<p>I am a soph. in hs and i know many of you will think that im kinda young to be thinking about college.
but im actually not. seeing as by next year we're suppossed to have a general idea of colleges that interest us so we can go visit them, and we take SAT/ACT prep courses and all that jazz, soph. yr seems to be the year they keep telling us to seriously start thinking about college.</p>
<p>anyway, how hard is it to get into pepperdine u? like what are the stats? gpas and sat/act scores on average? i know its small and i dont know how many apps they get and turn down each year.</p>
<p>and do they like you to participate in a lot of extracurricular activities? such as musical instruments and sports and clubs and such?</p>
<p>because i play the flute (5 years) and did swimming in freshman year as a sport but honestly did not like it at all, so i probably wont be doing it this year (i loveee to swim but i didn't like actually competing and going to practice for 2 1/2 hours and stuff, even though i was pretty good-not trying to sound cocky). i do debate club and the book club and drama club but thats all as for extra curricular. and im on student council (1 year). but i dont know if thats enough, seeing as there's kids at my school who do 3 sports a year and 4+ clubs and play instruments and even have jobs, etc. </p>
<p>so yeah anybody know how difficult it is and how many aps they accept and what the scores for sats and acts and gpas should bee??? I need to know so that i can get my act together, because i would LOVE to go there.</p>
<p>Check out the Princeton Review website, they have all the staticts you're asking for and more. It's farily hard to get into, but if you have good stats, good ec's and you write good essays that reflect the type of person they are looking for, you should be set.</p>
<p>Don't forget that it is a religious school--something a lot of people aren't looking for.</p>
<p>It's a very selective school. The difference, mainly, between Pepperdine and other highly selective colleges is that Pepperdine seems to really emphasize character and involvement. For example, they want students who are VERY active in their churches and communities. They are a very philanthropic school it seems. I'm applying this year and this is what I've gotten from a lot of people. Although they emphasize character and EC's you still need to have adequate SAT/ACT scores and grades. </p>
<p>However, I should mention that these scores seem VERY low compared to the brochure Pepperdine recently sent me. The middle composite SAT scores on there were in the 650s for each subject</p>
<p>Alright thanks for all the helpful info guys! ANd yeah I dont mind it being a religious school, seeing as right now I go to a Catholic High School.</p>
<p>And woooaahhh avg. HS GPA 3.65? Be involved a lot with church and community?
Its a good thing I found this out early. I really gotta step it up, then: my current GPA is a 3.5 and Im involved with my church but not overly involved. This is goodddd to know!</p>
<p>I went to a information session last weekend and the admissions councilor said that about 70% of their admissions comes from GPA and SATs. The other 30% is based on essays and recommendations and your involvement. Of course, if you're grades aren't quite as strong but you're very involved and kick butt on the essays, they'd love to have you there. </p>
<p>Not being religious won't hurt you, but of course it's a plus. The care about your passion. There is a good percentage of non religious students, but it's obviously dominated by religious students. I've heard of people getting in by writing an essay about themselves being atheist. </p>
<p>He also said the cut off for students receiving the half scholarship was a 3.9 unweighted and a 31 ACT (= about a 2040). Just a little confidence booster for us kids out there who love Pepperdine but can't afford it, lol</p>
<p>Not to burst anyone's bubble, but I had around a 3.9 unweighted GPA (I'm not exactly sure what it was because my school only did weighted but a 3.9 is accurate) and a 31 ACT/ 2060 SAT and didn't get any merit scholarship money. I'm not saying that this happens to everyone with these stats, but don't assume that because of your GPA/ test scores you will automatically get a half scholarship because that only led to a lot of disappointment for me.</p>
<p>For what it is worth, Pepperdine only considers unweighted GPA's when making admissions decisions. They will, however, consider the classes a student has taken when evaluating the applicant's character.</p>
<p>"Not to burst anyone's bubble, but I had around a 3.9 unweighted GPA (I'm not exactly sure what it was because my school only did weighted but a 3.9 is accurate) and a 31 ACT/ 2060 SAT and didn't get any merit scholarship money....</p>
<p>Ditto for my D.....(, and pretty good church/religious involvement with leadership, and letters of rec as well).</p>
<p>I hope what I said didn't offend anyone or anything like that because I didn't mean it in a bad way. I just want potential students to know that no matter how qualified you may seem for a merit scholarship at Pepperdine doesn't mean you will actually get one, as you can see from my experience and from Shrinkrap's D's experience. It was really hard for me when I found out I didn't get a penny of merit scholarship money because all along people had been telling me I had a great shot at one at Pepperdine. However, I am so happy here and I don't want to discourage anyone because even though not getting a merit scholarship can be really frustrating it has actually motivated me to work really hard to prove myself. I know I won't be rewarded with anything now, but personally I get a lot of satisfaction from getting the some of the best grades in my classes which shows me I am meant to be here and I can absolutely be an outstanding student even without the Regents/ Dean's scholar label.</p>
<p>Yeah I'm really grateful I can go too but at the same time it pains me to think about the amount of money my family is paying for my education- especially because I was offered some pretty generous offers from other schools but I decided to come here anyway.</p>
<p>I was just about to post this topic myself. I am a junior and looking at Pepperdine's site, looks like a school I could see myself attending. Would I have any chance with a very low freshman GPA, a sophmore year GPA of a 3.1 and a junior year GPA (estimated based on how I am doing right now) of a 3.6?</p>
<p>Dang, I'm sitting on like a 3.75-3.8(UW) right now...errr. So no merit money for me if my GPA stays like that?</p>
<p>Pretty good ECs, Eagle Scout, pretty active in my Catholic Church, involved in Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice in my school;faith is pretty important to me.</p>