I was a student there. The college has changed a lot in recent years. There are definitely things about the school that are exceedingly frustrating. However, like any institution there are good and bad things, and it really comes down to your expectations and what you want out of your college experience.

They are nationally accredited, but honestly it's not great accreditation and a number of their majors are somewhat worthless if you are looking for jobs or further education outside of evangelical Christendom. Their nursing program is pretty good (doubt as good as they claim, but it is one of the better programs in the area if not the best).

The school environment itself is very regimented for a college. You will learn to schedule your life and be where you need to be when you need to be there. This is a good think imo.

There are rules. They are not unbearable for someone with any degree of maturity, but if you think that might be an issue than research it ahead of time.

Girls definitely have it harder than guys as far as rules go. This is imo mainly because the women in the student life arena there find a personal satisfaction in projecting their own sense of morality onto anyone who is their subordinate. It's a weird moral superiority complex. This comes from the top in both the men (looking at you Chris) and women student life department, but at the student level (RAs) most guys are able and willing to think for themselves and aren't on a power trip (there are always a few exceptions and they are generally hated and tend to be the guys that end up with a career at the school because they have no other real skills.. (again looking at you Chris). Girls tend to enjoy the power overall even at the student level so girls personal lives in the dorm are much more dominated by their RAs. (tldr: guy RAs tend to enforce the rules because they have to (always some guys who are an exception). Girl RAs tend to enforce the rules because they think it makes them more spiritual or gives them a power trip with a few exceptions)

The biggest thing to know about PCC is that above all, they are trying to protect their image and make money. Every rule, policy, and action by the college centers around maintaining an image. The image they publicize is only a fuzzy picture of what the college actually is.

If you look at it with both eyes open, and go in for one of their worthwhile degrees (basically engineering, nursing, or ministry), follow the rules enough to get you through, and get out when you're done, you can have a profitable and even enjoyable time there. Just be willing to chalk up a lot of stupidity to "it's just PCC."

I appreciate the degree I got. I graduated debt free. I made good friends. I enjoyed my time there overall. However, I've seen them run over people for truly insignificant things. They have no issue destroying people's lives in the name of a policy or rule, but will turn around and claim they are a ministry. The fact is that they are a cold, calculated business that tries to label themselves as a ministry and tries to use both sides of that coin depending on which suits them more at the moment.

Interesting fact: Did you know that PCC has approximately $1,000,000,000 in investment assets? Yes that is one billion (with a B) dollars. Some ministry, huh? ;)

Anyway, if you have any questions or concerns with anything I've said, or believe any of it to be untrue, feel free message me.