colleges near a beach/coastline

[susgeek]

<p>@lizard The Mississippi beaches are gorgeous.</p>

[lizard]

<p>Not to beat this up, but I’m from Florida and I’ve seen the gulf beaches of Mississippi driving past them on my way to New Orleans; in comparison to the white sand, blue water beaches of Florida, Mississippi’s beaches aren’t gorgeous. Too, nice gulf beaches in Lousiana are nonexistent. Mississippi gulf beaches are at least an hour drive from New Orleans anyway. Still, a day at the beach in Mississippi probably beats a day at work anywhere; I guess gorgeousness is in the eye of the beholder.</p>

[susgeek]

<p>When my stepdaughter was being recruited (athletic), the Tulane coach told her that the kids there regularly visited the beaches - so that was why I brought up Tulane in the first place. And I have been there too; so I reacted to your statement “Tulane isn’t near any beaches.” </p>

<p>The OP wrote:

I would like to at least look at a few schools that are located in a warmer environment, preferably close enough to a beach (or really large lake) that I can spend time there on an occassional weekend.

Also, I will need substancial financial aid, though that is something my parents look at more than I do at this point. So: warm, driving distance to a beach coast, moderate politically, Greek but not too much of a party, solid academics and financial aid. Anything?

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[HTMLguy]

<p>A couple clarifications about Cal Lutheran:</p>

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Isn’t Cal Lu the one that offered a 100% tuition break for those who were accepted to UCLA and UCSB?

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<p>The CLU Guarantee scholarship allows students who are accepted at certain public schools to attend CLU for the same cost. [Details</a> are here…](<a href=“http://www.callutheran.edu/financial_aid/grants_scholarships/undergraduate/clu_guarantee.php]Details”>http://www.callutheran.edu/financial_aid/grants_scholarships/undergraduate/clu_guarantee.php)</p>

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While it is Lutheran based, the student body president is an Atheist and they are currently trying to change their constitution to be much more general in terms of religious beliefs.

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<p>Not exactly. There’s been a lot misreported details in the news about this lately. The student government has proposed a change to their constitution, but it will have no effect on the University itself. The student government is a separate entity. CLU’s president actually just [posted</a> a letter about it](<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150101922652805]posted”>Facebook).</p>