The author initially learned about Santa Clara University through helping their children research colleges. They saw firsthand the positive impact of a Jesuit education when their son attended Loyola Marymount University, as he became an articulate, sensitive, and intellectually curious young man dedicated to social justice. When the son took a class at Santa Clara University, he had another positive experience. The author is interested in Santa Clara because it has an academically rigorous curriculum that also values compassion, with ethics being a cornerstone and the university having a center for applied ethics.

1. Briefly describe how you learned about Santa Clara University. (150 words maximum)
I initially learned about Santa Clara University through helping my four children research
where they wanted to attend college. But I learned firsthand the dramatic, positive impact of a
Jesuit education when my youngest son enrolled in Loyola Marymount University. Through his
college experience, he has become an articulate, sensitive, intellectually curious young man with
a strong desire to promote social justice. When he had the opportunity to take an accounting
class at Santa Clara University last summer, he had a similarly positive experience.
I am extremely interested in attending a college with an academically rigorous curriculum
that also values and exemplifies compassion in action. Ethics is a cornerstone of an education
that prepares students to become compassionate problem solvers; I am particularly excited that
Santa Clara has a center for applied ethics.