So I was out shopping the other day and I was looking through a rack of clothes. A lot of skirts were on sale (summer being over), and my friend pulled out a plaid, pleated skirt she thought was cute. I thought it was too "Catholic schoolgirl-ish" for everyday wear, but that was when it hit me:

I'm a Catholic schoolgirl.

I have never been able to say that about myself before because I've never attended anything but public school (until now).
I realized that a lot of prospective students, especially ones like me, who've never been in a private school, are probably wondering what it's like to like to attend a Catholic school.

Well, here's my opinion:
it's exactly what you make of it.

If you want to go to church everyday and become very, very involved in your religion, you can.
If you want to go to church once a week and on holidays (or just holidays), you can.
If you never want to go to church, you don't have to.
No one here is forcing religion down anyone's throat. No one gets on your case if you don't go to church.
In fact, you don't have to be Catholic to attend PC--even one of my professors is Jewish.

Still, there's certainly more opportunity here than most schools to explore your faith. Naturally, some members of our faculty are Dominican priests (like our president), so there are plenty of people to talk to.
There's a cross in every classroom and there are clubs, like Campus Ministry, that you can join.
Our chapel is absolutely beautiful--my neighbor from North Providence even had her wedding there!

Really, the only other difference I can think of between this and my public high school is that here, you can say "God" in a classroom and no one shivers in apprehension of the repercussions.
And thank the Lord for that.