Alabama vs Pepperdine?

thumper1
Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:20:53 +0000

We visited Pepperdine when DD was. HS junior in 2002. The school is a strong Christian school…with a very restrictive religion course requirement. Is this OK with your daughter? There are three required courses…Old Testament, New Testament, and something like Fundamentals of Christian Religion.

I need to interject…my kid graduated from Santa Clara and also had religion course requirements… it there wer bout 100 courses from which to choose…and students got the choice.

My kid crossed Peoperdine off of her list because it was far too conservative for her tastes. In addition, the town of Malibu really doesn’t have anything to do…lots of swanky beach houses…a pizza place, and I think a movie theater.

OTOH, it has a gorgeous campus…with all,those buildings looking out over the Pacific Ocean.

What was your kiddos SAT or ACT score? Really unless she is a top applicant, I can’t imagine Pepperdine is going to cost less than UT instate.

What makes these very different colleges appealing to your daughter?

If the prices are comparable…let her make the choice.