Disadvantages of Catholic School Education Surface in College

While there are many benefits that have been brought out in the past about gaining a Catholic high school education, there are negatives that are commonly overlooked. There are many disadvantages that a student will face once entering college if he or she has gone through the Catholic school system.

There are many Catholic schools that will teach their students that they are on a higher ground then students that went to public schools. This causes many Catholic school students to be arrogant once they get into college. They have the feeling that they are better off going into college then their public school pears, and this adds to a separation between the two types of students.

This separation will echo into the social circles that a product of the Catholic schools system will put himself or herself in. College students that passed through the Catholic school system will place themselves in social circles that also passed through the Catholic school system. These students will then have a disadvantage when having to communicate with students that had gone through the public school system.

Most Catholic schools are made up of white suburban students. There are many Catholic school students that realize that they had never been around very many minorities, or people of lower economic status. Once they get into college, they will be at a disadvantage when communicating with minorities, or with people of a lower economic status.

Since most Catholic schools are small, the former Catholic school students will find that they are overwhelmed once they get into college. They will find that they no longer have the recognition that they did when they were in a smaller school. There are many times that this will cause a feeling of insignificance. This can cause for many other types of disadvantages such as depression and a lowering of the grades during the first few semesters.