But, John, applicants are given a choice before they register. No one's got a gun to an applicant's head (or a rope tied at the waist, pulling her), forcing her/him to register. And why register at a university when you feel uncomfortable with its mission statement, its social agenda (whether too liberal or conservative), its Theology Dept., etc.? You imply that recruiters are like engineers hustling kids to prison camps. lol. Kids can go wherever they like in the US. I can't imagine any parent shelling out $240,000 to send their kid to ND against her or his will -- for four years.  Not when it is so much cheaper to send the kid to a state school that espouses no Catholic values.