Regent University- Full Ride Forum

[nebula666]

I currently live in Virginia Beach where Regent is located. COL here is actually relatively high for a mid-sized city.

I also looked at Regent a while ago and felt that even with a full ride that the reputation of the school may come back to haunt me in job searches. That is something you may wish to think about. Unless you have an absolute locked-in job after graduation, then it could still be risky. In our down economy, Regent graduates likely wouldn't fair well at all given the low academic ranking + religious fanaticism stereotypes (valid or not).

Oh it's definitely valid. I can't even imagine how screwed these grads are when they get into the real world and realize that Jesus didn't write the constitution with blood from a gunshot wound.

[romothesavior]

Idk if I could deal with Regent for 3 years + a lifetime of Regent alumhood even if it was free AND guaranteed a job.

This too

[paul554]

Oh it's definitely valid. I can't even imagine how screwed these grads are when they get into the real world and realize that Jesus didn't write the constitution with blood from a gunshot wound.

I think this is a perfect example of the stigma you'll face. Now even though I'm sure this person didn't attend Regent, you know that they will automatically assume that you only learned "Jesus law" and know nothing about "real law". You could be the most gifted student who scores top 1% in your class at Regent and this type of stigma will still follow you for years to come. This sounds really harsh, but I think Regent will see an increase in rank and prestige (god knows they can only go up) when Pat Robertson dies. Every time that man opens his mouth Regent University suffers, even if he no longer has any real ties to the school. If they can distance themselves from him and try to convince people that teaching the law is still their primary purpose, but they encourage christian perspectives NOT interpretations, then perhaps they will be taken more seriously.

Also on an added note, my sister is in dental school (with numerous offers for 130K starting...why did I decide on law school?) and her friends brother went to Regent. He graduated in the top 1/3 of his class with no debt since his father footed the bill. He now lives at home and is STILL trying to find a job! That alone should be reason to seriously reconsider attending Regent.

[kalvano]

Oh it's definitely valid. I can't even imagine how screwed these grads are when they get into the real world and realize that Jesus didn't write the constitution with blood from a gunshot wound.

I think this is a perfect example of the stigma you'll face. Now even though I'm sure this person didn't attend Regent, you know that they will automatically assume that you only learned "Jesus law" and know nothing about "real law". You could be the most gifted student who scores top 1% in your class at Regent and this type of stigma will still follow you for years to come.

Having required courses like "Christian Foundations of Law" doesn't help.

[jstr00az]

http://www.top-law-schools.com/regent-u ... f-law.html

First-year students take the following required courses: Christian Foundations of Law, contracts, torts, civil procedure, property and legal writing. The workload is large and the curve is set to a strict C average, both of which have resulted in about 14 percent of students dropping out after the first year.

Avoid, unless you want to be an attorney for the Heritage Foundation or The Christian Coalition or Focus on the Family. The fact that you went to Regent will raise the question about whether you are a fundamentalist Christian who will be shoving your beliefs down co-workers throats. Your resume will go straight into the trash. Even "conservative movement" type organizations will red-flag you as too zealous. You might be able to score a job in some church or something or in the home school movement.

Note: I used to work in the conservative movement, and don't know how many Regent Univ. resumes I tossed aside.

[bluepenguin]

Note: I used to work in the conservative movement, and don't know how many Regent Univ. resumes I tossed aside.

What does working in the conservative movement mean? Like Cato?

[Yukos]

Note: I used to work in the conservative movement, and don't know how many Regent Univ. resumes I tossed aside.

What does working in the conservative movement mean? Like Cato?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_c ... institutes

[bluepenguin]

Gotcha. Thanks