<p>What do your know about Wingate University?</p>
<p>I'm looking for additional rolling admissions options for my child who swims and would benefit from some ADD/academic support. My Senior (already accepted EA to several colleges) is around 1050 old SAT I unaccommodated, 3.6+ GPA, great ECs and community service, great recommendations.</p>
<p>I recall a poster, perhaps, Lderochi recommending Winthrop NOT Wingate...reason??</p>
<p>Looking for a place that is pleasant, but does not have an overly religious bent. It can have a church affiliation, so long as it isn't in your face...child couldn't handle that at this point in life, altho is a very upstanding moral being.</p>
<p>I think Wingate might be that in your face enviroment you are afraid of. I'd suggest Emory and Henry, Maryville, and Lenoir Rhyne would all be more moderate and might fit your needs. Another little school is Lambuth, and there are a couple more interesting ones I've heard of, St. Andrews may fit , I think. </p>
<p>Sage, I honestly don't recall saying Winthrop not Wingate. But hey, anything is possible! I know a lot about Winthrop and not a lot about Wingate. Wingate and Wintrhop are very different. Private vs. Public, Small vs. Mid-size, Religious affiliation of Wingate, etc. While Wingate isn't, to my knowledge, extremely religious when compared to schools like Liberty or Oral Roberts, it probably has more of an "overly religious bent" than what you're looking for. </p>
<p>Winthrop, on the other hand, may not have the ADD and academic support that you're looking for. They might, and I would encourage you to look into it further -- but as a public university I would worry about such services becoming the victim of budget cuts. </p>
<p>Cur had some great suggestions -- Lenoir-Rhyne and in particularl St. Andrews have good reputations for support. L-R is Lutheran, St. Andrew's is Presbyterian, but neither is overly religious. Another poster, OrangeBlossom has a son who is very similar -- looking for some academic support and also (I think) an athlete. He was admitted to Lenoir-Rhyne and I think it's still tops on her list.</p>
<p>Randolph Macon is also a very mainstream good liberal arts college where teachers take a great interest in the students and students seem to take interesting paths upon graduation. Our S's music teacher's daughter went to RM and proceeded to get a masters at Wm and Mary. One year at RM she was seriously ill for many weeks and moved back home (three hours away from RM) with her parents. A full professor called her every day to give her an assignment, which amazed her grateful parents. Our current school superintendent is a RM graduate. Two women who are in my 15 year old reading group: One is a graduate of Emory and Henry and is one of the most productive and intelligent women I know--always learning and multi-talented, another in my reading group is a female attorney from Wisconsin who went to Lenoir Rhyne then Wake Forest Law..lovely person who contributes a lot to our community as well. These three schools seem to have fine learning communities from the graduates I know. I also might mention Bridgewater College to you in the northern Shenandoah Valley area off of 1-81, easy access from DC. A girl from Atlanta I know did two years there and felt the small classes and intimacy with professors was outstanding. She also played a sport for them. When she was 20, she had no trouble transferring into JMU, a school she would not have been admitted to at 18. She liked JMU fine and was in the mood for bigger pastures, but credits Bridgewater for her foundation. (BTW, Bridgewater is a four year college..she just felt curious about a bigger school experience and transferred..JMU is not far from Bridgewater so she could maintain ties easily at both schools.) I keep hearing good things about Lynchburg College, too, but am leery of you-know-who from Liberty and his cohorts..which is irrational and unfair, but there you go. I see him around in my neck of the woods and it is a bit unsettling. Lynchburg College is I am told very attractive and unrelated to Liberty.</p>
<p>Also look into Roanoke in Virginia. A mom with two LD/ADD children there, who is also an independent counselor specializing in learning disabilities, told me earlier today that it is quite good with support services. I don't have any knowlege of their admissions deadlines or financial aid availability off the top of my head, however.</p>
<p>I believe it was West Virginia Wesleyan that I read had a very innovative ADD program that offered the student alot of "hand-holding" freshman year and gradually weaned them through the four years. I can't remember what magazine I saw this in. Anyway it seemed to go far beyond the usual mandated ADHD or OHI accomodations. This school is or at least was Methodist, but definately not "in your face".</p>
<p>I visited Wingate about two weeks ago on a college tour of NC schools. We really were impressed! I thought the people we met at Wingate were super nice. They mentioned that many of the kids do not attend worship services (sleep late) and that they are totally excepting of various religions. My son is Catholic but I think in college often kids sway away from attending services and eventually come back to God or find their own beleifs as they find themselves. So many schools are religiously affiliated. Also Wingate had two or three pools, volleyball sand pit by the outdoor pool and a private lake area for students. I think your swimmer would enjoy that. Good Luck!</p>
<p>St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina is facing some accreditation issues related to money, from the Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools:
"Why did the Commission vote to remove St. Andrews Presbyterian College from membership as an accredited institution? The Commission voted to remove the College from membership for failure to comply with Core Requirement 2.11.1 (Financial Resources), Comprehensive Standard 3.10.1 (Financial Stability), and Comprehensive Standard 3.10.4 (Control of Finances) of the Principles of Accreditation. These standards expect an institution to provide evidence that it has (1) a sound financial base and financial stability to support the mission of the institution and the scope of its programs, (2) a financial history that demonstrates financial stability, and (3) control over all its financial resources."
The college is appealing and should have some news in August 2007.</p>
<p>On Wingate, some of the feeling of in-your-face-ness might come from its location near the Jesse Helms Center. Its county is not traditionally known as one supporting diversity, but it's changing rapidly into a more suburban county.</p>
<p>I've only been on Wingate campus during the summer when a son attended soccer camp there with his high school---it seemed more like a suburb of Charlotte. Son has a friend attending there who will be a soph. He has liked it, the biggest drawback for him is that he thinks he wants a bigger school. Never has mentioned anything about the students being too uptight or rigid in views.</p>