Just use of SAT prep book and the free online khan academy practice that the College Board website has set up. He really just focused on improving his weaknesses.
I think that will be our strategy too. Although I don’t know how much you can improve the reading score
I hadn’t ever thought about UNC Asheville but it may be a great second choice. She wants a town with places to eat and stuff to do and Boone’s one block entertains us for a day but probably not a semester. She’s not outdoorsy. Even if App is a great option it may not be a great option for her.
Asheville would give her a couple of years of the LAC experience we’ve investigated elsewhere. Then if she’s found her niche she can stay, or if she wants business she can apply to CH transfer. Or somewhere else.
We have schools to visit and a whole summer to do it!
Asheville is one of my favorite places to visit, and your daughter should find lots to do there.
If you haven’t been to Asheville, and feel like splurging a bit when you stay, I recommend The Grove Park Inn: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/asheville-grove-park. I always try to get a room in the old section of the hotel; there is a newer part which has a spa (I recall it as being nice), and they used to have a pretty impressive Sunday brunch (and may still do).
Good luck to your daughter with her search!
@gandalf78 We love Asheville! Anyplace with tons of craft beer and a place called Chocolate Fetish is ok by me. (Defined Fetish to my 7 year old D as, loving something so much that it’s bad for you but you don’t care. Best I could do)
Grove Park is lovely but the appeal of Asheville is not needing the car for a weekend.
UC asheville is very strong academically, more intellectual /less outdoorsy then Appalachian. Unc Wilmington is another choice. All three are in the same tier.
Going further north, look at UMW, James Madison, St Mary 's of Maryland, Goucher, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Susquehanna, UScranton, St Lawrence, Hobart/ws, St Michael’s.
Thanks to all those helping me - we toured App this week and both D’s were quite impressed. Neither fell in love to the point of making it a first choice but both decided it would be a fine second choice.
More visits to come - next up probably Asheville.
In the unlikely event that anyone cares:
We visited UNC Greensboro yesterday and were underwhelmed though I can’t put my finger on anything specific. App tour had a bunch of “wow- that’s cool” moments while UNCG didn’t have any.
Asheville (prob) next week.
BTW - stopped by High Point on our way home and couldn’t believe how polished it is. It feels like the love child of a traditional college and Disney’s Grand Floridian! 5:30 in the afternoon so nearly deserted and almost spooky.
^ I was told that the selling point of HPU is the residence halls; beyond that, I don’t know what else there is.
We didn’t do a tour so didn’t see inside but the quad looked like a pool table and the furniture in the student center was immaculate.
UNC Charlotte might be what you’re looking for
Looking forward to hearing about Asheville…
App State, Wilmington, and Asheville as all good choices, each with a very different setting and vibe. I would go App State but that’s just my preference.
ECU is fine too and I think it’s got the lowest in-state tuition in UNC system.
doesn’t UNC-CH offer guaranteed admission if you get a degree from a NC Community college? if the real goal is to save $ + attend Chapel Hill, maybe that’s a plan worth considering.
http://admissions.unc.edu/credit/credit/information-for-transfers-from-nc-community-colleges/
then again I don’t see why 2+2 with ASU/UNCW/UNCA/ECU + UNC-CH doesn’t work just as well.
@MACmiracle - Asheville got pushed off but will happen soon enough. I promise to report in this thread.
I’m not sure why but both D’s are anti-Wilmington. My best friends are guys I met freshmen year in an absurd dorm - I won’t deny them the growing up experience that can’t happen at home.
In the meantime, D2 and I head to Syracuse next Thursday for a Friday open house.
Lol. High Point reminds me of Fantasy Island with all the fountains and piped in music. The president, Nido Quibein is a captivating speaker. If you go to an open house you will see why. We were treated to smoked salmon on the breakfast buffet and live calypso music at lunch. They literally roll out a red carpet and put your child’s name in lights in the parking lot if you are invited to the scholarship awards dinner. When my D received her scholarship package in the mail it came with a box of Godiva chocolates! She didn’t end up going there, but it was a fun experience!
@byadg123: Just curious, but what is your D2 interested in studying at Syracuse?
@gandalf78 - The graphic design program is part of the Newhouse School of Communications, not the art school with other design programs. They consider it a tool. Newhouse is a great school, and I’m an alum, so we’re going to check it out. She won’t apply to any of the other schools there - A&S, Art, Biz, etc. If she doesn’t get Newhouse (~10% acceptance) then she won’t go.
(I haven’t been to Asheville yet)
It occurs to me that regardless of the quality of the program a huge advantage that Chapel Hill, and to a far lesser extent NCState, has is name recognition outside of the Carolinas. As someone who hired business professionals in NYC I can say that seeing Appalachian Anything on a resume would have resulted in chuckles. Obviously experience is a greater predictor for success than Alma Mater but when you’re trying to trim 100 resumes into the 6 guys whom you’ll interview, everything counts and chuckles don’t help. UNC-Asheville, Greensboro, Wilmington, ECU, etc would be unknown equals.
There’s more to education than getting a job but if employment outside the Carolinas is a long-term goal this is a consideration.
@byadg123 : Sending you a PM.
I graduated from ASU and worked with the Big 4 and was quite successful with them and ultimately retired at 40. I think many of the schools being mentioned are fine schools but I would not be so quick to assume App is unworthy of your consideration.
In any case, good luck to your daughters in their search.