r/Pepperdine

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!

I'm posting this because I don't think most current graduate students realize these changes even exist. Under OBBBA, students who qualified for the interim ("legacy") exception may only retain access to the old federal loan rules until their Expected Time to Credential (ETTC). There is growing concern that if ETTC is based on a program's published full-time completion time, students who have always been enrolled part-time could lose legacy eligibility before finishing their degree. For many students who rely on federal loans, that could mean being unable to finance the remainder of a program they began under completely different rules.

'm also hoping to hear from students at other universities. Has your school explained how it's calculating ETTC? Has anyone received a written determination or been told how part-time enrollment affects legacy eligibility? The more information we can gather, the better we can understand how these changes are actually being implemented.

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

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.

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

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.