<p>I'm interested in Pepperdine and love so much about the school. I do have a few questions and concerns, however. Any comments are appreciated!</p>
<p>1) How snobby/rich/cliquey are the students? I come from the burbs of Wisconsin and do not have all the designer clothes and what not. Are the students really friendly and outgoing or are they the "California girl" sterotype?</p>
<p>2) How religious are the students? Religion is very important to me, but I am Catholic, not Church of Christ. The affiliation is not a problem for me, but are the students actually nice, Christian people, or does the school portray itself as something it is not?</p>
<p>3) Also, I am not that into partying where eveyone gets trashed and hooks up. I won't mind people drinking if its not THAT bad, but all the drugs and sex goes completely against my morals. Does everyone engage in this sort of stuff, or will I be in the majority of kids who don't like getting too drunk and who are actually abstaining from sex until marriage? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I'd be interested in knowing more about this too...</p>
<p>Got2BYale, base on what I know about Pepperdine, 1, 2, and 3 will not be of concern. You will fit in nicely.</p>
<p>bumping for Got2B... I really wanna know more about this cuz I sound just like you</p>
<p>Pepperdine has a good mix of students. There are some sterotypical rich California kids, but there are plenty of "normal" kids as well. There are a lot of good, sincerely religious students, and the atmosphere on campus is as advertised. On the other hand, there are some students who go to the school for the location and constantly complain about the religious atmosphere and rules. These students have off campus parties that are similar to college parties at other schools, but if you aren't interested in that lifestyle, they are easy to avoid. In sum, it isn't hard to fit in and be socially active without compromising your morals.</p>
<p>Ditto to basically everything countryboy said.</p>
<p>I'm a California girl myself, but definitely don't fit the stereotype, and I had no problem finding good friends.</p>
<p>Any drinking or heavy partying would take place off campus, so they're easy to avoid if it's not your scene. And you definitely won't be alone in not participating. I'm not into that sort of thing at all, and neither were the majority of my friends, so we had plenty of fun doing other things.</p>
<p>I wasn't even around alcohol in any kind of setting until I went abroad to London this past year (my sophomore year), and then generally it was with some close friends who were drinking in moderation.</p>