<p>Why isn't this school in my Best 351 Colleges by PR book?? Their avg SAT is around 1200 and acceptance hovers around 50% I think, much more selective than a lot of schools in the book. Any insight?</p>
<p>Chapman is a good school, but compared to it's competition, it's a second tier school with many other small universities ahead of it waiting in line to join that list.</p>
<p>We visited Chapman in the spring and the whole family liked it. It is very very strong in the arts with a film school that some feel rivals USC's (Chapman is building a new facility for its film department that will be absolutely state of the art and will be complete for the class entering Sept 2006....ditto an aquatic center). The campus is very nice, in a suburban area, and they have done quite a lot of building in the recent past. DD is still mulling over whether to apply there...the downside is that the sciences are not particularly strong and that is an area of interest to her. BUT it does have nice opportunities for students (both major and non-major) to participate in the arts.</p>
<p>It's a fine school but is not as good as other small colleges in the LA area. I know someone who got accepted there with abnormally low stats.</p>
<p>Actually, I've heard that the Princeton Review is adding Chapman to its Best College guidebook this year. Admissions has definitely become more competitive. They are very, very generous with financial aid and merit money for top students. Chapman is definitely a school on the rise.</p>
<p>I got admission from chapman, great school, you can enjoy your own life in the artistic university.</p>
<p>I just checked the book yesterday, it wasn't in the Best 351, sorry.</p>
<p>Oh well, no matter. There are quite a few other great schools that aren't in the Princeton Review too. :) Chapman is still a nice solid school with some exceptionally strong programs and great merit scholarships.</p>
<p>USD was added this year, may be what you were thinking of</p>
<p>Maybe. Wouldn't be the first time my memory wasn't up to snuff. :)</p>
<p>Chapman wants to become the best private school in Orange County, CA (or maybe they already are?). I've heard they've had some accreditation problems in the recent past, but I've also heard they're making a serious effort to make themselves better.</p>
<p>creative: new PR edition won't ship until later this month. (It now up to "361" Best schools.) I also heard that Chapman had been reviewed by PR, but not sure if it made the cut.</p>
<p>The new (well, not so new anymore), President Doti has been cranking up the academics and giving away merit money for top scoring kids (following USC's model).</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>Can anyone explain why chapman's 2006 application for paper application is out...but there is no online application for fall 2006. There is an online app. for other seasons but not fall 2006. Do they naturally not do online applicaitons or something?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>DD has received a number of paper applications from schools that also do online aps. The online forms are not yet available at these schools as well.</p>
<p>ok, thanks for clearning that up. So the online apps will come out a little later?</p>
<p>And also...what is DD?</p>
<p>DD = "Dear Daughter" :)</p>
<p>Chapman is indeed in this year's PR of 361 Best. It's listed under the Master's category, West.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything more about Chapman? Its piqued my interest, especially as I've always wanted to go to California. What kind of stats does it give a lot of merit money for?</p>
<p>Here's what I know: just over 3,000 students. Located in a pleasant town in Orange County south of LA. Excellent programs in theater, music and film, as well as very good programs in art, communications, business and psychology. Much less selective than USC, but not exactly "Easy" to get into --- they accepted just over 50% last year if I recall correctly. As previously mentioned, they're being very generous with merit money in order to attract higher caliber students. They're also trying to build geographic diversity. Chapman does have something of a rep as a suitcase school where lots of people go home on the weekends. I'd compare it to Drew U in New Jersey in terms of academic quality.</p>
<p>Just received my 2006 copy of the Princeton Review "361 Best Colleges" guide. Chapman has a full review, as I noted above. Some excerpts from the review:</p>
<p>"When you hear the word "university" it's easy to imagine an educational sprawl where class sizes grow into the hundreds and sutdents are just a number. That's hardly the case at Chapman University, the California home of around 3,1000 undergrads...Chapman undergrads agree that the professors here are 'highly intelligent, inspiring, compassionate, and geniunely interested in each and every person.'...Some of the most popular academic offerings are found in the nationally-competitive School of Film and Television...Life at Chapman is 'pretty easygoing.' Orange, Chapman's home town has such a small town feel that many students find local life safe and comfortable, if perhaps a bit dull....Studying and partying are many Chapman students' preeminent concerns, and many have struck a healthy balance between the two...</p>