http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html Life at APU - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html This university has few positives and many negatives. Firstly I will say my poor experiences here have nothing to do with the teachers who are incredibly intelligent and are very friendly with time fo... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:42:57 GMT StudentsReview 116-60970 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 116-60970 116 7 Business - Management and Administration Female Undergraduate Class 2013 2nd Year Advice This university has few positives and many negatives. Firstly I will say my poor experiences here have nothing to do with the teachers who are incredibly intelligent and are very friendly with time for 1 on 1 tutoring or just time to give advice. The teachers are both wise and incredibly personable and are possible the only thing keeping me at APU. Now to get in to the negatives of a school like APU. The biggest problem I have with this school is the fact that it is a Christian school, while I would consider myself a "Christian" strictly in the sense that I have a relationship with God and Jesus, most people or "Christians" on this campus are narrow minded at best and hypocritical at worst. The board of the school feels the need to prove to everyone that they are a Christian university by setting ridiculous standards and rules to their students including the paradox of allowing non-Christians to attend school here but forcing chapel and God upon these students, and the curfew rule which forces members of the opposite sex to leave your room by midnight on weekdays and one am on weekends (if you are an upper class-man and even earlier if you are a freshman). One of the major points of college is to discover who you are by being on your own, not having rules coerced on you by close minded conservative "Christians." I am currently 20 years old yet I have a curfew. This statement may be the most ridiculous statement I have typed in my entire life. During most of my time at this campus I have felt like I am at Christian camp, surrounded by hypocrites who like to pretend they follow the Word of God when truly they spit a negative image of mediocrity to non-Christians and live by rules and standards that simply do not exist in the real world. I stay at this university for two reasons alone. The first is that the professors I have had for religion classes and philosophy (I am a business major, so these classes are few) have been some of the most influential and intelligent people in my life. The second is that I have found several like-minded students who enjoy real life and not living in a bubble who I love and enjoy to be around. Although I love everyone at Azusa it is sad to see so much wrong with such a great campus, and it is only becoming more strict and rule-based. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:42:57 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html Loved going to Azusa Pacific University. The atmosphere was warm, friendly and supportive. Strangers would say hi as you walked around campus. The faculty was so supportive. I spent most of my tim... Tue, 05 May 2009 12:49:38 GMT StudentsReview 116-59991 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 116-59991 116 17 English Female Undergraduate Alumna Class 2000 Positive Loved going to Azusa Pacific University. The atmosphere was warm, friendly and supportive. Strangers would say hi as you walked around campus. The faculty was so supportive. I spent most of my time in the sciences, not in my major of English, but both groups were patient, encouraging and eager to get us thinking. I miss the school. My only regret is wasting time not studying much while I was there. What an opportunity I wasted! Great school. Wish I could go back! Tue, 05 May 2009 12:49:38 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html Great school, very good nursing program, but too expensive.... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:43:24 GMT StudentsReview 116-58052 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 116-58052 116 30 Nursing Female Undergraduate Class 2005 1st Year Neutral Great school, very good nursing program, but too expensive. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:43:24 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html APU overall is a great school. I haven’t regret coming here. Ill try and break it down to different aspect of the school Socially I see a lot of comment describing school comprised of a lot... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:19:53 GMT StudentsReview 116-56521 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 116-56521 116 6 Biology Male Undergraduate Class 2012 1st Year Advice APU overall is a great school. I haven’t regret coming here. Ill try and break it down to different aspect of the school

Socially
I see a lot of comment describing school comprised of a lot of sheltered, private-schooled, Christians kids that coming here b/c their parents have the money. To be honest, yes there are those type of people here; however, the school is much more diverse than that. I am a Asian-America from Tennessee, NOT raised in a Christian household, NOT sided with the republican party. I found people from all walks of life. My best friend is from Iowa and I know a few others from different states and countries like Germany and Japan. However most kids are from California so don’t be surprised. Therefore weekends can be pretty dead. Make out of state friends who are stuck on campus with you.

The city of Azusa is pretty boring. There not much of a club/party scene. Having a car is very helpful.(almost necessary) LA/Hollywood is about 35min away. The beaches are about 45min away. However the school does provide events and outdoor activities that are fun. Drinking is not predominantly seen. If you don’t want it, you wont find it. However if you DO want it, you can find. That another thing about APU that makes it so great. People mainly come here b/c they want to be here.

APU have some regulation that seem constricting, but it is out of good intentions. There is mandatory chapel 3 times a week, however you get 10 absences. That basically 3 straight weeks of no chapel so its not so bad. There is a curfew. No girls on the dorm floor by 10pm on weekday. 12am on weekends. That does get annoying but it doable. Ive heard it become more laxed in the apartments.

The dorms in general are pretty good and spacious. There are 4 dorm freshmens stay in. Smith(all guys dorm aka Manland), Adams(all girls), Engstrom (Co-ed floor with suit style restroom) or the newest one Trinity (co-ed floor with community restroom). They all are pretty spacious compared to UCLA dorms and Trinity have their own AC thermostat which is awesome. I live in trinity and the brotherhood and bond you get to make by living in that type of environment is priceless. You’re forced to get out your shell and met new people. It just a great experience, I recommend that everyone live in the dorm to get the experience.

Food here kinda sucks. All freshmen are require to have a minimum of a 180 meal plan(10 meals a week) that may seem alittle, but the food become VERY redundant. It basically the same chicken with different sauce. Im am sick of the food, I only eat it cause I don’t want to blow money on fastfood. Food on west campus is better, but after awhile, it become redundant as well. I haven’t met a person who used all their meal plans yet, so don’t get any meal plan above 180.

No Greek system here. Sorry


Academic
Im a Bio Major. The program here is rough. The classroom size are roughly between 15-30. General Ed class are even small. Im not a number in a class, thus NO ONE can really fall through the cracks here. There a lot of individually attention and professor memorize all of their student names. All prof have office hours to allow one on one conference with student as needed. The science field is very challenging, but the professor advocate helping one another other and group studying.

Since this is a Christian school, there are prayers before class. All teachers working are required to be Christians. You would think that it would create a homogeneous senses of the Christian ideology, but surprisingly, that is incorrect. Teacher in the religion classes challenge student to think beyond the norm. They point out conflicts in the bible and question our belief. There were times I walked out of class more confused and dissatisfied with my faith before I walked in. Teachers here really care for the student. It really is amazing.

All in all, APU is definitely what you make out of it. There are a lot of good, loving people here who honestly care for your well being. People are given the choice to do what they want. You can party. You can grow in faith. You can slack off. You can work hard. You’re going to get out what you put into it. I honestly enjoyed my time so far and plan to spend all four years. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:19:53 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html This school has some of the most close minded people I've ever met. It's hard to meet people, they definitely try to put you in a box and if you don't fit they don't like you. This school gives christ... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:31:56 GMT StudentsReview 116-54479 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 116-54479 116 32 Philosophy Female Undergraduate Class 2011 1st Year Negative This school has some of the most close minded people I've ever met. It's hard to meet people, they definitely try to put you in a box and if you don't fit they don't like you. This school gives christians a bad name, made me question my faith and right now I would consider myself non-christian. I'm looking to transfer. Unless your a conservative fundamentalist christian don't go to this school. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:31:56 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/APU_comments.html