[xsmommy]

U of Dallas is a fantastic school. My oldest daughter graduated from UD in 2011. They offer the Rome semester in the sophomore year and unlike most study abroad programs, they really are very academically rigorous and carry a full courseload while there, on their Rome campus. It was a wonderful experience, and we continue to donate to the school because we feel so strongly about it.

[Slyfox]

Because I had a family to take care of I could not do the Rome semester. The University of Dallas is actually an honor's college. Everyone is treated was if they were taking honor courses. And when I graduated with my bachelors I got hooded, something they only do at other colleges for a masters. For my history degree I had to write a thesis, something that is not required elsewhere accept at places like St. Andrews in Scotland.

UD uses the same approach that made up a college education back in the 1950s, before colleges went haywire. George Weigel, friend of JPII sent his kids there.

UD does a great job of preparing a student for the rigors of post-graduate work.