Chapman University in Orange County?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It can't be worse than the college town at UC Santa Barbara. I went there on a college visit with my DD last year and I felt like I was on the Jersey Shore - except with a sunnier, hotter beach. Very trashy, dirty environment.

Um... ok. UCSB does not equal Chapman, dirty town or not.

And I think the PP above who said Chapman was in LA (vs the OC) is a great example of how little regard even Californians have for Chapman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can't be worse than the college town at UC Santa Barbara. I went there on a college visit with my DD last year and I felt like I was on the Jersey Shore - except with a sunnier, hotter beach. Very trashy, dirty environment.

Um... ok. UCSB does not equal Chapman, dirty town or not.

And I think the PP above who said Chapman was in LA (vs the OC) is a great example of how little regard even Californians have for Chapman.

I am the PP you quoted. I am not making an academic comparison between UCSB and Chapman at all. The other PP's post about Chapman being in a "nothing town" reminded me of my opinion of Santa Barbara when I visited last year. And what I said is true. No need to make false comparisons that I never made.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a chance to visit, you'll be surprised at how small and unimpressive the school is. Like a large school in a nothing town. Look at Occidental or LMU. Instead.

Can you elaborate about the town? What's it like?

Chapman is like a large High School, not like a large college. There is really nothing that is visually striking about the school. The city is in Orange, CA - which has a creepy feel to it because thy have preserved all the 1920's era house as is - when you drive around you have the feeling that you are in some old movie. Other cities like Claremont have some natural beauty, but Orange is very strange. I sure wouldn't enroll before going out the see the campus and city.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't go to Chapman unless it was for their film program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ca resident here: I don't know anything about it other than it's in la and it's a school for people who can't get in elsewhere (see southwestern etc)

Chapman is in OC, in Fullerton, or at least near it, not in LA.

You do realize it's fine to refer to the OC as la. It's not the end of the world.

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Cher: So?
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[Anonymous]

I live in OC, pretty close to Chapman. I am not sure why your daughter wants to go to college in OC, but if she is thinking of California surf beach school, Cha

[Anonymous]

I live in OC, pretty close to Chapman. I am not sure why your daughter wants to go to college in OC, but if she is thinking of California surf beach school, Chapman is not it, at least location-wise. OC is a big suburb, Chapman is in the middle of this suburb, and is a commuter school.

I only know reputation of its law school (I am an attorney), and its students have a hard time finding jobs after graduation. I don't know how the undergrad is, but if your daughter goes here, she probably needs to find a job locally afterwards, and since she has no connection here and the school isn't strong enough to carry weight, she may have a hard time?

It she is set on going to school in SoCal, I'd look at other schools in LA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in OC, pretty close to Chapman. I am not sure why your daughter wants to go to college in OC, but if she is thinking of California surf beach school, Cha

if that's the case, just go to pepperdine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in OC, pretty close to Chapman. I am not sure why your daughter wants to go to college in OC, but if she is thinking of California surf beach school, Cha

if that's the case, just go to pepperdine

Pepperdine is very religious.

[Anonymous]

I know a couple people who attended Chapman and I think they are incredibly smart, well-rounded and well-read. As smart as, if not smarter than, any "Ivy Leaguer" I've ever met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a couple people who attended Chapman and I think they are incredibly smart, well-rounded and well-read. As smart as, if not smarter than, any "Ivy Leaguer" I've ever met.

You attribute their qualities to Chapman? Smart well-rounded people tend to come off as smart, well-rounded and well-read regardless of where they went to college. The college you attended says much more about your family circumstances and where you were reared than it does about how smart you are - and being well-rounded has very little correlation with the school you attended.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in the OC and I can tell you don't send your daughter there unless you want her to be surrounded by wealthy, white kids with BMWs who travel in cliques.

On the plus side, the student body is highly attractive, but that's an OC thing: all the students here starve themselves, get plastic surgery, and have a very unhealthy body image. I don't know if you would want to expose your daughter to that.

well, that describes some of the W schools in MoCo, so maybe OP's DD will fit right in.

LOL..that is too funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a couple people who attended Chapman and I think they are incredibly smart, well-rounded and well-read. As smart as, if not smarter than, any "Ivy Leaguer" I've ever met.

You attribute their qualities to Chapman? Smart well-rounded people tend to come off as smart, well-rounded and well-read regardless of where they went to college. The college you attended says much more about your family circumstances and where you were reared than it does about how smart you are - and being well-rounded has very little correlation with the school you attended.

This is probably true.

[Anonymous]

Whoever is comparing chapman to ucsb is crazy. I doubt anyone considering chapman can get into ucsb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in OC, pretty close to Chapman. I am not sure why your daughter wants to go to college in OC, but if she is thinking of California surf beach school, Cha

if that's the case, just go to pepperdine

+1 or Loyola Marymount is pretty close to the beach too.

No personal experience with Chapman but I had a friend who taught English there and she hated it. Same complaints as PP about overprivileged kids who didn't want to work hard, and needed a lot of remedial writing help.