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Pensacola Christian College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityA+
Useful SchoolworkB- Excess CompetitionB+
Academic SuccessA Creativity/ InnovationD
Individual ValueF University Resource UseD
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA+ FriendlinessC+
Campus MaintenanceA Social LifeD
Surrounding CityB+ Extra CurricularsD
SafetyA
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Afraid, Broken Spirit, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful, Arrogant, Condescending

Female
Bright
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Individual Value
F
Highest Rating
Faculty Accessibility
A+
She cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Mar 08 2010
Major: Accounting (This Major's Salary over time)
This is a neutral review of PCC because the school has both good and bad qualities. I went to PCC as a freshman not knowing ANY of the rules. I neglected to read the student handbook that was sent to me and so it was complete culture shock coming to the school. I showed up in jeans and was quickly apprehended by Miss Covey. I had to go and buy an entirely new wardrobe that day before I was even allowed to check in! Make sure you read the entire thing before going. If you're like me, I didn't come from an independent, fundamentalist home so it was all very new to me. The campus is beautiful and the beach is fantastic! The academics of the school are challenging and I truly believe that it is a phenomenal education for the money. After 3 years, I left PCC and went to a state college in Georgia. Since PCC is unaccredited, nothing transferred so I had to start from scratch. Doing that helped me to realize what a great education I had recieved for the 3 years I was at PCC though. The academics at a state school can't hold a candle to those at PCC. The student life area does leave a lot to be desired, that much is true. While I truly believe their intentions are pure, the way they go about enforcing things sometimes gets a little murky. In the 3 years I was there, I never did anything terrible by their standards like sneak off campus or meet up with a boy. I was, for the most part, a very vanilla student. I did as I was told and only had demerits for little things like the dress code (only wearing knee highs instead of full hose), waking up late, lights out, etc. My third and final year; however, I was shadowed for 3 days and went before the Student Appeals Committee for something that happened back home in Georgia on a weekend I was home. I was not kicked out but they gave me 100 demerits and campused me for a month. The next day, I withdrew. I was really just so shell-shocked from the whole shadowing experience. It was definitely emotionally draining. I still find myself getting anxious when I think of Dean Baer or going back on the campus. Most of what people have written on here is true - you can get turned in for not turning someone else in, the definitions of certain acceptable things (such as music, "tightness" of clothing, etc) are unclear at best, and it is a VERY, VERY strict place to be. BUT, if you go into it with an open mind and you commit yourself to not focusing on the bad things but the good things, I think it can definitely be a great place. I've made friends for life from there and my relationship with the Lord was definitely strengthened while I was there. As long as you take everything with a grain of salt, you'll be fine.
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commentI don't know what years you were at PCC, but we probably knew eachother, although I only lasted a year.
It is true that there are good aspects about the school, but I wouldn't recommend it to anybody if only for the sake of not perpetuating the cycle. It is my hope that it will eventually shut down so that it could be bought by someone who knew what they were doing and they could turn it into the school it should be. My year at PCC was the best of my life, but that had nothing to do with the school, and everything to do with the people I was surrounded by
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