My S is a sophomore from New England looking to head to warmer climates. I want him to look at challenging schools in the SE US with an active campus life. Any suggestions? I was thinking UF and UMiami but would like to hear of other similar schools.
Emory?
Georgia Tech, Georgia, Clemson and South Carolina are similar schools to UF, and Emory and Tulane are similar to Miami.
Vanderbilt
Emory
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Richmond
William & Mary
Many good choices are noted above. I second GT, UGA (especially honors; UGA Foundation Fellows for tippy-top students), Emory and Tulane. A little further north from Georgia and Florida are some great schools in NC - Duke, UNC Chapel Hill and Davidson College. Further west in Texas - UT-Austin and Rice.
Possible safeties that are popular with New Englanders - College of Charleston, Elon, Alabama (merit money).
Some LAC options (in addition to Davidson) - Sewanee, Rhodes, Rollins, New College of Florida, Trinity University (San Antonio).
I’d personally rate NC State over Davidson, but that’s just me. But I would definitely recommend any of the top 10 or so NC schools.
It’s difficult to make suggestions without knowing stats of your student .
I was wondering when Tulane moved to the Southeast. 
Duke, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Emory, Tulane, UNC Chapell Hill.
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Perhaps in 1932 when they help found the Southeastern Conference?
Stetson University in sunny Florida is another good choice.
Again, how can one make recommendations when there is no info regarding stats whatsoever in the original or subsequent posts.
What other region would you consider Louisiana. In my mind the southeast includes
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
OP-be careful about assuming that the southeast will have a uniformly warm climate. My son was raised in FL and is in school in TN and I assure you the climates are not remotely similar. When he left TN it was 30 degrees. When he arrived in FL it was 80. The cold season is not as long as it is in New England but there is a cold season in many southern states.
Kentucky has a border with OH and WV. Virginia has a border with Washington DC, MD and WV. TN has a border with MO. The climate in KY, TN, and VA will be quite different than the climate in FL or LA.
That said, FL has a great climate and the nicest time of the year is the time when college students are in FL (Jan/Feb). What are her stats? You mentioned U of Miami. It is a very nice school with competitive but not crazy admissions. Stetson and Rollins are also nice schools with a bit lower admission standards. I know someone who graduated from Stetson and he is doing well. I have been to both and they have very nice campuses in small towns.
Furman in SC seems to be very popular with kids around here. I don’t know much about it but it might be worth taking a look at its website to see what it has to offer.
Davidson in NC is also popular around here. It is pretty hard to get into but has a great reputation.
Vanderbilt is a very nice urban school. My son is at Belmont just down the street from Vanderbilt. It is not as selective and is a Christian school with very good music and music business programs.
UNC Wilmington, Appalachian State, Elon, UNC Asheville. Two of these schools have VERY different climates from the other two. And yet they’re all in the same state!
In my mind, the Southeast is:
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
The others that were mentioned are part of the Deep South.
He is only a sophomore and hasn’t taken standardized tests other than the PSAT (1200/1560). He is an honors student with a combination of As and Bs. Schools like Duke and Vanderbilt are a far reach but those with a 30-40% acceptance rate would be ok.
Thanks for the weather related recommendations. He has said he is done with snow and cold typical in NE. He also is an average golfer and would like to play in college
Based on the above stats College of Charleston would be a match, not a safety as described upthread . Great school. If he were to improve his SAT score or ACT , he may be competitive for the Honors College at CofC . If you have any questions about the school, please feel free to PM me.
Florida State University in Tallahassee has great student spirit and a beautiful campus. For high stat students there is the possibility of an out-of-state tuition waiver. An ACT of 30 or SAT of 1390 (don’t know the GPA requirements) earned a waiver making OOS tuition only about $6100 per year.
@LBad96 Just curious what makes you think that NC State is better than Davidson? In what ways? I thought Davidson was one of the top LACs in the country
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If he wants to play on the college team, perhaps a warm weather DIII school is appropriate. Look at the many good schools (small LACs) in the SAA: http://saa-sports.com/landing/index. The best would be Hendrix, Sewanee, Rhodes, and Centre.
“He also is an average golfer and would like to play in college”
do you mean play socially as recreation or for the school team?
If socially then I can tell you that Sewanee has a fantastic on campus course. If you mean on a team then he will need to be much better than average, I think. If he shoots in the mid to low 70’s on average then he will find a place to play in D3. For athletic scholarships he needs to be one of the best in the country. Those are hard to come by, and they are almost all given out after their junior years in high school. We know a young man who was a fabulous junior golfer (highly ranked) but sort of lost his game early in high school due to a significant increase in his height. By the time he got his game back, all the D1 spots were gone.