Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 10:04     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
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
Post 01/07/2026 06:20     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
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
Post 01/07/2026 05:56     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 05:46     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Do you really not have Google or a school counselor? This seems like something you should be able to figure or .. its personal
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 02:15     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Good thing OP asked about academics not rah-rah…..otherwise, just go to Alabama….
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 11:45     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Pepperdine is lacking the rah-rah and doesn't even have a football team.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 11:40     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
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
Post 01/04/2026 21:52     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
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
Post 01/04/2026 21:50     Subject: Re:Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.

🙌


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
Post 01/04/2026 21:50     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:
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
Post 01/04/2026 10:29     Subject: Re:Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:
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.

🙌


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.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:28     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:Yes….conservative…..i know…


You know? Yet you encouraged your kid to apply.

Fool

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:27     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:OP is not fake. ED at Miami, EA at Pepperdine. Why do you can to focus on OP’s ëthical behaviour? What a Karen.

They both have decent business programs. Pepperdine used to be more elite than Miami. But I dont think that is still the case. Miami has done a good job academically catching up. But if your kid prefers small classes, Pepperdine is the way to go. For international studies the focus is different. Pepperdine has a DC program and Miami is more Latin America focused.

If your kid gets in St Andrews and prefers IR, then it is a no brainer….


It's not being a Karen to decline to enable unethical behavior and to warn others of the same.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:25     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
Anonymous wrote:OP is not fake. ED at Miami, EA at Pepperdine. Why do you can to focus on OP’s ëthical behaviour? What a Karen.

They both have decent business programs. Pepperdine used to be more elite than Miami. But I dont think that is still the case. Miami has done a good job academically catching up. But if your kid prefers small classes, Pepperdine is the way to go. For international studies the focus is different. Pepperdine has a DC program and Miami is more Latin America focused.

If your kid gets in St Andrews and prefers IR, then it is a no brainer….


OP said DC was admitted to Miami which means ED which means they’re committed to going to Miami. End of story. There is no other choice. So why the thread?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 02:22     Subject: Pepperdine vs Miami - Academically
OP is not fake. ED at Miami, EA at Pepperdine. Why do you can to focus on OP’s ëthical behaviour? What a Karen.

They both have decent business programs. Pepperdine used to be more elite than Miami. But I dont think that is still the case. Miami has done a good job academically catching up. But if your kid prefers small classes, Pepperdine is the way to go. For international studies the focus is different. Pepperdine has a DC program and Miami is more Latin America focused.

If your kid gets in St Andrews and prefers IR, then it is a no brainer….