Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:58
Subject: Re:LMU vs Chapman
Also a 3.5 is a B+/A- average (not a B average). And if they're taking enough AP classes in order to get the 3.5 weighted to a 4.0, we're still talking about a strong student population. If you look at the Common Data Set for LMU, pretty much no one gets in with under a 3.5.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:55
Subject: LMU vs Chapman
This is an old thread, but it’s worth noting that Chapman is on an upward trajectory (very ambitious fundraising and strategic plan) and their endowment has now surpassed LMU’s.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:39
Subject: Re:LMU vs Chapman
It's worth stating that Dodge College at Chapman is extremely competitive--no one is going there because they are "desperate"--more like they're desperate to get in. Film production at Dodge has something like an 8% acceptance rate. Similarly, getting into film school at LMU is also highly selective.
Anonymous
09/19/2024 20:24
Subject: LMU vs Chapman
Anonymous wrote:Chapman is a rich kid school for Evangelicals and other Protestants who didn’t get into USC or a UC.
LMU while Jesuit has a lot of non-Catholics. More diverse student body. Great location near the coast.
Basically, Chapman is very white & Asian (aka the OC) whereas LMU is much more diverse (aka LA proper). Depends on what kind of experience your kid wants. Chapman will be more of a bubble; LMU will have your kid going out a lot in LA. About half of students live on campus at both schools.
Chapman is not Evangelical.
Anonymous
09/19/2024 18:30
Subject: LMU vs Chapman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
LMU looks amazing on the surface, the campus is beautiful and the students are friendly. There are more female than male students. There is a big emphasis on their film studies and local internships in the "industry". Their average SAT is somewhere in the 1200s and they mostly take B students.
Your info on LMU seems pretty outdated. Average GPA for last year‘s entering class was a 4.0. Acceptance rate is 40%.
https://admission.lmu.edu/learnmore/prospectivestudents/firstyearapplicants/firstyearclassprofile/
That is a weighted GPA.
A 3.5 GPA is a B average, but weighted it makes a 4.0
Not outdated at all.