<p>East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina is a pretty live place.</p>
<p>At least at OU, transfers make up a good portion of greek life. Public schools are usually used to people coming in from community colleges. The “higher tier” frats may limit the number of transfers they take but a good number of other frats are fairly welcoming to transfers. This is also the case at UCI, and presumably most other schools where >10% of the student body pledges.</p>
<p>Also Bama’s sorority rush process sounds much more formal than most.</p>
<p>Indiana University: huge party school and beautiful campus</p>
<p>I’ll add IU to the list to look at as well!</p>
<p>And for all you Bama people out there, is “The Machine” a myth or is it actually still going to this day?</p>
<p>Why go far from home when you have one of the top 10 public universities in the nation that fits all your criteria right next door. PSU is likely going to be your best option.</p>
<p>Lots of PA kids go to Ohio U. for the reasons you cite. Solid D1 school, gorgeous campus, legendary party scene.</p>
<p>I would say just about any Southern state flagships meet all those requirements… Texas (HOOK ‘EM!), OU, LSU, Bama, Arkansas, Ol’ Miss, UT-Knoxville, Georgia, Florida. Take your pick…</p>
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<p>If you do a little searching</p>
<p>OP – I’m also from the Philly area burbs-- our CC DOES NOT have an articulation agreement with Penn State, only with the satellite Penn State campuses.</p>
<p>Our CC does NOT have an agreement with Villanova for all majors, only within certain majors.</p>
<p>Do yourself a favor and get a dated copy of the Agreements in writing now and read the fine print. Retain the dated copy so you don’t have any issues down the road.</p>
<p>DS will be attending Bama. He saw no evidence of The Machine, but he also has no interest in frats or student govt. Another words – you can live in ignorance of it. I for one believe it has to still exist in some capacity, even with the OOS student population growth. The Esquire story was only 10 years ago; the history of the Machine is just too long and deep for it all to go away in 10 years.</p>
<p>@Longhaul I agree with you. I asked because I do want to get involved with Greek life and Student Govt., so thanks for providing me with that information.</p>
<p>Speaking of information, I will try to find a dated copy and then get it in writing. I would hate to have problems with credit down the road, especially since I want to get through college and med school ideally within 8 years.</p>
<p>University of Arizona has a huge greek life (all the parties are pretty much in the greek life) and has a good party scene even outside of that, since that’s about all there is to do in Tucson unless you wanna drive up to Phoenix. We have a bigger party scene than ASU but the administration pays the list makers to keep us off. I forgot where I saw this, but one of the list-makers commented saying, “We would include University of Arizona, but we can’t put professionals in a group of amateurs.” Something along those lines, anyway. Also, about 40,000 undergrad kids I believe. Or that’s total number of students. Either way, it’s still bigger than 15,000. ASUA (student government) has helped play roles in the city government. And on top of that, has a great medical school. I go here currently, and I love the campus and it’s sunny all year round. We got snow for one day last year but snow is rare (very rare, like every twenty years lol). The heat isn’t too bad in Tucson since it’s ten degrees cooler than Phoenix on average. </p>
<p>Can you do out of state? Or at least come out that far? They are generally pretty accepting of transfer courses.</p>
<p>I think you’re looking to “have it all” and that’s just not realistic. The odds that you’ll be able to maintain a fabulous, top-tier-med-school-worthy-GPA, transfer from a CC and join a fraternity at a competitive Greek-intensive campus, and party and attend sporting events while continuing to maintain a fantastic GPA in a pre-med major and preparing for the MCAT are pretty slim. </p>
<p>I’d focus on building and maintaining a super stellar GPA. CC is a great way to save money and take care of basic classes, but the med schools you’re targeting will have competitive admissions. </p>
<p>Joining a fraternity at some of the aforementioned SEC schools and U-T is quite competitive, and your odds as an OOS junior are not good. At most of these schools, fraternities host summer events for incoming freshmen and solidify connections before school even starts. They know people from in-state high schools, camps, sports, etc. I’d definitely do some research on rush at each school you’re seriously considering before you dream too big about moving right into one of these mansions!</p>
<p>@sciencewoman Joining a frat is not something that I’m seriously considering right now. I just mentioned it because my opinion could change in the future. Plus, I was offered free housing at any campus that has housing owned by a company called Campus Apartments, so I most likely won’t even be living on campus.</p>
<p>@BeachyPeachy UA looks amazing! I will continue to look into it!</p>
<p>I’d say UT Austin (for the notorious 6th street, if nothing else), UF, UA, and WVU (consistently ranked the top party school).</p>
<p>I go to IU and words cannot adequately describe how much I love it. Best years of my life so far. Amazing academics, sports, school spirit, people, and environment.</p>
<p>Literally any D1 state flagship.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I’ve been thinking deeply about this for the past few days, and I’m starting to realize that Penn State has everything that I’m looking for. Plus, I would be eligible for in-state tuition! Nevertheless, here’s where I will apply to so far:</p>
<p>Penn State-University Park
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Georgia
UNC-Chapel Hill
USC</p>
<p>I would look to see if merit is offered at any of these schools for transfer students.</p>
<p>Also, look into merit from outside sources for STEM majors.</p>
<p>With the desire for med school, keeping an eye on the undergraduate costs will become a driving force. For this reason, I’d suggest at this stage to keep Temple and Pitt on the listso you have more than 1 IS option.</p>
<p>Best well-rounded schools (strong academics, athletics and social life)</p>
<p>University of Southern California
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
University of Michigan
Georgetown University
Duke University
Boston College
University of Texas-Austin
University of Pittsburgh
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-Berkeley
University of Miami
University of California-Davis</p>
<p>@Longhaul I’m actually on a STEM scholarship to attend CC. It’s called the SMaRT Scholarship, and it is administered by the National Science Foundation. I also see that Penn State has it, so there’s the possibility that it’ll transfer along with me if I decide to go to Penn State! Also, I have added UNC-Chapel Hill to my list because they meet 100% of financial need. Maryland also has transfer merit scholarships. Finally, I will add Temple to my list for the aforementioned reason; however, I can’t add Pitt yet because I haven’t toured their campus (I will do so in the future, however).</p>
<p>@BigDaddyJ UIUC, UVA, and Michigan are three schools that I’m interested in!</p>