For purposes of admission to 佩珀代因大学, international students are defined solely on their citizenship/residency 华体会体育. If a student does not hold citizenship or permanent residency in the United States, the student is classified as an international student.

The admission committee looks closely at an applicant's academic record, GPA, standardized test scores (if submitted), background of service and leadership, and character as exhibited in references and short answer/personal 华体会体育ments.

平均录取率（50%中）：

High School GPA: 3.7-4.0 (unweighted and only including academic classes)
Transfer GPA: 3.73-3.97 (unweighted)
SAT Total: 1320-1470
ACT Composite: 29-33
TOEFL IBT: 101-110

Yes, Pepperdine offers evaluative interviews for first-year students applying for fall. 访问 the 入学面试页面 for additional interview information and to register.

没有你必须完成的最低课程要求。

Transfer applicants are high school graduates who have taken any college units before or after graduating high school. Students who have not graduated from high school or who have graduated from high school without completing any college coursework should apply as a first-year student.

For the Fall 2025 term, Pepperdine offers only 提早行动 admission consideration for first-year students for the fall term. 提早行动 is nonbinding, meaning applicants are not required to enroll at Pepperdine if admitted.

The 提早行动 application deadline is November 1, and applicants will receive an admission decision by January 10.

The 定期决策/调动 application deadline for fall is January 15, and applicants will receive an admission decision by April 1.

所有秋季申请者的注册截止日期为5月1日。 Applicants will receive the same consideration for admission and financial assistance regardless of whether they apply for 提早行动 or Regular Decision. For a complete application timeline, check out the 立即申请页面.

Admitted 提早行动 applicants will receive a preliminary financial aid award offer in January based on the projected cost of attendance for the following year. The award will be finalized in mid-March, and admitted students will be notified to check their student account to review their final financial aid award offer.

不。 Academic scholarships for admitted 提早行动 applicants will be based on the original submitted documents, materials, and test results that were used to make their admission decision.

不。 相反，你可以重新申请接下来的两个学期。 You can find more information about reapplying 在这里.

Applicants that were postponed to Regular Decision can provide updates on their recent academic and extracurricular achievements through the postpone form in their Pepperdine Application Portal. They can also contact their 入学辅导员 to demonstrate continued interest in Pepperdine. We do not recommend submitting any additional materials to the Office of 入学, as it will not have an impact on the admission decision.

No, the SAT/ACT are optional for all applicants during the admission process. However, international applicants may need to submit test scores or certain grades to demonstrate 英语水平证明.

Please note that SAT/ACT scores are required in order to be considered for the Regents Scholars Program scholarships. Please refer to "Scholarships" section of the 经济资助网站 for more information.

不。 If you choose to submit ACT or SAT scores, the optional ACT writing test and SAT essay are not required, and scores from these optional components are not considered.

佩珀代因大学要求所有国际申请者提供英语水平证明。 托福考试是满足这一要求的一种方式。 However, t在这里 are a number of other assessments which the University accepts as well. Please see Step 5 on our 申请步骤页面 for more details.

是的。 If you would like for these test scores to be a factor in your admission decision, you may self-report them on your application, enter them through the form in your Pepperdine Application Portal, or have the testing agency send them to Pepperdine through an official score report.

是的。 Pepperdine superscores the SAT and ACT, meaning we combine the highest section scores from each test date to create the highest possible total score. It is t在这里fore to your advantage to send our office the results from each time you took the test.