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No war stories, just advice: try to get Pepperdine to remove the stipulation, or at least lower it to "good standing."user8116 wrote:I am also planning on taking Pepperdine up on a very generous scholarship offer and would be really interested to hear people's experiences with remaining in the top 30% of the class to keep their scholarships. Anyone have or hear of any success or war stories?
patrickd139 wrote:No war stories, just advice: try to get Pepperdine to remove the stipulation, or at least lower it to "good standing."user8116 wrote:I am also planning on taking Pepperdine up on a very generous scholarship offer and would be really interested to hear people's experiences with remaining in the top 30% of the class to keep their scholarships. Anyone have or hear of any success or war stories?
Only that other schools are willing to do so. If you were negotiating for more money, that's one thing. Negotiating to lower the standards to keep the money they're offering doesn't seem nearly as offensive.mia137 wrote:patrickd139 wrote:No war stories, just advice: try to get Pepperdine to remove the stipulation, or at least lower it to "good standing."user8116 wrote:I am also planning on taking Pepperdine up on a very generous scholarship offer and would be really interested to hear people's experiences with remaining in the top 30% of the class to keep their scholarships. Anyone have or hear of any success or war stories?
My understanding is that that is not possible. Do you know something different??
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Based on the TLS Stats chart, you're pretty borderline. Best of luck to you!!irishvt14 wrote:I am sorry to crash your party here, but I was just wondering if someone here could tell me what my chances are at Pepperdine? 163/3.32 LSDAS, tons of extra-curriculars (class president-spoke at college graduation), good recs...I applied pretty late though so I know that hurts me. I would love to join you all in gorgeous Malibu! Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships! Any thoughts you have are appreciated!
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mia137 wrote:Based on the TLS Stats chart, you're pretty borderline. Best of luck to you!!irishvt14 wrote:I am sorry to crash your party here, but I was just wondering if someone here could tell me what my chances are at Pepperdine? 163/3.32 LSDAS, tons of extra-curriculars (class president-spoke at college graduation), good recs...I applied pretty late though so I know that hurts me. I would love to join you all in gorgeous Malibu! Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships! Any thoughts you have are appreciated!
(I'd also like to know about Admitted Students Day. I didn't see anything about that in my package.)
I'm debating Pepperdine with the same amount of money (42) and I must tell you that I took a tour and the dean (as well as a number of students) told me that only about 3-4 students loose the scholorship each year, but mostly it is a very rare occurance.ericw1 wrote:SDUBS/ MIA137:
I'm in the same boat with the exciting scholarship at pepperdine. Seriously, how does this school pump out so much scholly money? I wonder what percentage of students loose their scholarship after year 1? I was surprised with how many attorneys advised me to try to attend a program that will graduate you with less debt over the higher ranked programs (unless you absolutely must be a fed justice or big law partner). I'm seriously considering Pepperdine because of the scholarship, location (I'd like to work in So Cal), students and faculty. I hear the school is a lot more friendly than the other schools in LA (but that may be hearsay).
Anyone looking at the London Program? Or the combined JD/MBA?
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I kept that postcard for the longest time.....until I decided to send it to my friend in Illinois during the dead of winter.sdubs wrote:Admitted students day is April 8th. Theres a postcard with a picture of campus that says "Wish You Were Here" in the packet and admitted students day info is on the back of it!
I would say the faculty is similar to a typical college in its political/social views. Most professors seem liberal and a few are notably conservative. Its very balanced; most professors don't push their beliefs so you can't really tell but like most university faculties - most professors are liberals or moderates. The student body is more conservative than the faculty and I would say the student body is about 50/50 in terms of libertarians & republicans compared to democrats. Most of pepperdine's die-hard conservative reputation comes from the undergraduate campus and other parts of the pepperdine university system.melanne89 wrote:I got my acceptance a few weeks ago, still waiting on UCI and UC Davis, but I just can't get Pepperdine out of my mind since I went to visit the campus. My only concern is that the conservatism of the school may impact the teaching, any thoughts on that? Or pros and cons in general?
Another Pepperdine 1L here. I had the same qualm when I initially looked into Pepperdine, as I have some decently strong liberal beliefs. So far this year, I have had 0 professors push a political agenda on me. The only real aspect that reflects Pepperdine's conservative/religious leanings in my experience is the presence of a Christian Legal Society on campus, which is completely 100% optional. As far as student makeup goes, people are all over the place politically, religiously, and just about every which was on any issue.melanne89 wrote:I got my acceptance a few weeks ago, still waiting on UCI and UC Davis, but I just can't get Pepperdine out of my mind since I went to visit the campus. My only concern is that the conservatism of the school may impact the teaching, any thoughts on that? Or pros and cons in general?
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