Baylor University Review

As the daughter of a paycheck-to-paycheck type of family, I always thought of Baylor as unattainable. It was my distant dream; something I loved the idea of but knew I could never be a part of. Fortunately for me, Baylor is the type of school that will pave your way to them with financial aid if they know that you want to be a student bad enough. Even though my class ranking in HS wasn't that great, and I wasn't a member of any sort of honor society, I was able to get a ton of money for tutition. If Baylor wants you and they know you want to be there, they'll find a way to make it happen.

Aside from price, I was nervous about attending a religious university, especially a Baptist one! As a native Texan, I've got plenty of experience around the Baptist community (as an outsider, mind you), and I was skeptical about becoming a student at a school that proudly boasts its status as the largest Baptist University in the world. But honestly, the whole Baptist thing ended up not being a big deal, even for people like me who chose not to affiliate ourselves with organized religion. This is a university environment, and the fact that it's religiously-affiliated doesn't hinder the intellectual spectrum of the staff or students in any way. On the contrary, it allows the areas of religion and intellect to be studied in complex ways that wouldn't be possible at a secular school which discouraged religious thought.