<p>You do realize Clemson is in the deep south, right? If Clemson is ok, why not add South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia?</p>
<p>Actually all four major SUNY schools (Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stony Brook) are Division I, just not BCS. None will have that typical college football experience. Hard to find that in the northeast outside of Penn State.</p>
<p>I’m still trying to figure out what his concerns are about “southern” schools when Clemson is ok, but Missouri and Bama are not??? odd.</p>
<p>Geographically challenged?</p>
<p>Why not just apply to all the ACC and Big East football schools. This should give you everything you are looking for and will provide a range of costs. The ACC is slightly tougher to get into and more expensive, but you should be able to get some scholarships out of some of the lower ranked schools.</p>
<p>Also, I would just mention that you really shouldn’t pick a school based on its athletics program, unless you are an athlete. Just an opinion from the peanut gallery.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I don’t think he’s picking a school solely based on an athletic program. And, many/most “football schools” have pretty good engineering programs anyway ( his major is engineering, right???) </p>
<p>BTW…do any of his intended schools have tougher entrance req’ts for engineering majors? If so, that could be a problem as well. </p>
<p>The ACC is slightly tougher to get into and more expensive, but you should be able to get some scholarships out of some of the lower ranked schools.</p>
<p>??? Which lower-ranked ACC school could he get a scholarship with his stats?</p>
<p>Are there any ACC schools where his stats would be in the upper 25%?</p>
<p>GPA - 3.05
SAT - CR 500 M 710 W 570 </p>
<p>1210/1600 1780/2400</p>
<p>*Geographically challenged? *</p>
<p>I think he’s unnecessarily restricting himself out of ignorance.</p>
<p>^ given the possibly negative emotional reaction to the word “ignorant”, is it fair to say you mean “lack of exposure”?.</p>
<p>I understand what the OP is saying about those type of states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama). Clemson may still have that feel though. It is pretty rural and has that southern “culture.”</p>
<p>You may want to visit the schools before applying.</p>
<p>Informative, have you ever lived in one of those types of states??</p>
<p>I understand what the OP is saying about those type of states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama). Clemson may still have that feel though. It is pretty rural and has that southern "culture.</p>
<p>Also a case of ignorance…or I guess I should more politely say, “lack of exposure.” LOL</p>
<p>If you’ve ever been to Bama, you’d see that it is not some stereotypical “southern school” at all since it has so many OOS students in attendance and most profs are from elsewhere as well. Also, many instate students are either transplants or are the children of transplants. </p>
<p>You rarely even hear a southern accent on campus …rarely from students or profs…only from the cafeteria employees and such.</p>
<p>**
Informative**…I am a Southern California native who now lives in Alabama because of a transfer. I still spend 1/4 of my time in California. I spent 4 of the last 8 weeks in Calif and will return in one week to spend 3 more weeks in Calif. The transitions are SEAMLESS. I don’t experience ANY culture change/shock at all going from Alabama to Calif to Alabama to Calif and so forth. </p>
<p>Most decent-sized cities in this country have become homogeneous because of transplants and because of national companies that have businesses/stores everywhere. </p>
<p>Clemson may still have that feel though. It is pretty rural and has that southern “culture.”</p>
<p>Well, Bama isn’t “rural” at all. It’s in a city with 100,000 people in it. And WTH do you mean by southern culture? Yes, the south is FRIENDLY…that’s its culture.</p>
<p>I suggest that you become more informative before making such comments.</p>
<p>Good that you can travel back and forth so well. I congratulate you on such a great accomplishment. The OP is talking about where to spend the next four years of his life and has expressed a desire not to live in the south, which is something most people would agree with. I am sure those 100,000 “educated” and “cultured” people down in “Bama” are amazing people, but he can do better and he realizes that. Don’t be so negative on his decision.</p>
<p>Didn’t realize I would cause such chaos by saying those types of states were too southern, my fault. I am visiting jmu, Virginia tech, clemson, univ of south Carolina, and udel this weekend we’ll see how that goes.</p>
<p>You didn’t do anything wrong. Some people are just very sensitive, especially Southerners when it comes to the south.</p>
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wow. I’m not sure where lack of exposure ends and prejudice begins, but this appears to be more than just ignorance.</p>
<p>I do not live in the South. Still, I can see prejudice in your remarks all the way from Los Angeles. Are you playing the soundtrack to Deliverance in the background?</p>