Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University

At SLU, the environment is great. Since I'm here for the Parkway College Prep Program, I'm seeing new things here everyday. Students walking around, all the important things that I need are right over at the Student Center. There I can get everything that I need and go hang out with friends. I also realized that SLU is a very athletic school. They have almost every single sports feild right across from the McDonnell Hall. So if your a sports fan, SLU is the perfect place to go see a Bilikens game or watch some football.

About SLU:
Founded: 1818

Religious affiliation: Jesuit, Catholic and welcoming individuals of all faiths and backgrounds. Click here for more about our Jesuit mission.

Location: St. Louis, Missouri -- in the city's arts district, five minutes from the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi Riverfront. A second campus is located in Madrid, Spain. Click here for a list of St. Louis attractions.

Enrollment: More than 7,000 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students (including medical and law students) from all 50 states and more than 80 foreign countries.

Admission stats: The average admitted freshman student has an ACT score of 26 and a 3.65 GPA.

Majors and programs: More than 85 undergraduate majors and more than 50 graduate programs. Click here for more information about each of our majors and academic programs.

Student-faculty ratio: 12-1

Average class size: 24

Faculty excellence: 99 percent of our full-time faculty hold the highest degree in their fields.

Tuition: $28,480 (2007-08 undergraduate tuition). Click here for a full list of tuition and rates.

Financial aid: For the 2006-07 academic year, more than 90 percent of first-time freshmen received aid.

On-campus living: 87 percent of freshmen live on campus.

Athletics: NCAA Division I in 16 sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball; part of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Click here for the official Billiken Athletics site.

Mascot: Billiken What is a Billiken?

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The Biliken:The Biliken is Saint Louis University's mascot. The story behind the Biliken is valued as a good luck charm and was thought of by Florence Pretz, a Missouri art teacher and illustrator in the year of 1908. Although there are many different versions of the story.Another version of the story begins in a 1946 obituary that speaks of the death of Billy Gunn (say the name quickly) who owned a drug store close to SLU. A short, bespectacled man with a lively wit, Gunn was friend and confidant to SLU players and coaches. Said the obituary, "Gunn gave the Saint Louis University athletic teams their nicknames. Coach Bender walked into Mr. Gunn's drugstore one afternoon and was greeted by the proprietor with: 'Bender, you're a real Billiken!' William O'Connor, a noted sportswriter who was there, took up the name for Bender, and eventually the University teams became known as the Billikens." However the story is told, Billikens always possess cheery personalities, broad smiles and rotund bellies. They bring luck to Saint Louis University's sports teams and smiles to the faces of SLU fans.

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