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I have an interesting experience with BJU. First off, my aunt went there in the 80's, I do not remember rules but I do know it is unaccredited and she could not even get a job in her field with her degree. She ended up having to go to community college to take soem classes. Even now she can really only hold a job that requires a high school diploma.
also, i went to a christian high school and we took science over what was caled BJLinc. It was a live TV broadcast of our classes taught by a teacher at BJU. it was broadcast to christain schools all over the country and a keypad thing to enter answers to exams and in class questions and also 'log' if you were not understanding material. the teacher then would see students pressing this and explain the material again. we could also call in over the keypads too or once in a while, the teacher would pick a random student at a random school and call on him or her. it was very strange having to log in each period and then having our previous science taechers sit in on the class to make sure we were paying attention.
also, as a christian school kid, i got to see wide range of christian colleges (i never even considered going to one, but they visited the school and a ton of graduates went to them). The schools tend to be very different in the way that a school like penn state is about partying and my undergrad was more of a suitcase working class school. from the ones who visited or friends went to, this is what i learned:
BJU was of no use because it was not accredited and had the strictest rules
Pensacola had weird rules but wasn't as nutso. they had a hardcore recruitment team though. i started receiving college info in 7th grade and they came each year to present at our school.
Liberty is more of the 'liberal' christian school and allows christian rock, etc. most of the kids from my school who went to christian colleges went here. ive also heard from my boss who went to a school in the same town, that these kids liek to party and could be found at local frat parties. liberty controls the students lives less than BJU and pensacola. Nyack is kind of the same.
Wheaton is very academically focused and harder to get in to
Word of LIfe and some others are specifically fro going into missionary work or becoming a pastor/youth pastor.
my thing is to just be careful in lumping all these schools together as they can be very different, especially BYU as it is actually an accredited university. i think liberty may be also.
it is crazy to think of how mnay christian colleges there are out there...not just like 'catholic' or 'jesuit' or 'baptist' etc, but the ones that actually have daily or weekly chapels that people are espected to attend or where a specific religious faith is an admissions factor
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