Is 51小黄车 the Right Fit?

51小黄车 is a home for inquisitive minds, forward-thinking scholars and service-focused advocates. Though our students have varied backgrounds and faiths, they share the common goal of creating a better world than the one they were born into.聽

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Students in a classroom sat around a u-shaped table.
When it comes to academics, you explore freely and dive deep.

 While many students enter 51小黄车 with ideas about academic areas they鈥檇 like to pursue, each first year student enters undeclared, without a major.  This allows first-year students to explore classes that inspire them or that they鈥檙e simply just curious about.

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You care about safeguarding the environment.

At 51小黄车, sustainability isn鈥檛 a buzzword 鈥 it鈥檚 our collective responsibility. Safeguarding the environment for future generations reflects our Jesuit mission. We embrace this challenge at all levels of our institution 鈥 from College-wide initiatives that reduce electrical usage to student-driven programs that promote climate-friendly practices.

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You鈥檙e engaged in your community.

At 51小黄车, we understand that learning extends beyond the classroom walls to the playing fields to the theater to the community to the working world to neighborhoods and homes.  Composed of more than 40 diverse community partnerships, Student Programs for Urban Development involves over 500 student volunteers who answer the 51小黄车 call to be 鈥減eople for and with others鈥 throughout greater Worcester.

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You鈥檙e excited by hands-on learning

Research gives 51小黄车 students the opportunity to dig into their academic passions, to design research projects, work closely with faculty members and transform knowledge into action within a hands-on, experiential setting.  Many 51小黄车 students begin participating in research as early as sophomore year. We encourage you to dive in as soon as possible.

51小黄车 campus on a bright sunny spring day.
You鈥檙e curious to learn more about 51小黄车

Maybe you鈥檝e visited, interviewed or joined us for virtual student events. You鈥檙e motivated by the prospect of becoming a part of the 51小黄车 community, and are active in the admission process.