We have been to Greenville on the way to the beach and I do agree that it is worth a look, but knowing my D I think it will not be what she is looking for. I agree that we might as well check it out and give UNC-W another look too, though. It’s not the old “party school” rep of ECU that I think she won’t like, so much as the flat and piney landscape of eastern NC. I do agree that the health sciences there are very good and a great deal. Have a young cousin who graduated with a Dr of Physical Therapy not too long ago. I’m just not feeling it for my D.
Do any of y’all know much about Brevard? It looks like it has fun and funky potential, but it may be too isolated. I know it’s a good music school, but it does have Creative Writing as a minor, so that might work. The other thing Brevard has going for it is 1/2 tuition for NC high school grads, so that helps quite a bit. But I do like the idea of going somewhere more comprehensive like App or UNC-G or ECU or UNC-W or UNC-A where you could switch your major if you got a completely different idea.
She really loved Mary Baldwin and Staunton is super cute and artsy and not far from Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Lexington. I’m just not sure that MBU will have what she needs as far as academics. It’s great for her friend who is getting a Masters in Shakespeare, and is a very good theater school, but writing is really where my D wants to go right now. She loved the artsy vibe of the town, though, so we will probably end up doing an official tour at some point.
She has a friend who is really interested in Guilford and it seems like it could be a fit academically, but there’s not much fun and funky walkable from Guilford and the Greensboro bus system is not that great to get down to Tate Stret from what I have heard. Hopefully by the time college rolls around she will be driving (nervous now, but wants to), but she also just really likes to walk to coffee shops and what not.
I took a quick look online at Sewanee as I have met a couple of people (my age) who went there, but it seems like it will be too expensive probably and maybe a little too preppy now? The friends I know were not the preppy sort, but seems like it may be more like that now. Same for Wofford. She is not into Greek life at all.
It will be interesting to see if any more schools pop up for her over the next couple of years.