<p>Love this. I’m a Pepperdine student, and I feel that my school is severely underrated, especially when compared to the UC system. My high school graduating class valedictorian was smart enough to choose Pepperdine over every UC (as well as UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, and some Claremont Colleges, I’m not disputing their prestige though.)
I can’t even say, however, how many idiots (I mean IDIOTS) from my senior class with high/inflated GPAs and low/mediocre SAT scores got accepted into UCLA/I/D/SD/SB. Those schools rank above Pepp according to U.S. News rankings, but I can say from experience, the student bodies of the UC system (with the exception of LA and Cal), are by no means nearly as intelligent as Pepperdine’s.
Pepperdine’s average admitted SAT is 1920 and ACT is 30, that’s higher than all UCs except UCLA and Cal isn’t it?
I also believe that Pepp’s religious affiliation pulls its rank down.</p>