Saint Louis University Top Questions

I say yes for the most part.

Not for everybody, but it is increasingly true about more students in each progressive freshman class.

Not really. There are a lot of St. Louisans and most students here probably are from the Midwest, but there is more geographic diversity. In 2007, for instance, one candidate for the presidency of the Student Government Association was from Texas, and the other was from Trinidad. There are a lot of students from the South, some from the Northeast, etc., and plenty of international students. We're also not all Catholics. Only about half of the students describe themselves as Catholics. There are many members of other Christian denominations, some Jews, and surprisingly large and visible communities of Muslims and Hindus. And I'm personally agnostic. Even the self-described "Catholic" students here tend to be pretty open-minded; for instance, many attended a ordination for female priests last year that the local bishop condemned. There is probably some truth to the stereotype that we're all rich kids; most students here that I know get significant financial help (or are even entirely supported) by their parents.

Not by any means.

In the student body, you'll find kids whose parents pay for every tiny thing they need and kids who are working 3 jobs to scrape by without help from anyone else. It's hard to say whether the stereotypes are accurate.

As freshmen, most students don't have cars or the confidence to explore the city though other ways (like bicycles). So most of the time, alot of freshman students stay on campus. However, the majority of the upper-classmen are very comfortable with the city and the public transportation and roads. I spend alot of time off-campus now, and the stereotype is false.

Not exactly, some yes, but not all there are always exceptions.

No, these stereotypes are not accurate. With the help of scholarship programs, and with an attractive academic program, SLU is pretty diverse socio-economically, and has students from all over the world.

It is definitely a school for the younger crowd and they are smart.

Not at all. The people at slu are the most down to earth, easy to get along with people.