Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically

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Anonymous wrote:Yes….conservative…..i know…

You know? Yet you encouraged your kid to apply.

Fool

I think the comment was about fixing the C with an S….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UMiami. I see the appeal of these 3 schools to the same kid but UMiami is the goldilocks among them. Plus easy back and forth for everyone.

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No hell no.

Who pays for college that you don't get a job when you graduate? Economics in Florida dying day by day by day there will be no jobs.

Are you suggesting the kid should go to Pepperdine? Or just dont go to college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid is torn. Money is not an issue. Grandparents funded kid’s college fund. Kid can only use it for College, so please dont include any costs/ merit aid, etc in the discussion.

DS toured both. Fell in love with both for different reasons. He cant decide.
Got in Miami Herbert and Pepperdine Int Business program. But also interested in both of their International Studies Major.
He likes Pepperdine Study Abroad program better, but feels like Miami is a better business school.
He understands the small “concervative and religious”bias at Pepperdine and he is not worried about it having been at a Christian school his whole life. He has friends at both schools and they are all telling him what he wants to hear.

Anyone here with experience having kids at either school?

He is also waiting for U of St Andrews but not sure he will get in. SAT 1470, GPA 3.82/4 UW.

Regardless of the DCUM Karen police that minds everyone businesses…..you do you. If that was my kid and his choices were Pepperdine, Miami or St Andrews for IR and nothing else, the choice would be pretty clear:
1) St Andrews
2) St Andrews
3) St Andrews
4) Pepperdine (due to their DC program)
5) Miami

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid is torn. Money is not an issue. Grandparents funded kid’s college fund. Kid can only use it for College, so please dont include any costs/ merit aid, etc in the discussion.

DS toured both. Fell in love with both for different reasons. He cant decide.
Got in Miami Herbert and Pepperdine Int Business program. But also interested in both of their International Studies Major.
He likes Pepperdine Study Abroad program better, but feels like Miami is a better business school.
He understands the small “concervative and religious”bias at Pepperdine and he is not worried about it having been at a Christian school his whole life. He has friends at both schools and they are all telling him what he wants to hear.

Anyone here with experience having kids at either school?

He is also waiting for U of St Andrews but not sure he will get in. SAT 1470, GPA 3.82/4 UW.

Those STATs will be borderline 50/50 at St Andrews. I have seen kids with worse stats get in and other with 1500 not accepted. It really depends on when you applied and which course. But there is a good possibility he will get in.

But I agree with the previous poster. Assuming he wants International Relations there is no comparison between these schools. Business would be more subjective depending on what your kid wants to do. I’ve never been a fan of business undergrad education anyway….

[Anonymous]

Pepperdine is lacking the rah-rah and doesn't even have a football team.

[Anonymous]

Good thing OP asked about academics not rah-rah…..otherwise, just go to Alabama….

[Anonymous]

Do you really not have Google or a school counselor? This seems like something you should be able to figure or .. its personal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the two PPs who noted that only ED acceptances have been released from Miami.

Which would mean the OP is considering lying or cheating to break a contract so they can attend a Christian school. So winning!

Don't be meta. Just focus on the question.

Nobody likes a lying OP.

OP didn’t say their kid has received an acceptance. Perhaps they feel confident based on the scattergrama and so are thinking about choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the two PPs who noted that only ED acceptances have been released from Miami.

Which would mean the OP is considering lying or cheating to break a contract so they can attend a Christian school. So winning!

Don't be meta. Just focus on the question.

Nobody likes a lying OP.

OP didn’t say their kid has received an acceptance. Perhaps they feel confident based on the scattergrama and so are thinking about choices.

OP LITERALLY says in the first post their kid got into Herbert business school in Miami. What?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you really not have Google or a school counselor? This seems like something you should be able to figure or .. its personal

Why are you here? People come here to ask questions and get others opinions….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the two PPs who noted that only ED acceptances have been released from Miami.

Which would mean the OP is considering lying or cheating to break a contract so they can attend a Christian school. So winning!

Don't be meta. Just focus on the question.

Nobody likes a lying OP.

OP didn’t say their kid has received an acceptance. Perhaps they feel confident based on the scattergrama and so are thinking about choices.

OP LITERALLY says in the first post their kid got into Herbert business school in Miami. What?!

Sounds what? What is your problem? Answer the question and contribute or go away and be Karen somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kid is torn. Money is not an issue. Grandparents funded kid’s college fund. Kid can only use it for College, so please dont include any costs/ merit aid, etc in the discussion.

DS toured both. Fell in love with both for different reasons. He cant decide.
Got in Miami Herbert and Pepperdine Int Business program. But also interested in both of their International Studies Major.
He likes Pepperdine Study Abroad program better, but feels like Miami is a better business school.
He understands the small “concervative and religious”bias at Pepperdine and he is not worried about it having been at a Christian school his whole life. He has friends at both schools and they are all telling him what he wants to hear.

Anyone here with experience having kids at either school?

He is also waiting for U of St Andrews but not sure he will get in. SAT 1470, GPA 3.82/4 UW.

Regardless of the DCUM Karen police that minds everyone businesses…..you do you. If that was my kid and his choices were Pepperdine, Miami or St Andrews for IR and nothing else, the choice would be pretty clear:
1) St Andrews
2) St Andrews
3) St Andrews
4) Pepperdine (due to their DC program)
5) Miami

I agree, but maybe for Business I would put Miami ahead of Pepperdine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the two PPs who noted that only ED acceptances have been released from Miami.

Which would mean the OP is considering lying or cheating to break a contract so they can attend a Christian school. So winning!

Don't be meta. Just focus on the question.

Nobody likes a lying OP.

OP didn’t say their kid has received an acceptance. Perhaps they feel confident based on the scattergrama and so are thinking about choices.

OP LITERALLY says in the first post their kid got into Herbert business school in Miami. What?!

Sounds what? What is your problem? Answer the question and contribute or go away and be Karen somewhere else.

I am contributing by calling out the troll. liars suck. Got caught, don’t like it. Not my problem.

[Anonymous]

Decision if admitted to all 3, focus is International Relations and merit aid is not a decision point:

1) St Andrews
2) Pepperdine
3) Miami

If the focus is Business it gets a little more convoluted as it depends a lot of what is the kid looking for….but I would still rank it this way:

1) St Andrews (If Mgmt or Fin/Econ)
2) Miami
3) Pepperdine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid has not got in St Andrews yet. If he does, sure, go St Andrews. But for now, stick with the conversation at hand. Miami vs Pepperdine. Both schools have a ton of wealthy students. If studying business and he wants a career in the west coast, then Pepperdine probably a better choice. If East Coast, then Miami a better choice. I dont think there is much difference academically between these two. Pepperdine was ranked higher than Miami for decades until the most recent USNWR change in methodology.

Agree with this.