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Get the inside scoop on Marquette University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The admissions process was not overly rigerous. Pretty good ACT, SAT and GPA will get you admitted to the University. An essay with a theme relate...   READ MORE
Alumni
Marquette is selective, but being a private Jesuit school, it looks subjectively at each candidate's record and not just test scores. Having shown...   READ MORE
Alumni
Admissions really was no big deal. If you have a good GPA and a good ACT/SAT you should be fine. For those that are "on the boarder", MU provide...   READ MORE
Alumni
Marquette congratulated me on my 200+community service hours completed in high school. As a jesuit institution, Marquette focuses on being a perso...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Being accepted to quality classes is not very difficult. This is based on the lottery of registration times and it usually is not that difficult. ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Marquette is quality education. Most of the professors teach the classes; there was only one class where I had the TA as the instructor. The focus...   READ MORE
Alumni
MU is academically challenging. You will have to put in your time here, but remember this is a great party school too, so the key is balancing bo...   READ MORE
Alumni
I originally signed up for a double major in business and political philosophy. Both colleges focused on class sized between 20 and 40 students all...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The more difficult undergraduate programs are business, nursing and engineering. These students will have opportunities to attain work experience in ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Being in downtown Milwaukee, internship and job opportunities are plentiful. To the local communnity, Marquette is known as a prestigious school, but ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Marquette has a lot of connections all over, but particularly in the Midwest. The name carries a lot of weight and I had no trouble finding jobs afte...   READ MORE
Alumni
Employment prospects center their efforts within the local Milwaukee community and distant, Chicago city. The school's prestige become less know the ...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The quality of life is mixed. The campus is in the inner-city of Milwaukee, but there are some beautiful parts of campus. Some of the student dorm...   READ MORE
Alumni
Marquette is an urban campus, located in the inner-city of Milwaukee. If you do not like city life, even a smaller city like Milwaukee, then Marqu...   READ MORE
Alumni
MU is beautiful. The campus is great. Although you are in downtown Milwaukee, when you are in the classroom area, you really cannot tell. It ha...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Campus' housing is affordable and good for a college student. The gym facilities are great! The neighborhood is surrounded by the impoverish...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The social life is very mixed. I think there is almost something for everyone. Most students drink on the weekends and drink hard. I've never see...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Greek system is not big at Marquette and therefore there is no separation between Greeks and non-Greeks. The social scene is active with plent...   READ MORE
Alumni
AWESOME! I guarantee you will have a blast at this school. Tons of bars in Milwaukee, great campus parties, small but solid greek life... Truly ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Social life is restricted within the small confines of downtown Milwaukee. However, students often travel to Chicago on the weekend where the...   READ MORE

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