BSN 4-Year Checklist

Students seeking a housing exemption or accommodation due to a disability should be in contact with the Office of Student Accessibility, keeping in mind the posted deadlines.  For more information, please call 310.506.6500 or email student.accessibility@pepperdine.edu.

Specific questions about housing? Contact the Housing and Residence Life Office at (310) 506-7586.

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Disability Accommodation

Housing Exemptions

The Housing Portal is open for new first-year and transfer students to submit their housing applications for the Fall 2025 semester. 

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Housing and Residence Life

Review the NSO pages for important information before school starts.

Registration is now open and is a 2-part process:

Register for NSO
Log into WaveNet at https://wavenet.pepperdine.edu using your Pepperdine network ID and password. In your Student Center, click on the link for "Register for NSO." 

Register yourself (attendance is required for new students) and any guests who are planning to attend orientation. If you are a first-year student, select your first-year seminar class preference.

Payment Portion for Guests
NSP Guest payment is now open. Guests may register and pay during check in. They do not have to pay anything if they are just helping the student move in on the first day, and not staying for the 3 day parent portion.

NSO questions? 
Email Student Activities at student.activities@pepperdine.edu or contact them at 310.506.4201.

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CHS NSO Website Page 

*Registration holds are released when compliance is complete.

Students must complete the Health History and Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form, enter up-to-date immunization dates, and upload immunization records in their patient portal by the deadline date. All incoming students need to be compliant with the university immunization requirements.

Health History and Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form questions? Contact the Health Center at 310.506.4316, prompt 3.

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Health Center Requirements

Patient Portal

Immunization Requirements

Submit a selfie for your Pepperdine ID card, which you will need for dorm and meal point access. In order for your picture to be approved, it must follow all of the required guidelines. 

Questions about uploading/submitting a selfie? Contact Tech Central at 310.506.4357 or informationtechnology@pepperdine.edu.

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Submit Your Selfie

Selfie Etiquette

Pepperdine requires that all students* have a U.S. based health insurance plan. To meet this requirement, students must select one of two options: 1) Enroll in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) or 2) Waive SHIP on the AHP Insurance Dashboard.

For student health insurance questions, please visit our website. 

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Health Insurance Requirement

AHP Insurance Dashboard

While not required, we strongly recommend students purchase renter's insurance as the University is not liable for property belonging to residents that may be lost, stolen, or damaged in any manner that may occur on the premises.

Questions about housing? Contact the Housing and Residence Life Office at (310) 506-7586 or housing@pepperdine.edu. 

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Renter’s Insurance Vendor

Before setting up your Guest Access, please review Pepperdine's Student Records Policy & FERPA Guidelines.

Guest Access questions? Contact the College of Health Science Office of Financial Aid at chsfinaid@pepperdine.edu.

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Guest Access Information

Student Records Policy

Accept / decline your Financial Aid Award in WaveNet.

Complete Financial Aid items listed in your To Do List.

Questions regarding financial assistance? Contact the College of Health Science Office of Financial Aid at chsfinaid@pepperdine.edu.

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Accept/Decline Financial Aid Reward Instructions

Financial Assistance Website

Refunds resulting from excess financial aid will be processed during the first week of the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. To ensure faster and more secure refund processing, you must set up your eRefund account with your banking information on WaveNet. This will allow any eligible refunds to be processed electronically.

Questions about eRefunds? Contact the College of Health Science Office of Financial Aid at chsfinaid@pepperdine.edu. 

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Refund of Account Credit Balances

Set Up eRefund

Either 2-installment or 3-installment payment plans are available to select two weeks before the start of each semester, through the end of the Add/Drop period. Payment plans can be requested for the Fall and/or Spring semester, must be requested by the student through their WaveNet, and the payment plan does not roll over from term to term. 

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Payment Options and Due Dates

Review the University accepted payment methods. Please note that the University does not accept Credit card or Debit card payments. Tuition payments are due on the next business day after the Add/Drop period, each term.

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How to Pay

The Center for Faith and Learning provides a reading and journal assignment to all incoming first year students to help you focus on the question of vocation. The assignment does not apply to students with 30+ transfer units taken at another college.

Vocation Reading questions? Contact the Center for Faith and Learning at (310) 506.4141 or stephanie.cupp@pepperdine.edu. 

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Assignment Link

AlcoholEdu® for College is a research-based, student friendly, online alcohol education program. Completing it is mandatory to avoid a class registration hold for Spring 2026. Log in information will be sent to your Pepperdine email address.

Questions about AlcoholEdu® for College? See Alcohol Education Program or contact the Counseling Center at student.counseling.center@pepperdine.edu. 

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Log in instructions will be sent to your Pepperdine email after you complete enrollment in classes.

Please complete the Sexual Assault Prevention Training for Undergraduates. Completing it is mandatory to avoid a class registration hold for Spring 2026. Log-in information will be sent to your Pepperdine email address.

Questions about the Sexual Assault Prevention Training? Contact titleix@pepperdine.edu. 

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Log in instructions will be sent to your Pepperdine email after you complete enrollment in classes.

Please remember to officially report AP or IB scores to Pepperdine in order to receive credit. These scores are used for placement beyond Calculus and for Languages. Also, don't forget to officially report any transcripts for previous or summer college classes that may affect placement as well.

Questions about reporting AP/IB scores? Please contact CHSacademicadvising@pepperdine.edu

Incoming students are enrolled in the Chapel program. You will be enrolled in Core Chapels which meet four times during the semester. Along with Core Chapels, you will select a Welcome Chapel, a three-week program, and a RISE Together Chapel, a six-week program. You will receive emails about selecting your Welcome Chapel and RISE Together Chapel from the Chapel team.

Questions about Chapel? Contact the The Chapel Team at (310) 506-4562 or Chapel@pepperdine.edu. 

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Chapel Homepage

If you are approved to live on campus, register before your arrival. Permits are now both virtual & physical so there will be a tag to put on your car once you register.

If you drive an unregistered vehicle on campus or have no visible sticker, you will be open to parking citations but not prohibited from campus.

Vehicle registration questions? Contact the Office of Public Safety at (310) 506-4700 or parking@pepperdine.edu

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Vehicle Registration Link

Log in with your Pepperdine NetworkID and password to record the pronunciation of your name. This will help others at the University pronounce it correctly!

For technical issues, please contact Information Technology at (310) 506-4173 or via email at informationtechnology@pepperdine.edu. 

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Hear My Name

Complete the OIE Incoming Student Survey. This survey is designed to be brief (about 7-10 minutes) and your responses help us improve the educational experience for current and future Pepperdine students. You can access and complete the survey anytime until the Sunday before the first day of Fall classes.

Contact the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at 818-702-1041 or oie@pepperdine.edu if you have questions regarding the survey.

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New Student Survey Link

Students who studied Spanish in high school, have no college credits in the language, and plan to continue their studies in that language within the next year are required to take the exam.

Placement Exam questions? Contact the International Studies and Languages Division office at 310.506.7446 or via email at islofficestaff@pepperdine.edu. 

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Complete Spanish Placement Exam

Disability Accommodations Information