Pensacola Christian College

I went to Pensacola Christian for two full years. Having come from a Christian background, I expected all of the rules and the strict atmosphere of the campus. However, what Penacola Christian College fails to realize is that the students are adults and capable of making their own decisions. Having been out in the real world for a couple of years since Pensacola, I have to admit that Pensacola does nothing to prepare its students for the real world. They provide a sheltered, surreal-type atmosphere for the students that only makes them more unprepared for the real world. The only time PCC works is when its students stay in that sheltered existence after school by either staying at PCC or joining some other close-minded society. I would definitely recommend PCC for its academics; however, I would not want my children to go to a college that shelters them from making their own mistakes. Once you turn 18, you are old enough to make your own decisions, make your own mistakes, and learn from them. When Pensacola Christian College begins treating their students like the adults they are, then I would possibly consider recommending the school to my friends and family.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2004

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: D-

I came to PCC as an international student in the spring of 2005. I was appalled at the level of closemindedness and hypocrisy that I encountered. The school is horrible. Academically it is over mediorce. Competition rarely exists, and most of the students in your classes deserve to be in middleschool and not college. Many of the Bible students seem to be weak in core courses and only make it more evident that they probably were called to study bible by F's.

Socially the school is a joke. Students are treated like robots, controlled like property, and brainwashed to a level of no return. I strongly beleive that PCC is not a place for winners. Its not a place for independent thinkers who think big. The place is trapped in the plague of mediorcrity.

As an international student I'm lucky I'm not there any more. Its bad enough that I'm not from this country. But to go to an unaccredited unknown college, no way. That would have killed most of my chances for success in this country.

I left PCC after my first semester to go to a state college. Non of my credits transfered but at least the psychological relief I had from that environment was enough to overcome that loss. I spent three semesters and a summer in the state college before applying to Cornell University (Yes, Cornell the ivy league school in New York)and I was accepted.

I strongly believe that in life you get what you pay for. At PCC you get what it is worth and it is sad to realize that most PCC student do not strive high in life. When I was there, I could barely find anyone who spoke of big things. Everyone sounded too ungerdoggy and in plain words, like underachievers.

I do not think PCC will help a career oriented person who wants to be successful. It will get you stuck at being mediocre. If you want a good education look else were because at PCC you will only waste your time, money, and emotional stress you could have dedicated into getting a better education. DONT GO THERE !!!!!!!!!!!

1st Year Female -- Class 2009

Faculty Accessibility: C, Education Quality: F

I was kicked out of PCC after the school read my email were I expressed myself to a friend about my not liking the college. I used two sear words in the email and said the total truth about the college being a concerntration camp. PCC is racist. It is filled with republican hypocrisy. Black people are called the "N" word by white people in a derogatory way. The school is a place for closed minded homeschoolers to continue to be treated like children. PCC will not bring out the adult in anyone. It will keep you as a child and keep you far behind your peer in other institutions. The place has no substantial legacy. No notable alumni's. No strong alumni network in corporate America. No relationships with fortune fivehundred companies. No study abroad program. No notable faculty. As at the last time I checked there was no single ivy league educated professor at PCC. I am sincierely happy I'm out of there. I have been exposed to the true meaning of higher education and to the fact that institutions in this country carry more significance than just teach classes. That professors in schools such as Emory University undertake ground breaking research and even develop cures to diseases. You will never find that at PCC. I have received brochures from some of the best schools in this country and realised recently that the University of Pennsyliania conducts research worth over $600 million dollars every year. You never hear of such in PCC. The school does not even strive to achieve such level of distinction. All they want to look for is how to create new ways to make the lives of students misserable.

I went there because my parents were broke. But now I know that you get what you pay for.Please, if you need to take a student loan to get a good education, please take it. PCC is not worth it.

1st Year Female -- Class 2009

Perceived Campus Safety: A, Education Quality: F