College help- Does Auburn seem like a good fit for me..?

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Hey there,

I’m from northern California and I’ve had my heart set on attending a college in the south for as long as I can remember.
I’ve looked into various schools and I’ve been looking into Auburn University especially for the past six months, and I feel strongly that this is the school I’d like to attend.

Every now and then however, I get nervous as I can’t imagine what my personal experience will be like, since college definitely isn’t a “one size fits all” deal. So I’d like some advice from parents or past students/current students about whether or not Auburn University is a fitting school for me to aim for.

I’d like to major in nursing, and Auburn seems to have a good program for it. I am confident I would be accepted to this school based on my GPA and SAT score. I’m mostly concerned about what socialization will be like for me because I’ve never lived in Alabama, or in the south in general. I have connections with some people in the south who share the same ideals as me, something that is very important to me.

Not sure if this matters, but I am half-white and half-Asian, in appearance I look pretty racially ambiguous or so I’ve been told as many people mistake me for several different races. I’m very conservative and looking for a school that has a student body that generally holds strong values and aren’t afraid to express their faith. I don’t care about the diversity of a school, and I want to be as far away from the “safe space” culture as I can. I absolutely cannot stand people who expect to be pampered without working hard towards whatever they want and whine and blame their shortcomings on others.

My biggest goal for life after college is to be financially stable, and to have a good husband who I would be able to start a family with. Again, this may sound redundant, but I’ve been ridiculed for having a dream like this by multiple people, not only by my peers, but a couple of teachers as well. I don’t want to live in a place where people would consider my dreams invalid just because it doesn’t involve fame or extreme prowess.

I’m hoping to attend a school with like-minded people and find at least a handful of people I could have long-lasting meaningful relationships with. I’m the type of person who could be entertained in most settings as long as I have company I am comfortable with (and I SERIOUSLY hope I can find someone to date there eventually, but I’m not sure what chances I have as I don’t know how welcoming people there would be to me, let alone the opposite sex.)

Thank you for reading my somewhat aimless ramble. I really want to attend somewhere located in an area where the life I want to live seems most plausible and I have the best opportunities to pursue happiness. =) I’d appreciate any advice.

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I attended Auburn over 20 years ago so I can’t give you the most up to date information about the current feel on campus. However, I did not grow up in Alabama or in the south. I visited Auburn with a friend who was looking at all colleges with Veterinary Schools and I was just along for the ride. What I can tell you is that the southern culture impressed me. I had never lived or visited a place where people waved and smiled and said hello just because you passed them on the street. Auburn was a friendly and charming southern town. It was exactly what I was looking for in a college/university not because of the academics but because of the feel on campus.

Auburn is a great A&M University, with strong academics in science and engineering. It had good nursing and pharmacy programs when I was there and it was primarily conservative. I believe the south and Auburn are still conservative. An Auburn Engineering professor was in the news about a year ago for making fun of trigger words by placing at the top of his syllabus words such as Physics, trigonometry, etc. Hopefully, there is someone with more recent experiences on campus that can give you up to date information but I think you would find like minded people there.

btw, being a nurse, wife, and mother are great goals.

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My southern left-leaning independent voting son and his like minded roommates get along well with the strong conservatives. There is a respectfulness at Auburn that you don’t see in DC these days. Of course it is college, so you need to be prepared for a little more open mindedess - even from a southern conservative one.