Looking for schools in south below UVA, Duke and UNC

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<p>Daughter is a good student, around a 3.75 GPA in a private school, a junior, will be around 1200-50 SAT. Young, small and a bit immature for age. Not a candidate for Duke or UVa or UNC. Lives in Florida, may get into UF, not sure. Might get lost in a big school.</p>

<p>also parents are not paying for a good private that is also expensive, like Wash Lee or others. Needs to be on campus, not live off campus and a school that has a place for a nice girl that is not a 5-10 blond model.</p>

<p>Any ideas on schools in south, very interested in creative writing.</p>

<p>She is looking at FSU,, north florida, belmont abbey, winthrop so far, but really need others to consider.</p>

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<p>How about Elon? It seems to be a rather nurturing environment and her stats fit right in. As far as privates go it is pretty affordable.</p>

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<p>In NC, I suggest: Elon, Meredith College in Raleigh (all women), Wingate, Campbell University. These are all smallish with nurturing environments.</p>

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<p>I also think Elon sounds like a good match for your daughter. How about Wofford, Furman, Longwood or Guilford College?</p>

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<p>How expensive is expensive?
Sewanee would be a haven for a budding creative writer, but it might be too expensive.
Belmont University in Nashville is another possiblity. It is a "music" place, but has interesting programs in technology and marketing related to music, education, business, and standard liberal arts. I suggest it because the people I know who have attended were artistic, creative people who needed to channel those strengths into a career.
SCAD - Savannah College of Art and Design - is a similar place, but "visual art" instead of music. A daughter of a very close friend attends there. She is a creative writing minor and got merit money for her writing portfolio, they really try to give merit money. Two caveats about SCAD - they have some required art classes, and I don't think they grant a pure liberal arts degree - I believe Belmont does have a regular liberal arts degree, and while there are many people interested in music, music is not a requirement.</p>

<p>Research some of the 2nd tier masters' schools for special programs and strengths in English in liberal arts - I'm thinking of UNC-Asheville and Appalachian State. Berry College in Rome Ga is another possibility. I don't know that any of those will suit, you'll have to look. Millsaps College is another real possiblity, I think they have some English strengths - all those Faulknerites and Eudora Weltyites, don't know about the merit aid situation with them.</p>

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<p>What about Oglethorpe, in Atlanta. The campus is beautiful and, as an aside, they have a wonderful Shakespeare program.</p>

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<p>There is also a small (around 1300 students) school in Greensboro, NC called Greensboro College that I have heard good things about.</p>

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<p>Why stay in the South?</p>

<p>OK. If that's the main criterion, then look at these places (don't always know about costs):</p>

<p>Mary Washington
James Madison
Randolph Macon Women's College (or whatever they rename it)
Hollins
Sweet Briar
Emory and Henry
Elon
One of the non-Chapel Hill UNCs
Agnes Scott
Wofford
Stetson
Rollins
Sewanee
Warren Wilson (if she's green)</p>

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<p>Warren Wilson has a wonderful program for English!!</p>

<p>Well, where I live there is...</p>

<p>The University of the $outh</p>

<p>Vandy</p>

<p>Rhodes</p>

<p>The University of Memphis has a Creative Writing program. But, as someone who went there for a tiny bit, I cannot really say that "school" is worth all too much with regards to academics.</p>

<p>uh...</p>

<p>that is about it I guess</p>

<p>The University of Tulsa has some nice things going on in English. It is a very well respected school for English. </p>

<p>Are there not little branches of Florida International University? That school is not half bad, imho. </p>

<p>There is (I am sorry) some school in North Florida called the New College, The New World College or something or other?! I cannot recall the name at all, but a lot of neat things come out of that school.</p>

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<p>Someone else may have mentioned these, but UNC-Greensboro has an outstanding creative writing program, and it is a much easier admit than Chapel Hill. Warren Wilson, in the NC mountains, also has a very fine writing program, though she might not like the concept of the school itself--one of those where you work the land while you go to school, something like that--but a very strong writing program. Students seem to love it. Hollins University, in Roanoke, VA, has a very strong creative writing program, too--a small school, all women, but known specifically for their creative writing program and the fine writers they've produced over the years. NC State, in Raleigh--not really known for English--actually has a terrific English Dept, with an MFA in creative writing, so the undergraduate program is also very strong. And NCSU is also an easier admit than Chapel Hill.</p>

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<p>Hollins! That was the other school i was trying to think of - horses and writing, it also might be a touch expensive, but possible merit aid.</p>

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<p>U of North Carolina-Asheville
Hood College (MD)
Sweet Briar College (VA)
Wesleyan College (GA)
Belmont Abbey College (NC)
Saint Mary's College of Maryland
Wofford College (SC)
East Carolina University
Wake Forest University
Davidson College</p>

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<p>University of West Georgia
Georgia Southern Univ.
College of Charleston(SC)
Clemson (SC)
UNC-Wilmington
Appalachian State University (NC)</p>

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<p>Warren Wilson, UNC Asheville (great novelist working there who is a Furman grad Tommy Hays) and then there is Furman my alma mater which has a very fine English department and has graduated some great writers like Marshall Frady. <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040329/cooper%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040329/cooper&lt;/a> George Singleton and well..Tommy Hays.<br>
Rhodes College in Memphis has a great history with writing (Peter Taylor). Ditto on Jack's post re UNC Greensboro (Fred Chappelle <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Chappell%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Chappell&lt;/a> ) and Hollins (Annie Dillard, Lee Smith)
I just returned from Furman this week visiting teachers and other people from my era. Furman delivers a very warm personal education..demanding in the classroom. Ties to the Southern Baptist Convention were formally cut in the early 80s..ditto Rice, Wake Forest and others.</p>

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<p>I would also strongly reccommend Elon--small classes, good academic support if needed, beautiful campus, reasonable tuition for a private.
Wofford, Furman, and Campbell also great options.
UNCGreeensboro, little larger, no football if that matters, less of a residential feel to its campus than some of the others mentioned.</p>

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<p>Also second or third UNC Asheville- public LAC, beautiful location, artsy, moutain locale</p>

<p>My fav Sewanee University of the South but also very expensive (if I could pick a school for ME this would be at the top of the list!)</p>

<p>Centre, also very nurturing but great academics</p>

<p>Kat</p>

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<p>What about Roanoke College? There are a couple of active posters who have current freshmen.</p>

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<p>Look into some more of the FL state school, like central Fl or New college in Sarasota. That has only 1000 students. Also, Lynn u in boca raton is small & nurturing, and does offer merit awards.</p>

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Look into some more of the FL state school, like central Fl or New college in Sarasota. That has only 1000 students. Also, Lynn u in boca raton is small & nurturing, and does offer merit awards.

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<p>Aww shucks, man! The New College is the one I could not remember the name of in my previous post.</p>

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<p>How about U of Tampa? It looks good on paper, but we need to visit. Not many people know much about it and we live in Florida. It seems to recruit heavily out of state. Also what about Florida Gulf Coast?</p>