chuch. this school is a really good school that i want to go to but i dont know how to get through the application, any advice?
thanks

[ypark]

just wondering out of curiosity..

why do you want to go to the christian college when you arent a christian?

well, one obvious one would be to write about how you arent a christian and why you are interested in the school, how it might help you with your spiritual life in the future, etc.?

[chloee25]

you should call up the admissions office to ask.
i don't think that it's going to make you look bad just because you're not of the same religion.
even though a certain college may have a dominant religion, they still want diversity.
for example, Valparaiso is a catholic school but i know they have tons of other students that are not catholic. it's a small student body but it still has a good amount of people who aren't catholic.

or if its not too late, email your admissions counselor for that university.. that way you can talk to him/her personally.
hope that helped!

[ordinarydaysx]

i dont think it is necessary
big name schools such as boston college and georgetown are jesuit (catholic), but it isnt necessary for you to be catholic to apply
best idea is to call the office but im pretty sure u can skip it

[chinese tears <3]

^ Catholic schools are more lenient about the religious background of their students and don't require applicants to be Catholic whereas some Christian schools care more about.

Actually, I do think it is necessary for you to contact your Admissions counselor and ask about it. I'm actually Christian and am applying to Christian schools too and I know that one of my schools [Seattle Pacific University] doesn't require that you need to be a Christian but it also requires a pastoral reference. Different schools vary. Some schools won't consider your application complete and won't look at it if you don't send in a pastoral reference, so I think the best action to take is to contact your admissions counselor. You also need to check that they accept non-Christians. One of my other Christian schools [Biola University] only accepts Christians. Plus personally taking the step to contact the school shows that you're serious about getting in. ^^

Hope that helped and yeah, I know "ask your admissions counselor" probably isn't what you want to hear, but it really is the best action to take. I didn't want to contact my admissions counselors at first either, but they really helped.