<p>You might want to drop a note to Faline2 as well. Furman grad and has great information on the school, particularly if you're son feels it might be too conservative. She also knows tons about the LAC's in Virginia that have been mentioned. </p>
<p>I poked around for golf at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference site (ODAC is pretty much the pre-eminent Div. III sports conference in VA-NC). Looks like the strongest programs are Guilford and Washington & Lee. W&L is probably out of the question, but Guilford might be worth a look. The total list, with numbers of conference championships, is:</p>
<p>Total Number of Championships:
Washington and Lee 10
Guilford 10 (2006 and 2007 Champion)
Lynchburg 6
Hampden-Sydney 2
Randolph-Macon 1
Roanoke 2</p>
<p>Other schools in the conference are Bridgewater, Emory & Henry, and Virginia Wesleyan.</p>
<p>I have a young relative attending Sewanee, University of the South who is very happy there. He wasn't a top student type in high school but has really blossomed there intellectually. Professors are very into teaching and getting to know students. I think the southern traditions there may turn off some northerners so it hasn't become as hot a school as some other southern schools. It's definitely a quality education with a good reputation.</p>
<p>For a good idea as to which of thesre schools may be a "fit" from a golf standpoint, given that his scoring average is 79, purchase the PING College Golf Guide from the following link.</p>
<p>Great info. My son will be busy tomorrow. the Flagers, Elon, and Hendrix's are new & interesting. Carolyn, thank you for your insights. Iderochi, I will probably be contacting you as you seem to have traveled a path of mutual interest. </p>
<p>Any more insight into these colleges will be wonderful. Thank you!</p>
<p>Sewanee may have a reputation as somewhat conservative, but the two Sewanee students I know (one current, one graduated 2 years ago) are anything but conservative, especially the current student. Both students love it there. The education is first rate and the professors are very involved with the students. It's a beautiful campus, but rather isolated. </p>
<p>I also know several students who love Hendrix.</p>
<p>How about the College of Charleston? Not exactly an LAC but close.
I don't know about their golf team but the area is flush with golf courses.</p>
<p>If your S is okay with not being on a suburban type campus, it's definitely worth checking out. Charleston would be a very cool place to be for 4 years. And the CofC's star is rising.</p>
<p>College of Chasn is also D1 with a top notch sports program inlcudng golf. The Southern Conference is one of the best md-major conferences in the Nation (and D1 for all sports except Football). The LACS in this conf are Furman, Wofford, Davidson, Elon and soon to be Samford. Other schools are The Citadel, Georgia Southern, College of Chasn, Western Carolina, Northern Carolina Greenville and U of Tennessee at Chatanooga</p>
<p>I love to read Carolyn's assessment of Sewanee, my alma mater! FWIW, Sewanee does have a good golf program; the campus golf course is only 9 holes, but it is beautiful, and at least one hole is on the bluff overlooking a very lovely valley. (Sewanee is on the Cumberland Plateau.) I find lots of conservative and lots of liberal students at the school, and they seem to get along well. The faculty is quite liberal, very accessible, very caring.</p>
<p>South Atlantic Conference....DivII
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Carson-Newman College
Catawba College
Mars Hill College
Lincoln Memorial College
Newberry College
Tusculum college
Wingate University</p>
<p>I was afraid someone would actually read my post :) Brain freeze, and it was too late to edit after I noticed it. Mrs. Davis, my old English teacher, would be so ashamed.</p>
<p>Boysx3, we had this same issue for our D--and it's a problem. As far as I have been able to determine, there are no true LAC's in the South with any kind of a decent Jewish population--unless you count Goucher in Baltimore--which she unfortunately did not like at all when we visited. If you find any, I'd love to hear from you.</p>
<p>Another option: Averett University, located right on the VA/NC border. They are a DIV 3 school, approximately 900 traditional students (another 1600 or so in their evening adult program statewide), good financial aid options and a great golf team. And your child's stats sound like pretty decent for admissions and FA packages.</p>
<p>FWIW, had my daughter not made it into the Rice/Baylor program, she would be playing volleyball at Hendrix. She absolutely loved the school and the people, and the coach is an incredible person!</p>
<p>My S is headed to Rollins College in Winter Park (just outside of Orlando). It's a lovely LAC that is right on a small lake and is in an attractive, safe small city. </p>
<p>The average class size is 17. We particularly have been impressed by the wonderful assortment of seminars that all freshman have to take (They each choose one), and we were impressed when a top administrator, whom I had met before, showed us around and knew students by name because the provost also teaches a course. We also were impressed by the community service options, a big interest of S's. It also has a long history of study abroad programs and an international focus.</p>
<p>Rollins is the top ranked masters level LAC in the southeast according to, I believe US News.</p>
<p>My S got a Dean's Scholarship there -- $10 k. Probably would have gotten more if his grades had matched his high scores and excellent community service and leadership-related ECs.</p>
<p>Based on what I have noticed, your S should be in line for some merit aid.</p>
<p>We aren't sports folks, so I don't know about the golf team. However, since it's in Fla., I'd be surprised if it doesn't have nice golf options.</p>
<p>When S applied, his career and major interests included music, art, hard sciences, psychology, and education. When the administrator heard that, he said, "Great! That's the beauty of a liberal arts college. You get to explore lots of things before making up your mind."</p>
<p>I think that was one of the things that sold S on Rollins.</p>