Dream College?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi! I'm a junior in high school and I plan on spending lots of time on the road lookign at colleges this summer! Since I have limited time (and my parents have limited gas for the car haha) I'd like to narrow down choices before I spend time visiting them. If you know of any schools that fit my needs please tell me and tell me what makes it special? Thanks so much, I'm very appreciative!</p>

<p>~I live in PA and I've been lookign at mainly PA schools, but i want to branch out a little! Schools anywhere on the East Coast, including the South!
~Education major: I want schools that are distinguished for their Education programs (Elementary)
~Medium sized- not super small but not so big that I feel lost
~Sports! I'm an active person and I love to run! Schools that are either DII/DIII for cross country/track OR schools that are DI with running clubs/parks around or intramurals. I love the spirit of sports games and I want to have that as part of my college experiance
~Christian community- the school doesn't nessacarily need to be Christian (actually I'd prefer if it wasn't) but I want there to be religious option for me to follow my faith while in college. Know any campuses that have active Christian groups, like Chi Alpha for example?
~going along with the last bullet- i know all colleges are "dry" but aren't, i'd like to go to a college where there are other options and other ways to have fun without going to the crazy parties
~nice people! im a people person and i want to surround myself with nice people not snotty, super preppy campuses. I've heard people in the south are friendlier than the North, is this true?
~Not sure what type of campus i want to go to, i come from a relatively small town so suburban or rural wouldnt kill me, but what about an urban campus? I'd prefer smaller cities though, not NYC or Philly
~beautiful setting!! a must! </p>

<p>Any suggestions you can give me are great thanks!! =)</p>

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<p>Your description is screaming Clemson University!!! If you have any questions, I’m going there next year so feel free to ask! Here’s how it would fit for your criteria:</p>

<p>~I live in PA and I’ve been lookign at mainly PA schools, but i want to branch out a little! Schools anywhere on the East Coast, including the South!</p>

<p>Clemson: IN THE SOUTH (SOUTH CAROLINA)…Check!</p>

<p>~Education major: I want schools that are distinguished for their Education programs (Elementary)</p>

<p>Clemson: one of the best majors at Clemson is education!</p>

<p>~Medium sized- not super small but not so big that I feel lost</p>

<p>Clemson: Only 12,000 undergraduates so it’s not small like a liberal arts college but big enough to have all the resources of a big university, small feel, big school in terms of facilities</p>

<p>~Sports! I’m an active person and I love to run! Schools that are either DII/DIII for cross country/track OR schools that are DI with running clubs/parks around or intramurals. I love the spirit of sports games and I want to have that as part of my college experiance</p>

<p>Clemson: Probably one of the best fitness centers in the country in Fike Recreation Center, over 70% of the students get involved in intramural/club sports, football saturdays are amazing at death valley (80,000 people in one stadium), tons of school spirit, basketball team is supposedly top 10 this upcoming season.</p>

<p>~Christian community- the school doesn’t nessacarily need to be Christian (actually I’d prefer if it wasn’t) but I want there to be religious option for me to follow my faith while in college. Know any campuses that have active Christian groups, like Chi Alpha for example?</p>

<p>Clemson: VERY active Christian community. I was actually shocked when the school promoted the group Fellowship For Christian Athletes in its publications (remember this is a public school). There are 10-20 active christian organizations that I know of. Even though the school isn’t affiliated with any religion, many of the students are southern baptist.</p>

<p>~going along with the last bullet- i know all colleges are “dry” but aren’t, i’d like to go to a college where there are other options and other ways to have fun without going to the crazy parties.</p>

<p>Clemson: there are abundant activities for people who aren’t into partying. There are movies, sporting events and intramural sports, and plenty of places to eat. The surrounding area offers plenty in the way of outdoor activity since Lake Hartwell borders the campus and Clemson is half an hour away from hiking, mountain biking. The weather is also amazing so people spend a lot of time outdoors.</p>

<p>~nice people! im a people person and i want to surround myself with nice people not snotty, super preppy campuses. I’ve heard people in the south are friendlier than the North, is this true?</p>

<p>Clemson: Very friendly students, I was lost on campus when I visited and everyone who saw me stopped to help me out. Great school spirit too, everyone wears orange, the school colors!</p>

<p>~Not sure what type of campus i want to go to, i come from a relatively small town so suburban or rural wouldnt kill me, but what about an urban campus? I’d prefer smaller cities though, not NYC or Philly</p>

<p>Clemson: Eh, Clemson is small but if you want urban, Greenville, Anderson, and Atlanta are reasonably close by (within 1-2 hours) so if you need to do any shopping, it’s within driving distance.</p>

<p>~beautiful setting!! a must! </p>

<p>Clemson: Believe me, everyone, even my friends in MA say that Clemson is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. On the shores of Lake Hartwell and in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Great location to have a college.</p>

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<p>thanks so much i’ll definetly look into it!</p>

<p>one more criteria-
~not a suitcase school! i want there to be people around and things to do! If everyone leaves, where’s the fun? Newer dorms with suite style (eventually not particularily for freshmen)</p>

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<p>not a suitcase school! i want there to be people around and things to do! If everyone leaves, where’s the fun? Newer dorms with suite style (eventually not particularily for freshmen)</p>

<p>Clemson: 44% of people live on campus so it’s not a commuter school (all freshmen are required to live on campus), according to students who live there, people don’t really leave campus at all (since it’s in a rural area so there’s not really anywhere to go to), people stick around for the weekend sporting events. The only time when people will leave is during the breaks like fall or thanksgiving break but that’s like 2-4 days a year.</p>

<p>There are many on campus apartments and suite style living, that’s just for upperclassmen though. If you are an honors student or ROTC student, you get suite style housing freshmen year.</p>

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<p>Tulane has an active Chi Alpha chapter and meets several of your other qualifers: smaller city, beautiful surroundings, warm weather for running year round, ect. There’s also great places to run in New Orleans (street car tracks down St. Charles Ave and on the River or Lakefront levees) </p>

<p>Check out SEC schools too. They’ll be big enough to have lots to do and due to their location will have plenty of students who want a ‘dry’ experience. I know Auburn has a very popular and completely dry fraternity. They also have dry sororities. I’m sure some of the other SEC schools do as well. Best of Luck.</p>

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<p>UNC Wilmington certainly comes to mind. It’s fairly strong in the liberal arts, and education is a very popular major. Wilmington is a great city, and why would anyone want to leave the beach on weekends? ;)</p>

<p>[UNCW</a> Watson School of Education](<a href=“http://www.uncwil.edu/Ed/]UNCW”>http://www.uncwil.edu/Ed/)</p>

<p>UNCW has very nice athletic facilities.</p>

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