<p>How good is this school? sometimes i hear people saying that it is a great school and other times I hear people massively trashing it</p>
<p>soo? thanks!</p>
<p>Somewhere in between. I’d say it was not very good but is rapidly improving as it adds new programs and finishes out the campus in a more atractive fashion. Obviously it is not for everyone but many seem to like it.</p>
<p>It’s a VERY religious school, so people who have those same beliefs and want that in school will be more likely to think it’s great, and those who don’t have those beliefs or don’t like heavily religious schools won’t. It all depends on the person, so you need to form your own opinion. There’s also this: [Liberty</a> University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Liberty University - Wikipedia”>Liberty University - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>The vast majority of America will not recognize a degree from Liberty as a higher education. Liberty claims that “the secret to its success lies in a rock-solid commitment to Biblical truth.” Sorry - that’s religious instruction, but not higher education. Higher education involves critical thinking, the ability to consider without judgment opposing ideas and glean valid insights from them. Being presented a single model of “truth” and being allowed no deviations from it is not a valid education for the 21st century. Only 23% of the Liberty student body graduated in the top 25% of their class and the median SAT is in the 900s. So the LU student body as a whole has academic stats slightly below that of the average American high school graduating class.</p>
<p>I think you are making up a conclusion with no support. “The vast majority” won’t give a crap about religious beliefs if they are hiring an accountant. Not everyone that goes to LU believes everything they are told. BYU grads are extremely popular with busineses despite some interesting religious views. Most LU are normal kids whose parents wanted a structured environment where the kids won’t be binge drinking, having hook-ups and sleeping through half their classes. The religion stuff is a small part of the picture. Some buy it-some don’t. Also the admissions requirements are being raised as they reach enrollment targets.</p>
<p>Check out Calvin College if you’re looking for a religious school with a good reputation. (Hope is also a great school, but I would say Calvin is more religious) I know most schools have a religious orientation, but LU goes far beyond that. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t look down on a LU grad for the religious beliefs compared to a BYU grad. I’d hire the BYU grad over the LU grad (assuming everything else was similar) because of the admission scores. </p>
<p>BYU: Middle 50 SAT (math+reading): 1130 - 1350, Middle 50 ACT: 25-30</p>
<p>LU: Middle 50 SAT: 830 - 1220, Middle ACT: 18-24</p>
<p>It also has an acceptance rating of around 90% – and I find the principles on which it was founded laughable as a place of higher institution. It was founded as a political tool, not as something to help students. Do I think they’re improving, and pulling away from that? Yes. But not fast enough. There are plenty of colleges that are more well-respected that have Christian groups on campus or Wellness housing for parents or students who want substance control and limited access to rooms by the opposite sex.</p>
<p>Not everyone can go to Harvard. LU has a relatively open philosophy and then makes the work pretty demanding. See the book by the Brown kid who went to LU undercover. He found the classes often demanding.</p>
<p>Liberty is garbage. </p>
<p>Look in to Biola and Wheaton.</p>
<p>My friend chose Wheaton over several top 20 LACS. I hear it is wonderful.</p>
<p>How do you know so much about Liberty out in Irvine?? Ever been there?</p>
<p>LU’s Law School just won full ABA approval. In one of the fastest timelines ever.</p>
<p>[Liberty</a> University School of Law](<a href=“http://law.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18456&artid=20745]Liberty”>http://law.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18456&artid=20745)</p>
<p>@Barrons- The “Brown kid” as you call him found the classes challenging because of their subject material. Since he was going undercover he took a full course load of classes on topics that he had never studied but the other students had, himself being a lax Quaker and not an evangelical Christian. He also found it difficult because some of his professors in his so-called science classes were disregarding things the scientific community as a whole accepted as fact. So I don’t think it’s a fair statement to say classes are challenging because one student vastly different from Liberty’s typical student found them demanding. That being said, the book, “The Unlikely Disciple” by Kevin Roose, is quite good and that might also give you a view of Liberty.</p>
<p>My wife is a Liberty grad. Liberty is a good school with a good reputation. They accept almost anyone so you’re going to get a lot of students with sub-par grades. But the faculty is good and the overall college experience is good too. I’d say if you are looking for a school with strong academics, you might look elsewhere. But I know quite a few LU grads who are doing very well. And I think you’d be happy there in many respects. For sure it’s growing and getting better all the time also.</p>