<p>Truman is well respected here in Missouri. Academics are very good, but the social life and campus could be better.</p>
<p>warblersrule86: Do you know if a good percentage of the students at UNC-A remain on campus during the weekends? My S is interested, but we've read that a lot of students go home on weekends - not very good for an OOS student.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm not 100% sure. Most of the "commuter" schools I'm familiar with are UNCC, UNCG, etc. Most of the students at mountain schools (Western Carolina, Mars Hill, Appalachian, etc.) tend to stay on-campus over weekends, so I'd assume the same for UNC-A...but I can't say for sure. Freshmen aren't allowed cars, so it shouldn't be easy for them to come home over the weekend. :)</p>
<p>Samonite16, did you know "Birnbaum" means "Peartree"? </p>
<p>German for partridge is Feldhuhn, which means fieldchicken... :</p>
<p>And what they're saying is true: while public LACs can run $10,000 cheaper than private ones, you might get $0 in aid from public LACs and $15,000 from private ones.</p>
<p>William & Mary is worth checking out! Gorgeous campus..great reputation..etc</p>
<p>warblersrule, thanks for the info. Asheville and the surrounding area sound great; I can't imagine why anyone would want to leave on the weekends. </p>
<p>Regarding costs, I agree with others that aid from the private college can make it cheaper than the public. However, it cannot be counted on, so including a solid reasonably-priced public in the application mix is a good idea.</p>
<p>UNC-A has an OOS cap like all the public schools in North Carolina (18% I think but don't quote me). ;)</p>
<p>yeah, i did know that actually. For the longest time my parents wanted us all to change our name to peartree, which i vehemently resisted!</p>
<p>For years I have heard a lot of raving about the "alternative education" offered by Evergreen State. But few employers in Washington have much to say about the place. Even Seattle U seems to have better press than ESC. Yes, folks in Western Washington can be narrow minded and near maniacal when it comes to the U of Washingon. But I hear more about the small regional public universities (WWU, EWU and CWU) than Evergreen.</p>
<p>I have known several people who have attended Evergreen State, and all have loved it. It was on my S's short list along with UW, Reed, & UChicago among others. (He chose to go a little further from home.) It gets high marks catering to creative types, and strongly appeals to people who like cross disciplinary studies. They even offered him merit $$, which caught us by surprise. As far as press is concerned, here is a recent press release:</p>
<p>August 23, 2005</p>
<p>OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The major college guidebooks once again highlight the affordability and strong academics of The Evergreen State College. A new guidebook written by college students names Evergreen one of America's top 100 schools.</p>
<p>The new Students Guide to Colleges, published by Penguin, is based on a survey of thousands of college students and cites Evergreen as one of the Top 10 Schools You've Never Heard Of.</p>
<p>The Students Guide includes student comments such as, Evergreen is a renowned liberal arts college that moves progressively beyond popular education by emphasizing learning and scholarship over grades. It is a perfect environment for independently ambitious thinkers.</p>
<p>The Princeton Review's listing of The Best 361 Colleges named Evergreen one of the "Best in the West," specifically a "Best Value College." </p>
<p>U.S. News and World Report's 2006 edition of America's Best Colleges ranks Evergreen sixth on a list of liberal arts colleges where students graduate with the least amount of debt. The news magazine also said Evergreen provides one of the best "first-year experiences," best "learning communities" and best internship cooperative education programs in higher education.</p>
<p>Idad, by coincidence I browsed through the new "Students Guide" at my local bookstore yesterday. The book impressed me as a very good alternative to the "say nothing" and bland-as-an-dictionary college source books.</p>
<p>I also know several people who attended Evergreen state- they all have very challenging and fullfilling careers including in the Presidents cabinet. ( Clinton)
Evergreen was my daughters top choice for years, until we saw that lab sciences were not their strong point.
Evergreen is a very good school for either late bloomers and students who want to take their time to investigate areas of study & for very focused people, who know just what they want and don't want to spend a lot of time in unrelated pursuits.
My daughter decided she needed a more structured approach so she is attending a school with a strong core curriculum, but we are still keeping our eyes open for Evergreen for the next daughter</p>
<p>( BTW Lakewashington- did you attend LWHS? I am class of 1975)</p>