Loyola University Chicago

About Me

Intro

One thing you'll notice about me right off the bat is that I don't play hard-to-get. I'm not one to haze you through a grueling application process only to turn you away. The more excellent students, the merrier, methinks. That's why my acceptance rate and my national rankings are sky-high.

Please forgive the #humblebrag. I actually prefer to power through life without making a big show of myself. Call it healthy self-esteem.

I don't let my driven, serious-minded personality stop me from enjoying the beauty and excitement of Chi-town. I'm all about the good life—mind, body, and spirit. That's why I have a gorgeous place on the beach and a crash pad right off Chicago's Magnificent Mile.

I keep it real with a healthy work/life balance. If you see me on the L train, I'm probably reading Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason while I commute to a Fallout Boy concert.

Name

Presently, a wolf. Previously, a homeless man named Bo Rambler. Oddly, that just didn't seem fitting for an expensive private school.

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois (a.k.a. the Windy City, named for its windbag politicians in the 1870s)

Birthdate

1870

Body Type

John Mayer might say my body is a wonderland. I own some sweet patches of Chicago real estate, but I'm not showy about it like my neighbor, Donald Trump.

My main campus is uptown on the beach (Lake Shore). Downtown (Water Tower), I'm smack dab in the middle of fancy dining and shopping action. Plan to spend at least one semester ping-ponging between those places.

I'm also fond of diversity. My 10,000 undergraduate students hail from all over world.

Current Living Situation

It's not that I want to keep you under lock and key like some of the more uptight private universities. You know where this is going. First- and second-year students under the age of twenty-one are required to live on campus. The great news is that there are tons of residence life options, and some include ultra-modern hotel-style units.

There are a few exceptions to the rule, though. For instance, you can live with the 'rents or dwell in domestic bliss with a legal partner. Junior year, you'll probably venture into Chicago's apartment rental market, where you'll inevitably learn life lessons that will make you want to curl up in your dorm and cry.

Relationship Status

My basketball frenemies are the DePaul Blue Demons and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Flames. When we're not shooting hoops, though, we're cool. Oh, and there's no love lost between my Ramblers and our soccer and volleyball rivals, the Northwestern University Wildcats.

Religion

My Jesuit Catholic heritage isn't really a worship-based kind of thing, even though I have a chapel, a Mosque, and a Puja prayer room on campus. The Jesuit mission is really more of an ethics system than a religion.

See, Ignatius Loyola was a guy who believed that "god" is found in the everyday. I'm cool with whatever "faith" means to you, as long as we're on the same page about the life of the mind (study hard) and social responsibility (try to be a good person).

You should apply to me if...

you enjoy long walks on the beach (in a sometimes-infuriating climate) and can balance city livin' with a rigorous curriculum.