<p>I am looking into several christian colleges. I am looking for a good christian college that meets my standards academically and socially.
I am looking for opinions on malone’s academics, athletics, social life, etc.</p>
<p>Reports on Malone tend to be positive, and being where it’s located, while the campus may be very nice (I’ve not been), location might lead it to some invisibility or at least lower profile.</p>
<p>My read is that it’s on the conservative, orthodox side of Chritianity, with very good, solid faculty and an attractive student body. Probably not alot of “edge” among the body, but lots of opportunity for good learning and good living. I believe, unless they’ve recently changed, they are an NAIA athletic school, which means little, imo. Altho many NAIA schools tend to focus a bit more on athletic programs because they have some modest capacity for awarding athletic aid. Usually more symbolic than substantive, but keeps coaches a bit more engaged in programs than some NCAA III programs.</p>
<p>While you’ve not illustrated your specific needs, Malone is generally a decent, good school attracting and graduating solid kids who benefit from a very intentional campus ministry program and complementary curriculum.</p>
<p>Thanks Whistle Pig for all the help. </p>
<p>I am just nervous that Malone U. is like Liberty U. in terms of academics. While LU’s are decent, they basically accept anyone. I want a school that will challenge me.</p>
<p>Other schools I am looking at are Wheaton (IL), Hope, Calvin, Cederville and Messiah.</p>
<p>How would you rank it among those?</p>
<p>Well. Looks like this board is basically deserted.</p>
<p>My only thing with Malone is I have basically never heard of them and I cannot find a lot of information about them.
Can anyone help?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard of Malone, so I can’t help you there. Have you looked on collegeboard.com to see how their ACT/SAT match the other schools? That will generally give you an idea about the caliber of students who go there. Professors can only teach to the caliber of their students. Compare yours to those of other students at each place. It’s a better comparison than acceptance rates.</p>
<p>If you’re looking along the conservative lines like Liberty, I can suggest you look closer at Messiah, Hope, and Calvin - perhaps even Wheaton - as few consider them anywhere near the same level of conservative as far as their Christian beliefs are concerned. I believe Cedarville is a similar match to Liberty from what I’ve researched.</p>
<p>A politically conservative top Christian school (as per SAT/ACT) would be Grove City in PA.</p>
<p>Ok, I was curious so I looked up their stats. If you ask me, their stats are pretty low, BUT, they are higher than Liberty, so you’d likely be challenged more at Malone. Cedarville is higher yet… and reasonably respectable by my standards. Grove City is even higher.</p>
<p>The best college for you is where you fit in, both with caliber of students and level of conservative vs liberal Christian views (as well as all the other stuff like size, location, etc).</p>
<p>I’m even more bored this morning (waiting to get a project started) and got curious about some of these schools, so looked up more stats and thoughts. I added Grove City, Union U (TN) and Covenant College (GA) merely because those are a couple my son has been accepted to and is considering attending in the fall - along with a couple you’ve mentioned. Here’s what I found:</p>
<p>Based on academic challenge (as per SAT/ACT stats of students) in order from most challenging to least (some of them can swap a place or two pending which stats appeal to a student more):</p>
<p>Wheaton (CR 600/710, M 600/700, WR 590/700, ACT 27-31)
Grove City (CR 560/690, M 570/680, NA, ACT 25-30)
Calvin (CR 530/660, M 550/670, NA, ACT 23-28)
Hope (CR 530/650, M 530/650, NA, ACT 23-29)
Union U (CR 510/650, M 510/640, NA, ACT 21-29)
Cedarville (CR 540/650, M 530/640, WR 520/630, ACT 22-27)
Covenant (CR 520/650, M 510/620, WR 510/640, ACT 22-28)
Messiah (CR 510/620, M 510/640, WR 510/620, ACT 23-28)
Malone (CR 470/590, M 470/590, WR 460/580, ACT 20-25)
Liberty (CR 430/540, M 420/530, NA, ACT 18-23)</p>
<p>Granted theses scores are the mid 50% (25% higher than the high and 25% lower than the low), but, students that are at Liberty or Malone are unlikely to get in to Wheaton, so there is a wide variety between the top and low - and the ‘challenge’ of the courses is likely to vary accordingly…</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen/heard from alumni, students, and school publications or otherwise figured out from my research here’s a list from most conservative (Christian beliefs) to least - NOT including Malone as I’d never heard of them before. Other opinions could shift these a little, but I’ve heard enough that I suspect the list is fair.</p>
<p>Most conservative (of this list only)</p>
<ul>
<li>Liberty, Cedarville, </li>
</ul>
<p>Politically conservative, slightly less so than above Christianity-wise</p>
<ul>
<li>Grove City, Union U</li>
</ul>
<p>Leaning conservative, but staff can vary</p>
<ul>
<li>Covenant</li>
</ul>
<p>Trending liberal from conservative roots</p>
<ul>
<li>Calvin, Wheaton</li>
</ul>
<p>More liberal</p>
<ul>
<li>Messiah</li>
</ul>
<p>Liberal</p>
<ul>
<li>Hope</li>
</ul>
<p>Perhaps someone with knowledge of Malone can stick them on the list… others might shift the list a little based on their opinions as well.</p>
<p>Then… knowing your stats and beliefs, perhaps that can give you a start (or assistance) in your search. There are, of course, many more Christian schools out there, even some we looked at, but I couldn’t put them all on - maybe others will add some.</p>
<p>My son will likely be going to Union or Covenant based on $$ offered. He’s also been accepted to Calvin, but I think we’ve eliminated that one due to it being more liberal than we are and it’s northern location (this son wants south).</p>
<p>I should add that we considered Wheaton and Grove City since stats-wise, he was in the top 25% at either, but neither really offer much in money for merit aid comparatively. That might be a consideration for you too. Then consider which major you want and all those other factors like size and location.</p>
<p>Creekland - this is an excellent post. I hope you don’t mind but I am going to borrow it and start a new thread - so others can add additional schools / stats to it</p>
<p>Thank you so much Creekland for the great and informative post. I am sorry I have not thanked you sooner, but I have been off of college confidential lately.
This post gave me a great comparison on exactly what I want and what is best for me academically.</p>