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Get the inside scoop on Sacred Heart 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
Current Student
I worked with the transfer counselors and they were all very helpful and considerate. Although they did give careful consideration to my transcri...   READ MORE
Current Student
Apply early, and in writing. I have found that colleges look more favorably upon those who take the time to fill out an application by hand than ...   READ MORE
Alumni
No interview was requested at the time of my admission into this university. I was provided with paperwork and information that the university re...   READ MORE
Alumni
Admission process included the application process, which was easy to fill out, an essay which was provided a clear explanation of what was expect...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
I was late switching in, so I had quite a time making an appropriate schedule. However, the advisors were extremely helpful (much more so than at...   READ MORE
Current Student
The quality of the classes are decent. They are not too bad in terms of workload, but they do provide some challenges. It really depends on the ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The classes were on the smaller scale compared to other universities in the area based on the student to teacher ratio. This ratio was very nice ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The quality of the classes were great, although sometimes it would be difficult to find seats because the class was overcrowded. There were severa...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
There are job fairs and a good career and internship center that I am currently visiting. My friend got a great internship through SHU last fall and ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The employment prospects for SHU students are pretty good, people graduating from this college will have more opportunites available to them I think t...   READ MORE
Alumni
I did not persue assistance from the university on employement prospects. I have seen message boards showing employment opportunities as well as job ...   READ MORE
Alumni
There was the career development programs which assisted with resumes and workshops in finding jobs. Those helped quite a bit, but students must also ...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
I'm a commuter so I can't really say much about the housing except that the rules in the handbook are really strict, much more than I am used to. ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The housing is a little crowded now, we are having record numbers of underclassmen, but the actual dorms themselves are nice. The freshmen halls ...   READ MORE
Alumni
I was a commuter to this university. However I had the opportunity to see some of the housing and found it to be quite exceptional. If I had to ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Campus was small and overcrowded. Dining at the university was horrendous, the food was awful quality and overpriced, while the cafeteria closed s...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Since this is a Catholic school, there is a lot of religious presence on campus, more so than I've been expecting. The chapel's in the middle of ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The most popular hang out place for kids over 21 is The Sports Page, in Bridgeport. It's a bar, and many kids from SHU and other colleges go ther...   READ MORE
Alumni
Unfortunately, I had commuted to school and sadly didn't have much of a social life within the university. I did however attend an event in which...   READ MORE
Alumni
Social life included bars and greek life. People would meet new people in clubs, so that is definetly recommended. However, Greek life was a large...   READ MORE

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