Pensacola Christian College

This school is not accredited. They told us as young students that this was not important. Now, 19 years later with a career in business and banking I am unable to pursue a MBA.

4th Year Male -- Class 1993

Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Education Quality: F

During my time at PCC I did not feel valued as a person and felt that I was constantly being watched and monitored by school administration. They did not trust me and I was not given a student email, which colleges are supposed to do.

While I didn't rack up anywhere near enough demerits to get expelled, they had a bazillion random rules that were hard to keep straight. They were always happy to penalize and punish but they were unwilling to provide Christian guidance and mentorship. I have never seen a college expel as many students as this college did for ridiculously petty reasons, if reasons were given at all.

The lack of accreditation is a big issue here. Looking back on that year, I feel that I was "taken in" by the administration who acted as if it was no big deal and tried to hush it up. I feel that I wasted time and money on this school.

There are teachers there know little about what they're teaching. Yes, I know that they have qualified instructors, but for a school to have any grossly unqualified instructors at all is unfair and dishonest to students and should not be tolerated.

As for being a Christian institution, I feel strongly that PCC is more cult-like than Christian. I say this because the administration was determined to control students and even faculty and staff instead of allowing God to work in your life and draw you closer to Him. Just like the Pharisees, it was easy to lose sight of God for all the blasted rules, and I know several former PCC students who lost faith in God as a result. I have not lost faith in God (I am a deeply committed Christian and active member of my church, which is Southern Baptist), but I must say that God used this year of my life to teach me what following God does not look like, as well as the dangers of legalism.

For the record, I really disliked my experience here and got out after one year. I ended up at a different Christian college that valued me as a person. I really enjoyed my time there at that college and graduated with honors. Sorry PCC incorporated, but in all Christian honesty, I just cannot give your institution a good rating.

1st Year Male -- Class 2016

Campus Aesthetics: A, Individual Value: F

Pensacola Christian College is a place for people to go if they are used to being degraded, and treated like a child as an adult. First, you can't leave campus by yourself until your 21 or a Senior. Second, you are treated as a prisoner, and more than once I got in trouble for walking with a guy 20 feet away from the "Approved" spot. People are judgmental, and most of the time it felt like I was living in a different era. They require you to go to church and chapel everyday, as well as different meetings. Because of this, and the mandatory curfew at 11, you hardly have any time to study. And if you are caught studying after 11, you are considered a cheater, and dealt with as such.

The dress code is horrible, and I got in trouble for wearing a denim jacket, and was required to go and change before I could go to lunch. So I had to walk all the way across campus to my dorm, and then back to the dining hall before I could eat. You aren't aloud to talk to the same gender while in the library. You can't wear jeans, even in the dorm rooms. Shorts and tank tops can not be worn in the hallways of the dorms.

You can't listen to music other than PCC's Rejoice! or bookstore approved music. You can only go to the PCC beach, which ironically is a gay beach. (At least for the women.) IN my experience, PCC made me HATE religion, rules, skirts, and it didn't make me smarter. I hardly had time to study with all the ridiculous rules they had. I did have a good biology lab instructor, and biology instructor who wanted to see students learn, but even then they were hard to access and get a hold of.

1st Year Female -- Class 2015

Scholastic Success: A, Faculty Accessibility: F