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