Gay students at Pepperdine University

<p>@ucbalumnus: I loved that show! And you’re right again. In major areas where it’s a cultural trend for guys to be self conscious about their looks, it doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight. I’m not from LA or any place where it’s trendy for guys to wear makeup. I’m actually from Brasil, but I live in a conservative region in NorCal.</p>

<p>Stay in the closet.</p>

<p>“I live in a conservative region in NorCal.”</p>

<p>Apparently there are not a whole lot if those. We might be neighbors! </p>

<p>Every applicant’s prime consideration is the school’s academic reputation. You need to take a step further and choose a campus which is both academically strong and welcoming to students of all sexual orientations. In addition to welcoming gay students, the campus should also be safe for them. Pepperdine is probably not one of them. Campus Pride is an organization which has come up with its recommendation of LGBT friendly colleges and here’s the link: <a href=“Campus Pride Releases 2013 'Top 25 LGBT-Friendly Universities And Colleges' Listing | HuffPost Voices”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost;
If this doesn’t work then you can always think of enrolling in an online university but keep that as a backup plan.
Hope it helped. </p>

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<p>Actually, there are a lot of conservative regions in northern California. But they mostly do not have high population. See map:</p>

<p><a href=“California election results - 2012 election - Data Desk - Los Angeles Times”>http://graphics.latimes.com/2012-election-results-california/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Re: <a href=“Campus Pride Releases 2013 'Top 25 LGBT-Friendly Universities And Colleges' Listing | HuffPost Voices”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost;

<p>Nice trick by Princeton, getting on both this list and the 10 best list of the conservative [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.collegeguide.org/itemdetail.aspx?item=486fb85a-5d15-4d1f-a8f5-5ce2804c3129&page=3]collegeguide.org[/url”&gt;http://www.collegeguide.org/itemdetail.aspx?item=486fb85a-5d15-4d1f-a8f5-5ce2804c3129&page=3]collegeguide.org[/url</a>], which does not seem to be LGBT friendly. The OP might prefer the “red light” or “train wreck” schools from that web site.</p>

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I don’t think that’s what chesterton meant at all. Like you said, those are stereotypes, how would they mean that you’re shoving your sexuality down people’s throats?</p>

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A bit arrogant, don’t you think?</p>

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Who said LGBT people are more promiscuous?</p>

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Choosing to get together with another person is a choice.</p>

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You’re jumping to conclusions.
You accuse chesterton of making a lot of assumptions about you, but you seem to be the one making assumptions about him/her. Chesterton’s post never implied that you were “promiscuous” or an unintelligent “a gay pretty boy.”</p>

<p>this thread xD</p>

<p>okay and i like this kids spirit too so i think on account of that he shouldn’t feel he has to answer to stressedoutttts comments. he can if he wants to but he doesn’t need to, that’s what i’m saying, so he can just turn his head the other way and keep on walking and not respond to them if he prefers. you know those ducks that don’t like to be seen getting their food from the hands of humans and prefer not to fight their flock for the tossed morsels of bread? those are the ones that would rather get their food a more respectable way. they’re not going to take the bait and engage in activity that’s below them just because they’re hungry. so that’s the kind of duck this kid would be like if he didn’t respond to those comments. it wouldn’t be in weakness but because he’s above it. he’s a model for god sakes! he has better things to do with his time than deflect internet criticism. like there’s hair to be styled, make-up that has to be applied (nails that have to be manicured?), clothes fitted, and lots of other things, being a model is tough business but it’s a serious business which he should put before quacking over this internet stuff, that’s almost as bad as taking the bread. just let it be. he knows who the model is, he knows, it’s him.</p>

<p>(btw that wasn’t arrogance stressedout, it was confidence! the confidence of <em>a model</em>)</p>

<p>i adore @omgmakesmesmarter</p>

<p>I won’t use the T word, but I think OP is pulling our leg. Pepperdine? you got to be kidding me.</p>

<p>@omgmakemesmarter</p>

<p>Okay? </p>

<p>I wasn’t complaining about the lack of response… I’m not that invested in the OP’s life.</p>

<p>And how is equating responding to me as engaging in lower activity not arrogant?</p>

<p>yeah im sorry for that outburst. that wasn’t really called for. sometimes outbursts are called for. like when this pepperdine institution thinks it’s so good, so holy, that it can discriminate against this boy. well i have news for you pepperdine, this kid is A MODEL. so read it and weep pepperdine, read it and weep. you can take your sanctimony elsewhere. do i sound invested? possibly im too invested. like those those duck mothers that take really good care of their chicks, even the chicks that aren’t their own. it could be like that. when you put it that way it doesn’t sound too bad. </p>

<p>really i was just trying to stop an e-fight before it even started. and his long post you were replying to was one i really liked. like <em>really</em> liked. it was difficult to see it questioned like that. and it would have been more difficult to read his replies because it really is beyond reproach. yes, it may be flawed. yes, it may contain assumptions. and yes, there may be leaps in logic. but its beautiful. so how DARE you respond to it like that! that’s what i thought when i first read what you said. </p>

<p>now im calmed down about it and i see what i said falls under the category of “outburst” so i apologize for that.</p>

<p>p.s. how is taking someones <em>beautiful</em> post apart by by quoting it in pieces and adding in your commentary in the space in between not arrogant? i read a book where the kid edits his bible by adding words to it, he makes changes like replacing verbs like “is” to “starts”, but the teacher, regarding the bible as sacred, finds this very arrogant of him. i may not be able to appreciate the beauty of the bible but i do see the sacredness of that kids post, and i have the same reaction as his teacher did. i feel it was arrogant of you to do that. you answer my accusations of arrogance first, then i’ll answer yours. </p>

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I asked you first lol. This seems like an odd request.</p>

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I quoted the parts I wanted to respond to, and then responded. It’s not an uncommon practice on CC. </p>

<p>I didn’t change anything. I copied and pasted exactly what he said.</p>

<p>in general i don’t like it when people are called arrogant. especially when its by teachers. like kids are just trying to figure themselves out, if they sound arrogant maybe its because they’re trying to question something but they just don’t know how to do it tactfully. or they feel strongly about something so they’re voicing their opinion, but they just haven’t gotten good at doing that yet. so you need to give them some room for error and improvement in the way they express themselves. if you just accuse them of arrogance than it could silence them, not just then but in the future too. it’s true that some people have arrogant personalities, and its in their nature to be arrogant and to not care that they are, but there’s other students (and these are the majority) that don’t want to sound arrogant. what they want is to understand or express something. but then they get reprimanded harshly for the manner in which they do that. it’s very sad.</p>

<p>@ucbalumnus‌, @KKmama‌, @MYOS1634‌, @baktrax‌, @immasenior‌, @Shrinkrap‌, @chesterton‌, @mamaduck‌, @sundaypunch‌, @shellz‌, @NothingImportant‌, @kathleentown‌, @stressedout‌tt, @omgmakemesmarter‌, @collegebound752‌, and @BrownParent‌, i would like to inform you guys that Pepp accepted me! and, (dramatic pause) i wrote my essay about being gay! so, i guess that answers the my OP. but, (another dramatic pause) i denied admissions, because i got a generous scholarship from iit, which im attending. i got accepted to 8 out of 14 schools, including caltech and chicago. YAY! so thanks you guys for all your input. this thread has received A LOT of views, so i hope other students learn from it. but my opinion would be: no, Pepp is not gay-friendly. i think they accepted me because i looked promising for their reps and i regret spending money on the app, lol!</p>

<p>By “iit”, you mean the one in Chicago?</p>

<p>Yes! i thought i would confuse illinois institute of tech with indian institute of tech.</p>

<p>@mdt1995… Thanks for reminding me I had even posted in this thread. Had already long forgotten it. Sorry to those who may have railed against my post - I won’t bother reading through them all. Why would I? What I had to say was not really up for discussion, from my perspective, or I would not have said it in the first place :)</p>

<p>That said, I am all for congratulating another student on being accepted to college. So sincere congratulations!</p>

<p>Thanks for reporting back, glad it worked out for you, especially financially. (I had to wonder if this thread was just ■■■■■ bait.)</p>