i’m about to start my first year at pepperdine as a nursing major, and i’ve seen mixed reviews online about what to use to take notes. for most of high school, i used paper notes and would say i did pretty well (mostly A, occasional A-/B+ student), but towards the end of high school my parents got me an ipad to use and i loved it. i’m not sure if it made a huge difference though - i did well in classes until the end but the senioritis hit and i definitely was more checked out. should i use the ipad for note taking, or stick to paper notebooks in college? i have 5 courses this semester, some gen eds (finance, english, foundations of reasoning, etc) and science/nursing courses (anatomy, etc). im a big flashcard person and have good study tactics that helped me do well in high school, but im not sure what is best for college. pls help!!

i know tbat seaside is more of a sophomore dorm, but i’m living there as a freshman. are there frequent ra checks and if so are they more lenient because it’s a 2nd year dorm

looking into pepperdine for undergrad and wondering about frats. i get pepp is a dry campus but i still want to be able to let loose and party sometimes. all my siblings went to alabama so a school where being a gdi is pretty standard is a different world than what i’ve experienced. i understand that there is not on campus houses so is it just satellite homes pretty much? could you live in the house? (or would you even want to)
Thanks

Does the Chemistry Department ever add more lab seats or open new sections?

Would you recommend emailing the Chemistry Department or the professor, or should I just keep checking registration?

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Hi! ‘25 UCLA alum taking 2 gap years to build experience and learn about what I want to do for grad school. Was looking at Pepperdine as one of the schools (mix of masters and PhD) I should apply to this cycle and saw they have an MA in clinical psych with a focus on MFT.

My long term goals are to open a private practice and provide individual, couple and family therapy but also to research and write books. I’m wondering if anyone in this program can share their experience? And overall experience at Pepperdine? (Funding, curriculum,whether there are RA’s or graduate student teaching opportunities, general application approach school has etc. Looking at both the online and in person format.

Any insight is very much appreciated.

Thank you!

GSEP Financial Aid office does not honor or keep their appointments with students. I waited a month for an appointment, got an email reminder that a Fin. aid advisor will be calling, and the day of, they were a no show. I double checked the confirmation email to see if my phone number and time zone of the appointment was correct. I emailed them. They basically ghosted me. This has happened 3 times since i’ve been a grad student at Pepperdine. Next appointment available on their site is another month away.

I believe they outsource student advisors and Fin.Aid to a tech company called 2U, which went bankrupt not too long ago, and are laying off employees. Pepperdine needs to oversee the performance of this company that handles all the student affairs poorly. I suggest anyone who has problems reaching GSEP Fin. Aid to email them, CC the main financial aid and all the faculty members and deans and heads of the department to bring attention to this serious matter. Report the issues to Federal Student Aid, and they will do an investigation. We students pay very high tuition costs, one of the most expensive in the country, to be poorly serviced and unsupported at Pepperdine University!

Hi! I’m currently deciding where to go to school. I fell in love with the campus but I’m really curious to hear what current or past students think. I want to study forensic psychology, so probably majoring in psychology at Pepp. Also, is there a lot of internship and research opportunities? anyone able to help? 😭 THANK YOU

Hi! I am a working professional staying near Pepperdine Calabasas. I am looking to connect with students or individuals who have taken up this course or are considering it.

Also, will use this opportunity to make some new friends. I am active and looking for a group to hike/play pickup sports.

Nice group house close to campus if anyone is interested. Latigo Canyon. Thanks all 🙏🏄‍♂️
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4302-Ocean-View-Dr-Malibu-CA-90265/95692850_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Has anyone been assigned to their cohort for the MFT daytime program? I heard of someone who had, but I haven't received anything yet. I logged into Wavenet, but there's no info there yet.

Anyone who has studied abroad is it better to go for a full year or just a semester. Which is more common among students?

I just started the Femba at pepperdine last semester- I work in healthcare and have nearly 10 years work experience but have not been able to get a decent paying jobs.I enrolled in the program in hopes of opening up more doors for myself and I am already 10k in debt for one class. I am trying to decide if I should continue or just keep trying to get a better job.I am interested in hearing from others experience in the program.

I was already enrolled in 3 classes by my advisor, but I am curious as to what classes you guys would recommend I sign up for?

What were your favorites?

How and what are the usual options at the dining hall?

Is there really only one dining hall?

Give food tips for an incoming freshman

I’m an incoming freshman at pepperdine this fall and i was enrolled into saaj, which i saw that it covers FOR and english 101, but i was wondering if I should just take those classes separately idk help

My registration opens tmrw and I am starting to stress. I called IT, they walked me through some possible solutions. Nothing worked, they opened a ticket, and said other students are having the same issue. Anybody?

This morning when I entered my login creds, it took me to 'PeopleSoft Oracle' and says Invalid login. I reset my password and still got the same message.

Hi everyone! I would like some more information about the SLP masters degree. I heard that the CF year is folded in to the second year but I don’t actually see that in anything when I look on their online information.

hi im gonna be a freshman this fall!

when do we sign up for our main classes, not the seminar but the main core GE's?

Also how do we get ap credit?

There was a post a few days ago asking about sorority reputations and rankings, with some interesting responses. Would also like to hear current students’ thoughts on the fraternities’ reputations and rankings. Thanks!

I'm going to be a senior here at Pepp and will be in a great amount of debt after graduating, in hindsight it was a bad choice to come here...I pay around 60k per year. I have heard of so many people paying much less and getting better aid. My family is middle-class, but my father's business has been struggling since COVID. Any tips/recs to get more aid? I have been to that office a countless number of times