Simpson University
Vannesa Aguirre &
Victoria Ujano
General Info.
• Redding, CA (8hrs N) • Suburban • Enrollment: 1,297 • Tuition & Fee: $22,400 • Room/board: $7,500 • Teacher : student – 1:15 • Founded 1921 • 85 acres • Private Christian • Coed • Semester based • 4 month summer! • ID = YOUR LIFE !!
Applying
• 82% acceptance rate
• $25 app fee
• ACT – 21 on composition
• SAT – 1000 combined critical
reading & math
• Transfer- 2.5 gpa
• HS student- 2.7 unweighted gpa
• 4yrs English
• 3yrs math
• 3yrs social science
• 2yr science
• 2yr foreign language
• 1yr history
• 1yr fine arts & pe elective
Majors & Minors
• Psychology* • Bible Theology* • Business* • Communication* • Cross Cultural Studies* • English* • Liberal Arts • Music* • Mathematics* • Psychology* • Outdoor Leadership • World Missions* • Nursing • Social Science
• Spanish • Writing • TESOL • Transformational (community &
development) • Journalism • History • Mass Communication
Financial Aid/ Scholarships
• Institutional Grant- 98%
• Federal Grant- 48% – Pell ($5,645) – SEOG-supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant (determined by financial aid)
• Student Loans- 96% – Stafford Loan ($5,500-$7,500)
• Subsized (gov’t pays while in school, 3.4%)
• Unsubsized (student pays, 6.8%)
• State/ Local Grants- 37% – Cal Grant A- $9,084 – Cal Grant B- $1,473
• Signature Awards – President (3.7, SAT 1300) – AB Simpson Grant (up to $10,500 yr.) – Golden State (full time undergrad,
based on need)
• Specialized Awards – Music & Athletic
• Additional Grants – Church Matching ($500) – College Transfer Honors – Ministry/Christian Worker Dependent
($2,000 yr) – Christian & Ministry Alliance ($5,000)
Chapel/ Missionary
• Required to attend chapel 2/3rds or 66%
• Wednesdays and Fridays
• Students lead worship
• Always have guest speakers (ex: one came from France)
• Missionary to other countries for different amount of time periods
Sports
• Cross Country • Soccer • Basketball • Base/soft ball • Golf • *guys have wrestling • *girls have volleyball
• NAIA- National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
• NCCAA-National Christian College Athletic Association (Simpson has 2 National championship teams)
• 1950’s • Cal-Pac Conference (won
numerous Sportsmanship awards)
Dorm Life • Different set ups, could have 1 or
3 roommates
• Girl buildings and guy buildings
• Curfew-pick own curfew
• Each building has a motto
• No fraternities or sororities
• Have to live on campus for freshman & freshmen could have cars
• 45% live on campus
Fun Facts • Ranked in best colleges in Liberal
Arts in ‘13 • Nitelife-basically a huge talent show
& is once a year, more than one award
• 5K run, which is also annual. Run for Youth (family fun day) & held at Shasta Lake
• The Bridge-story of getting engaged to someone on the bridge by the time you graduate
• Rock-anyone could paint on it for events, birthdays etc.
• You could work on campus
Vannesa’s Story
• Psychology
• Education
• Volleyball, softball
• Experience
Victoria’s Story
• Psychology
• Volleyball, soccer
• Experience