<p>Can you tell me something about UNC- Wilmington? Is it a friendly school? Is it academically challenging?</p>
<p>Pepperdine & New College.</p>
<p>However, if you are ugly, do not apply to Pepperdine.</p>
<p>If you are gay, New College is OK.</p>
<p>I want to bring up Northwestern again. The campus has Lake Michigan as its border, and Lake Michigan is an extremely prominent part of the the experience. Just because a school happens to be near water doesn't necessarily mean that people use it often. NU kids adore their Lake Michigan.</p>
<p>UChicago is also a good five blocks or so from the Lake.</p>
<p>"I want to bring up Northwestern again. The campus has Lake Michigan as its border, and Lake Michigan is an extremely prominent part of the the experience. Just because a school happens to be near water doesn't necessarily mean that people use it often. NU kids adore their Lake Michigan."</p>
<p>I wish I could go to Northwestern. Since I live so close to it, I visit the lakefill alot with all the painted stones. The sunsets on Lake Michicagn are amazing.</p>
<p>For Northwestern and Chicago, the sun RISES over Lake Michigan.</p>
<p>....wait, we have a sun out here? News to me.</p>
<p>We sure do. It just leaves when school starts and shows up right when we're about to get out...... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>oh, that makes sense... hunh...</p>
<p>In all honesty, though, I'd rather have my running/biking along the lakeshore and a few nice days of sun than a beautiful beach 2 hours away I never visited. (We have that too, though-- the Indiana Dunes are spectacular!)</p>
<p>Tulane?????????? lol. Tulane is about 3 hours away from the unswimmable coastline.</p>
<p>Northwestern on the shore is pretty nice. Loyola Chicago is also right near the lake as well.</p>
<p>OMG northwestern has the prettiest beach...it's not the ocean tho, it's lake michigan. still counts?</p>
<p>beach..just grab a map and..you know..</p>
<p>if you're looking for a pretty good LAC how about Rollins? It's right on a big lake and only about 45 mins. from the beach.</p>
<p>This probably is second only to "prestige" on the list of "bad reasons to pick a school"</p>
<p>You have your whole life to go to the beach. Also, SPRING BREAK WOOOOOO!</p>
<p>That statement is so incorrect. If someone appreciates the beach, and wants to go to a school that is on a beach, then that is a valid reason to choose a school. Maybe they surf and would like to continue to do so while in school. It is the type of environment they want, why would they spend tens of thousands of dollars to go somewhere that doesn't have the features they want in a school? Prestige is also important as a factor in a school - believe it or not where you do or don't go to school does effect your chances of employment post-graduation. A Fort Hays State student does not have the same job prospects as a Cornell student.</p>
<p>to the "this is the 2nd worst criteria..." person, its the same thing as only applying to city schools...it is the environment you want to be in (be it ocean or city). and if you're spending four years there, then i think you should like where the college is.</p>
<p>to the OP, check out saint marys college of maryland...while technically not near the ocean, it is right on the chesapeake and water activities are very prevalent there.</p>
<p>oh yeah.. chicago does have really nice, beautiful beaches along Lake Michigan (during the summertime). They are very swimmable in (of course, there have been times where there's some weird pollution in the water, i dunno what it's called). So if you come to schools around chicago, that might be an option to consider.</p>