LMU LA?? how is it?

Answer 1

It's ok. Pretty, but not exactly the most prestigious school in LA.

Answer 2

Well, I just graduated last year and spent all 4 of my years at LMU. I moved from New Mexico.

Long story short I loved it. The experience is like any university, it comes with ups and downs, and I am sure you don't need to know that.

The goods to me were simple. People can say what they want about prestige but that gets you only so far, and really, I don't regret my small classroom experiences that ranged from a room of 4 students to at most, in my personal experience, 30.

The diversity was a big draw for me. It is a diverse private school and because of that, I was able to engage in activities with friends from so many dif. backgrounds, points of views, and life experience.

The social justice aspect was phenomenal. I was the co-creator of a service organization called Magis which focused on service, diversity, and spirituality. If this makes any sense, it was enriching because of the differences we held amongst ourselves and how somehow, we came together under a common vision of solidarity. I can't stress enough what that and international service trips monthly to Mexico, and regularly on breaks to various parts of the world did for my formation.

The downsides for me is how many students are local, many times people go home for weekends during the first half of freshman year. The price is also another, but if you are covered with scholarships or can afford it, well hey, right on.

But LA was magical. Living on that campus was beautiful, going to the beach to run almost everyday, visiting cultural places in LA, going to sporting events, movie star spotting on and off campus, in general, it was that crazy dream. You get the opportunity to see LA, and not just the hollywood stereotype image but all the parts, the forgotten people, the gay west hollywood, beach communities, all of it.

So yeah, I loved it. I think it is a great experience and here I am a year later, so thankful to have gone to a Jesuit school in one of America's most interesting and thought provoking city.

Good luck with your decision... Let me know if you need any other advice about it!