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St. Olaf, Northfield, MN
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<p>What turned her off? It seems like Lutheran college heaven from what I've read and people I've talked to.</p>
<p>Thomas Aquinas College in California has an up-and-coming reputation. Very solid academics.
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire is not religiouly affiliated per se, but offers a great books program from a Christian perspective.</p>
<p>samford...</p>
<p>A girl at our church visited Cedarville in Ohio and loved it. She plans to attend. They do have Chapel every day and attendence is mandatory. Also girls cannot wear jeans(can wear pants just not jeans).</p>
<p>Xavier University in Cincinnati (Catholic.)</p>
<p>There are a ton of Wesleyans in various states, all "Christian."</p>
<p>For Christian schools in great locations.
Pt Loma in San Diego
Westmont in Montecito Ca
Seattle Pacific
My D has many friends who attend christian colleges. She has friend's at most of these. They are all nice kids who believe strongly in Jesus but are otherwise mainstream.
The students we know at Pepperdine are a mix. Some quite religious others not.</p>
<p>Samford university in B'ham
Davidson College - a secular school with a strong Christian presence, several churches within walking distance in the small town
Rhodes College in Memphis - also secular, but still with a strong Christian presence.</p>
<p>Any large Southern University, including Vandy. I sense you are from Tx, and may know this, but religion and church-going is much more a part of mainstream life in the South. Any large Southern university will have active campus Christian organizations of multiple denominations. One good thing about the larger institutions vs a "real" Christian college - it is common for Southern kids raised "in Sunday School" as we say, to fall away from faith in college, or to question their faith in college. The groups will therefore, be much like the church in real life - a group of people in different stages of spiritual life, this can be a growing experience for a young Christian.</p>
<p>My husband comes from a family with a strong evangelical background, and his father was a college prof at a state school (now retired). Despite their strong religious faith, they encouraged all 4 of their children to go to secular colleges, and are encouraging their grands now in a similar fashion. Just more food for thought.</p>
<p>Christianity is meant to live in the world, but at the same time there is space for the monk living in total silence and seclusion - my point, find what is right for you, both spiritually and academically.</p>
<p>I am going to reiterate this again:</p>
<p>The two premier "Actually Christian" universities are - without question - hands down - no competition:</p>
<p>Biola University in Los Angeles, Ca, <a href="http://www.biola.edu%5B/url%5D">www.biola.edu</a> </p>
<p>Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill, <a href="http://www.wheaton.edu%5B/url%5D">www.wheaton.edu</a></p>
<p>Wheaton has stellar academics and a good football team to boot. It has a very intimate class size and is very well respected. In terms of prestige, I would give the current edge to wheaton still for now. But, after having looked into this myself, there is only one Christian institution that comes up as being "the big dog" time and time again and that is Biola University. </p>
<p>It is a school that is looking at 5,000 undergrads next year, with a rapidly developing campus/fascilities/endowment (endowment has doubled in 10 years, there are currently 4 major buildings being built on campus with plans for 15 more in the next 15 years!). An average UNWEIGHTED GPA of 3.6 (weighted is just under 3.8) with an average SAT score at about 1200 even. On the west coast it is extremely well respected though it suffers from the typical east coast Bias. Most of these schools I keep hearing about just aren't at the same level. I will also say that Biola is the only school considered to be a "National" University among the over 100 schools on the Christian College Counsel - but US NEWS will not rank it out of the 4th tier because of it's mission statement and refusal to hire faculty/staff that is not Christian. If you look at it's numbers compared to other 4th tier school it stands heads and shoulders above the rest. It is rightly a middle 3rd tier school based on the numbers (at about 150 numerically). </p>
<p>This is not some small podunk school with 1,000 kids. It has a total enrollment over 6,000 with one of the best placing philosophy/theology programs in the country. </p>
<p>Again, most of the schools being mentioned just aren't in the same class as Biola and I quite surprised that it is not recieving more credit in a forum dedicated to this topic. Again, it's only real competitor is Wheaton.</p>