Severe Location Restrictions! Please Suggest a Suitable College!

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<p>I don’t think your location restrictions are severe, by the way. The typical, average, most students go to school within an hour of where they live. OVer 90% go to college within 3 hours of their family home. Your student is in the vast majority category by choosing to stay within certain states. There are many kids who are stuck in there homestates if they do not want to forgo state incentives to stay there. Florida, NY, WV, GA, to name a few, have financial aid and/or merit awards that pertain only to colleges that are within state borders for their state residents. Your student has far more flexibility than those kids.</p>

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<p>If he is willing to go a little further north, North Carolina has Duke, Wake Forest, UNC that make the top colleges lists quite often Go up a little more into Virginia and you have UVA and Wm & Mary. </p>

<p>Do bear in mind that getting into those very selective schools, even with his stats, is not a given. Some of those schools do give geographic preferences to keep their population diverse. We have family in the Nashville area who moved there from Maryland after going to Vanderbilt, and they say that getting into Vandy from Nashville or the area surrounding it is more competitive than for students living in other locales. just about every good student within a few hours of Nashville has Vanderbilt on the college list. The same with Emory. Though they are national schools with highly representative student home towns, they do make sure the situation stays that way. </p>

<p>So do look for some schools in the area that have good academics and less stringent admissions selectivity as well. The state flagships would make that list along with Rhodes, GA Tech, Centre College, etc. Look at the Princeton and Fiske guides for some names that are commonly considered “top” schools in those areas.</p>

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<p>OP’s son is a match for Emory IF he shows interest in Emory. That is why I suggest going to their website and ordering their video or scheduling a campus visit. Emory’s UG business program has been ranked in the Top 5 in the nation and is very well regarded. Everything seems to fit well. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hi- I was going to throw a twist at the OP and mention that sometimes places that are far away are easier to get to (i.e. cheap southwest flights) than places that are close. We are in the DC area, and my son interviewed at WashU in St. Louis. The flight got him there in a couple of hrs…</p>

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<p>I agree with switters. We are also in the DC area.
It takes us the same amount of time to get to our DD at the University of San Diego as it did to get to our DS when he was at Elon.</p>

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<p>Wofford (SC) has Business Economics & Accounting, in Spartanburg. </p>

<p>Also, keep in mind, sometimes they change their mind about majors AFTER they get there!
(Been there, done that with one of mine) I always try to make them look at everything the school offers for majors, with the idea that maybe what they think they want to major in, may not be for them after they see what it entails! So, does the potential school have a number of academic majors you might be interested in? How easy is it to transfer from schools within a large university? Just thought I would mention that.</p>

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<p>I would echo alam1 who pointed out that showing interest at Emory is important. Some schools don’t take this into consideration at all. I have heard several times that Emory thinks demonstrated interest is pretty important.</p>

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<p>Switters, I agree. My older kids chose schools 7 hours away from home but with plenty of cheap available flights from nearby. Much more accessible than many kids who chose some upstate NY, NE schools that are most easily accessible by driving about 3-4 hours.</p>

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<p>OP, I’m confused. You say you’re looking for schools for your son, yet in many of your earlier posts, you sometimes claim to be a student, sometimes a parent, sometimes interested in business, sometimes pre-med, sometimes with geographical restrictions, other times with none.</p>

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<p>The parents on this forum are more than happy to answer your questions but it helps if you tell the truth about who you are and what you want to find out. Don’t be afraid to say you’re a student if that’s what you are. You’re allowed to post in the Parents Forum :)</p>

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<p>University of Miami, Emory, vanderbilt,</p>