Need ideas on which colleges to visit in the SEC

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<p>Texas A&M is great for engineering- Highly ranked with very good job/internship/grad school placements
Vanderbilt is an excellent choice for humanity/natural science areas
Texas A&M/Florida/Georgia are good for Business
Missouri has one of the best journalism schools in the country
Alabama has the best football team and gives great aid to National Merit/High Scorers</p>

<p>Evaluate what your interests are, and what your financial situation is. Make a shortlist, and visit the schools to decide which fits you best.</p>

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<p>Mom2collegekids: my counselor told me this because we actually took a PRACTICE PSAT in early April</p>

<p>how did you do on that practice PSAT? What was your score?</p>

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<p>Ole Miss is much smaller, and in a smaller town, than most of the other SEC schools. Also cooler weather, though still much warmer than you are used to. It’s got all the football spirit you could want and is probably the single most southern-feeling school in the country. Because it is smaller, and in my judgment less culturally diverse, I think you’d want to visit before committing. You would very likely get in.</p>

<p>LSU seems pretty Southern to me, but Louisiana culture is unique. Fantastic food! I think it would be very tough for a sports-fan student to go to LSU and not have a great time. I don’t know as much about their honors college.</p>

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<p>I don’t blame you - I’m a Southern girl and I’d want to attend an SEC school, too :smiley: Big sports, party schools, great social life but also great academics!</p>

<p>How long will you be traveling? Were I you, I might start in South Carolina with University of South Carolina, then swing south to Athens to visit University of Georgia. They’re only 3 hours from each other. From there, you can drive into Alabama to visit Auburn and University of Alabama - it’s 3 hours from Athens to Auburn, and about 3 hours from Auburn to Tuscaloosa. From Tuscaloosa it’s 1.5 hours to Starkville to visit Mississippi State, and then another 2 hours to University of Mississippi. The next closest school after that is Louisiana State, which is 5 hours away.</p>

<p>Personally, if I were looking for colleges all over again, the top SEC schools on my list would be</p>

<p>University of Georgia
University of South Carolina
University of Alabama
Louisiana State University</p>

<p>and then maybe University of Mississippi, then Auburn and them Mississippi State.</p>

<p>Missouri, Texas A&M, UT and Kentucky are all great too but not as easily reachable on a road trip. Lexington and Knoxville are only 3 hours apart, but Mizzou is 7 hours from Lexington. And Texas A&M is out there.</p>

<p>And then of course there is Vanderbilt, which academically is the best school in the SEC and would sufficiently challenge you. But they don’t really have big football like Bama, LSU, UGA, Texas A&M, etc.</p>

<p>Bama has really good financial aid and OOS scholarships. UGA has a competitive scholarship program if you have a 3.7+ and high test scores.</p>

<p>I’m from the South so I am incredibly biased but I think the South has GREAT weather. And Florida is really muggy too, so I’m not sure how it’s much better than MS, AL, GA.</p>

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<p>I recently saw that Vanderbilt football is actually in the preseason top 25, and they have the longest current winning streak of any SEC team. Looks like they’re not the usual pushover.</p>

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<p>Take a look at the advertising and public relations major at the University of Georgia:</p>

<p>[Grady</a> College | University of Georgia](<a href=“http://www.grady.uga.edu/adpr]Grady”>Advertising & Public Relations - Grady College)</p>

<p>Athens, GA is a great college town (known for music - with bands like REM, Widespread Panic and B-52s originating there) a little more than an hour from Atlanta (except at rush hour or on a football Saturday).</p>

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<p>Sorry I’m just getting back to you now! I got an SAT equivalent of 1850 and my national merit index score was a 185</p>

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<p>University of South Carolina is a great SEC school. Great honors college (top ranked ) if you qualify. Strong journalism school and sports management programs. Cold in SC means it snows every other year and melts the same day (although that closes down the city to the amusement of northern friends:)) Look at the money matters link on admissions page to see what the general cut-offs are for scholarships…if you are sophomore you still have lots of time to improve scores (D’s went up over 100 points between 1st time in 10th to 3rd time in 12th). Some scholarships will waive or reduce OOS tuition. Great sports atmosphere!</p>

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<p>South Carolina is on my list :slight_smile: I heard the campus is gorgeous. Are there ANY oos scholarships at UGA? My cousin went there and absolutely loved it</p>