<p>Queen's College is a small one located in Charlotte. It's a liberal arts college. Davidson is great but it is a small village close to Charlotte (but not that close if you don't have a car).Catawba College has a great theatre dept. so they might have great dance. UNC Asheville is really located in a great place! Be sure to look at that.</p>
<p>Have to secong College of Charleston - great location! A school much on the rise.</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at the College of Charleston and loves it. It is a public with about 10,000 students but the classes are pretty small and there really is a small lac feeling to the school. It is right smack dab in the city and there is a brand new arts center under construction that will contain new dance studios if I am not mistaken. They offer a lot of merit aid as well...</p>
<p>FENDROCK - it is funny how us nor'easters tend to consider the same group of schools in the mid-atlantic/south area :) We did the same - but for different reasons - and after much searching - and inner searching as well to really identify which schools had exactly what my gal wanted - southern - warm - not small - not too big (lol) - kinda close to the ocean, etc....... - but....... (this indicator came out of the blue - and kind of late in the game once we found it was actually a possibility ;) - and here was the clincher) - a snowboard team!!??!! :D</p>
<p>So - we traversed the NC area - SC and FLA - visited a bunch -
- Elon was initially considered - wonderful school tho - seems to like the nor'easter kids alot - up and coming for sure - it dropped off the radar list for us tho pretty early on for various reasons
- East Carolina - initially not on the radar - part of the 16 UNC group of schools - big university - had it all!!! - applied early/accepted/honors program :)
- UNC-Wilmington - great school/awesome area by the beach - lousy initial visit - applied early/accepted
- College of Charleston - awesome school - wonderful city - near the water - great feel to the whole experience - offered $$ - applied early/accepted
- Eckard - very different - by the water - unique - offered some $$ - decided too far from alot that she liked - (have recently seen an article tho about the finances and possible problems) There seems to be alot of cross-over between Eckard and Rollins guy/gal wise. They wanted her - athlete - but she didn't want to play the sport anymore - had had enough.
- and a few others that ended up of little interest.</p>
<p>So you can imagine where she went - 1st choice - LOL - of course - the one with the snowboard team ROFL - AND she gets to enjoy the beaches as well - and the good weather that NC offers - well most of the time ROFL. (and she did get to take some dance classes - for non-dance majors - loved them too :D)</p>
<p>If your gal is crossing off so many good possibilities (publics) - she may be in for a surprise - including financially as well - CofC is a public - but I sure would not let that get in the way - all of the UNC's are publics - but some great programs scattered thru the mix.</p>
<p>I don't envy you FEND - whew - it is a wild ride to do what you are facing - I really wish you the absolute best in your search. :)</p>
<p>OOO and just an FYI - if you do consider any of the NC publics - I recommend highly to apply as early as possible - doesn't have to be ED but - because they only accept 18% out of state - most are rolling admissions also - the best chances are to apply by the ?Nov 1st deadline.</p>
<p>Just a couple of comments. Ashville is a really nice town, and is in a great location for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. However, it is at a higher elevation than the other NC schools mentioned. It will be warmer than Boston, but may not be exactly shorts and t-shirt weather in January. Another NC school that hasn't been mentioned is Appalachian State in Boone, kind of touristy but another really nice town. I don't know that much about the school (other than it beat Michigan in football), but am under the impression that it attracts the kind of artsy-craftsy student not drawn to the other NC universities. </p>
<p>To nyc</p>
<p>If you are from NYC (as the name suggests), and are considering schools as far away as Texas and Arkansas, I would also suggest looking at three other LAC's that would be closer - University of the South (Sewanee) in Tennessee, Rhodes also in Tennessee, and Centre College in Kentucky. Sewanee is really remote, Rhodes is in Memphis, and Centre is in Danville, a smaller town (16,000) but close to Lexington (U of Ky) and Louisville. I think all three are in USNWR top 50 LAC's (I know Centre is), and Centre is consistently ranked as one of the best values among good LAC's. All would be less selective, less academically intense, and less expensive than top LAC's, but still provide an outstanding education. I suspect all three want to increase in geographical diversity, and would be very interested in someone from NY or NE.</p>
<p>JeepMom, where is your D? Sounds like my son's dream school. He loves the Atlantic ocean, but would faint if he knew there was a school with the ocean nearby AND a snowboard team!!</p>
<p>kelsmom -- I do not see my daughter attending a school with a conservative flavor. </p>
<p>Queens College -- I believe this school is very small, ie, less than 1000 students.</p>
<p>Sideways, Saintof me -- I'm curious to hear more about College of Charleston -- I don't have a feel for its feel...</p>
<p>JeepMOM -- you've left me in suspense!! Where is your daughter attending college?? Also, what was so "different" about Eckerd?</p>
<p>KELSMOM/FENDROCK- not that either is 'near by' but she went to the best of both worlds for her LOL - East Carolina is 100 miles from the Outer Banks (amazing) - and a bit further to the mountains of NC/VA - it was a great contrast but she enjoyed it all LOL - including the adventure programs all over the place too :D. App State is in Boone - also has a board team - and they do get to board alot because they are so close to the slopes - but ECU has to travel - so no practice - but they race against APP - and a few other NC/VA schools - and go to to Nationals every year as well - in Maine this year at Sunday River. (I think there are 23 or so college board teams - not too many 'near' (if you call 100 miles near haha) the ocean tho - but the kids do manage to get there - great surfing too :D)</p>
<p>Justaguy, is Centre a religious school?</p>
<p>I would have been happy for my gal at either ECU or CofC - both schools just had that curb appeal to them (tho very different from each other) - great comfort zone feel - and both of them really treated us very very well - went way out of their way for us - on our crazy college tour - with a hurricane hanging on the trunk of our car during most of it. Her initial major was pre-PT/exercise physiology - but she graduated with a completely different major (thanks to the many offerings at ECU :)) Between these 2 schools - ECU and the snowboard team won out hands down - that was the deal breaker for her.</p>
<p>Eckerd was cool - in a very different way - it is not a very big school - sits on the sandbar connecting the mainland to the beach community - can be a bit isolated in some ways - but the beach makes up for alot of that. Water shoes outside every single dorm room in every pod was interesting LOL - if you have a boat - take it to school with you too. The approach of the admissions folks was very laid back - and creative/interesting as well - they do have a program that lets you creat a major - so they were pretty open minded. The social crossover with Rollins was great for the guys - not so much for the gals tho. It definitely had very different kind of feel to it's campus and surrounding area. Too far away for dad tho - oo well - too far from alot of what my gal was into at the time as well - and wasn't crazy about any evacuation situation from there - tho she was evac'd twice at ECU LOL</p>
<p>O.K., this post has me intrigued esp with our D a jr also starting the college search. We too are looking at schools in NC. However, we are not from the NE, we are from SC. I'd like to hear more from those of you in the know about UNC-Ashville, Queens and Guiliford. We have visited Ashville before and can attest that it is a beautiful city. My concern is that UNC-Ash may be too much of a commuter college. I had heard that. True? What about Queens? Do kids live on campus? The Web says enrollment around 2200, nice size. Lastly, we'd like to hear more about Guilford? </p>
<p>We live in Charleston, and have lots of neighbors who either attend or work there. I can attest that it is a good school in a great location. It does have a higher % of women to men, but the Citadel is close by which is mostly men. Lots of CofC girls date Citadel men. Most of the kids love living in the middle of Charleston. There is so much to do and beaches are close. The downtown music and arts scene is vibrant. You don't need a car at all. Parking is difficult and expensive downtown. The school recently opened up addition new dorms, though they still can not house the entire student body in school owned housing. Most students rent locally. It would be (and might end up being) a good location for our own D, but we think she wants to move a little farther away from mom and dad for college. </p>
<p>I will also attest that Furman is not religious. We love it, but are biased as our son attends. Another private LAC not mentioned that we are going to explore more ourselves for our D is Wofford, in Spartenburg, SC. Maybe too small at 1800 students for the OP, but we've heard good stories. Good thread here.</p>
<p>northeastmom --</p>
<p>No, Centre is not a religious school. It was founded by Presbyterians, as were many colleges in the South, but the connection between the college and the Presbyterian Church has long ceased to exist.</p>
<p>fendrock, I will send you a private message to answer your earlier question.
Septmom</p>
<p>kelsmom- that sounds great. I have heard AA Michigan is a great place.</p>
<p>justaguy, thanks.</p>
<p>Lukester, my D is also at Furman. Fendrock,while there are a lot of conservative students, there are plenty who are not so much (like my D). There are no "rules" or anything, and there are people of all religions (and NO religion, like D's roommate). But if you don't think your D would want to attend a school with a conservative feel, make sure she spends time on campus if she's looking at any southern schools. By eastern standards, even a nonconservative southern school may seem conservative. Don't jump all over me, folks ... I don't mean to generalize, just to warn them to make sure it fits.</p>
<p>Centre is a very cool school, NEM!! Pretty small, though. It was one of D's favorites.</p>
<p>Lukester, D met a great young man at Furman's scholarship day who ended up at Wofford. He really likes it. They gave him awesome merit aid!</p>
<p>Elon is affiliated with the United Church of Christ but that doesn't make it religious. University of Richmond was started by the Baptists. Many of the southern schools have religion in their history, but you would never know it now. I'm going to bring up Goucher again because it is not in Baltimore - it is in Towson - very different place. It is a lovely campus in a very safe area and it has a great dance program. It also has a reputation of having very happy kids there. It is about a 15 minute drive to Baltimore so the city is close enough but Towson offers good restaurants, good live music, a large mall, coffee shops,etc. If she will consider public schools, Towson University is a nice campus and has a good dance program and a stunning new performings arts center. It is walking distance to Towson - becoming more and more the college town every day. I live about 5 minutes from there. My D has lots of friends who love it there. My D also applied to UNCG as a vocal performance major. We were shocked at how pretty the campus is and I loved Greensboro - the renovation there is great - the restaurants were very nice and we loved the little shops. I'd like to move there. I am a little worried about the commuter rep but I think many of the music majors stay around.</p>
<p>cartera- would you be able to compare Towson to Greensboro or Towson to Asheville. In terms of the feel of the communities.</p>
<p>Wow reading this thread has been really great!
Having lots of family in the Triangle, as a transfer I am being urged to look at NC schools. I really like what I have heard about UNC-G, though I am worried about the commuter rep as well.
Fendrock- good luck on your D. search!</p>