ok112233210

What are some good Christian colleges?

pierre0913

Best Christian Colleges: (Colleges that are not only affiliated with a christian denomination but are committed to giving a christian education)

Calvin College
Wheaton College (IL)
Samford University
Grove City College
Pepperdine University

gadad

There's a subforum for Christian colleges at the top of the front page of "College Search and Selection"

SmallCollegesFTW

Wheaton (IL)
St. Olaf
Luther

tk21769

Best Christian Colleges (Colleges that are not only affiliated with a Christian denomination but are committed to giving an excellent liberal arts education):

Georgetown University
Notre Dame University
Boston College

(I'm not a huge fan of most sectarian institutions but must admit, the Roman Catholics have been doing this "college" thing for a long, long time.)

pierre0913

tk21769, very good point about the Catholic schools, it just depends on what the OP's denomination is, if he/she isn't catholic, then a BC or Notre Dame might not be the best for her, in that case Pepperdine would probably be the best fit, and who doesn't want to go to Pepperdine?

ok112233210

I really, really like Notre Dame!! But I don't know if I'm qualified. What do you guys think?

GPA: 4.6
Class Rank: Top 7%
Grade: I am a sophmore. I'm taking 9 more APs.
Leadership: Public Relations Chairman of Key Club. Teacher's Assistant of SAT Chinese. Teacher's Assisant of AP Chinese. Teacher's Assistant of Pre-K Chinese. Youth Leader of Church.
Clubs: Key Club, French Club member. Environmental Club member. Human Rights & Justice Club member. Environmental Club member. Youth & Government. ...NHS next year (Junior year)
Awards: Awarded in chinese & piano
Volunteer: Yes, I do a lot.
SATs: 2000+

And the colleges that you guys have listed above...how are those in ranking? I want a college that is decent or good (ranking wise).

Thanks!

pierre0913

ok, are you catholic? because if you're a protestant or anything but a catholic, you will not like Notre Dame

coollege

Wow, pretty broad statement. Not true at all. Many people from other denominations have liked and thrived at ND.


It's like saying Clemson is filled with rednecks from South Carolina and if you are from the North, you'll hate it...

pierre0913

no I'm just suggesting that taking the catholic theology classes may be different from what you expect from a non-catholic christian college

I know I'm being a little too broad and I apologize for that (but there are rednecks at Clemson haha)

coollege

Yes, that is true about the Theology requirement, but I believe it is only like 12 credits and there actually are some fairly interesting topics.


And I'm looking(and really liking) at Alabama, so I may run into the same problem, LOL. But it's not as bad as people in the North make it sound.
And BTW, I looked at Clemson, but I think South Carolina may be a better fit for me since I am interested in business/Political Science and not really science or engineering.

pierre0913

according to the BusinessWeek rankings, Clemson's business program is ranked 62nd, USC's is ranked 86th and Alabama isn't ranked

so you should go to clemson instead of USC, I don't want us to be rivals haha

coollege

Well, I guess USC just plays off there Interl. Business reputation.

I loved 'Bama's campus, but I've heard Clemson has a pretty nice one too. I'm going to try and squeeze it into a trip when I go down South to look at other schools like CofC, UGA, FSU, etc...

pierre0913

Clemson has a really nice campus, I think Clemson and CofC are some of the best public colleges in the south

coollege

Yeah. And the girl/guy ratio at CofC is a huge positive. But the only probelm I have with that school is no football team. Other than that, it seems like a really awesome school.