What's Pepperdine like?

eyebeg2differ
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:43:46 +0000

Pepperdine is ranked amongst the top 100 colleges/universities in Newsweek (which seems to be one of the most popular college rankings) so yes, it is a very good school.

When I visited, there was no overbearing “religiousness”. It seemed like any other college, that isn’t religious. I believe our tour guide said that Pepperdine is AFFILIATED with the Church of Christ meaning that they DON’T receive funding from it - it’s just an affiliation. Really, I wouldn’t worry about it being overly religious

Student body is majorly caucasian, I’d say 50-60%. However, our tour guide was African-American. She was so enthusiastic about Pepperdine and seemed genuinely attached to the school. My point is, that I don’t think there is as much racial segregation as there might be in other colleges and if there is, I couldn’t tell from the time I spent there

Pepperdine is a dry campus although there are sororities and fraternities so I’m sure that there is always going to be a good party to go to, if that’s what you mean by fun. While I was on the tour, I noticed about 1000 things that Pepperdine was offering for the students to do - activities, trips, retreats, you name it, it was there. So, I’m sure that there is a variety of fun to go around despite Pepperdine being a bit isolated in Malibu. However, as Ksp791 noted, it is close enough to LA to not really feel isolated at all.

I don’t think Malibu is known for being a fun city - it’s definitely not a college town. It is a beautiful, relaxed city though. Really, Pepperdine is like having the best of both worlds because it is isolated enough to be away from the city in a beautiful location yet not far enough for it to become too limited

Really, the best way to know if the school is for you is to visit. I don’t know where you’re located but I was fortunate enough to have been able to visit from Philadelphia to determine that if I’m also fortunate enough to be accepted, if that would be the right place for me. I absolutely fell in love with the school. I really recommend going on a tour if you can. Best of luck, hope I helped a little.

-P.S. You can search back on this forum to like a year ago or longer and many people have similar questions as you which have been answered by students who go there. If you’re interested, you should check those out too.