Sports life, good school, by the water if possible

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi! </p>

<p>I'm a rising junior and am looking at possible colleges i want to look at. I'm a good student and taking very challenging courses including ap chem, ap english language and ap us. I love science (biology, biochemistry, medicine) and don't want to go to strictly a liberal arts school. Although my 1st, 1st choice is UNC I know that may not be possible coming from out of state (northern va). And if I don't get into UNC i would love to be by the water (to sail) but NEED a school with a good sports life with either a good division 1 football or basketball team. Can anyone think of any schools that fit 2/3 of good school, good sports and near (30 min) the water? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Miami, USC, UCLA, Boston College come to mind right away</p>

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<p>Davidson has DI basketball, a 100 acre lake campus (with sailing and crew teams), and great academics. As a bonus, it offers great financial aid and is loan-free. It may be a little smaller than what you’re looking for, though.</p>

<p>Wisconsin and Northwestern are also on lakes, though much colder ones.</p>

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<p>Boston College</p>

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<p>UCSB, UC Berkeley (they have a sailing club that looks pretty cool and great sports), University of San Diego (would offer good merit aid and they have a good basketball team and Division II Football team), San Diego State, Loyola Marymount University (good basketball team and merit aid but no football team)</p>

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<p>UW-Madison has an amazing football team as you know if you are a football fan (Badgers are always ranked top 15 in the NCAA), great basketball team (meh year for them last year though, finished ranking 24th in the nation) and is right on a beautiful lake. Sailing is absolutely huge up there.</p>

<p>[Hoofer</a> Sailing Club](<a href=“http://www.hoofersailing.org/]Hoofer”>http://www.hoofersailing.org/)
<a href=“http://www.uwsailingteam.org/video[/url]”>http://www.uwsailingteam.org/video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That’s tier sailing site, they also have many other intramural sports (everything from scuba diving to ultimate frisbee). </p>

<p>and during the winter, the sailing club goes snow kiting</p>

<p>[Snow</a> Kiting | Hoofer Sailing Club](<a href=“http://www.hoofersailing.org/fleets/kiting]Snow”>http://www.hoofersailing.org/fleets/kiting)</p>

<p>Best school for you by far, it’s my first choice as well.</p>

<p>And the campus is gorgeous, ad it’s consistently ranked in the top 2 college towns every year.</p>

<p>For sure though, they have way better sports than UNC, and better sailing, and is 100x the college town.</p>

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<p>University of Washington?</p>

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<p>great academics, great sailing weather year round, great sailing teams</p>

<p>great football teams Div. IA</p>

<p>[Sailing</a> - Stanford University Official Athletic Site](<a href=“http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-sail/stan-c-sail-body.html]Sailing”>http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-sail/stan-c-sail-body.html)</p>

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<p>Brown, Naval Academy, Johns Hopkins?</p>

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<p>Good sports–no Brown, JHU, or Navy need apply.</p>

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<p>Check out St. Mary’s College of MD. This is Maryland’s public honors college (like Wm & Mary, but not quite so selective). It offers good academics and is ON the water (at the junction of the St. Mary’s River and the Potomac, near the Chesapeake Bay). They have a top sailing team. That’s the school’s big sport. I don’t know about football or basketball but baseball seems to be fairly big too. It has a gorgeous campus including a new boat house. In good weather, you probably could walk from class to sail in the afternoons. It may be too small, too liberal artsy, or too rural for you, but is worth investigating.</p>

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<p>I don’t get why you don’t consider UVa if UNC is your first choice. I mean, it’s in-state so is a lot cheaper, still has great sports teams, in a similar-type college town, and is an academic equal of UNC. And will be a bit easier to get into since you’re in state. Am I missing something? Neither of them are on the water though.</p>

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<p>^^^^Bingo!</p>

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<p>Not really. UNC has one of the top 3 basketball programs of all time and has an up-and-coming football program that generates a lot of excitement. UW has good sports as well, but UNC is in another league. UNC has 37 national championships in its history, including five in men’s basketball, while UW has 27 titles and only one in men’s basketball. Neither school has a football title. UNC also has more football bowl appearances than UW (27 vs 21).</p>

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<p>Like you said, both are very similar. UNC has better sports though and is in a better location (research triangle), but aside from that they are almost carbon copies of each other.</p>

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<p>Final Directors’ Cup Standings - 2009-10</p>

<p><a href=“http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/d1final.pdf[/url]”>http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/d1final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<ol>
<li>Virginia</li>
<li>UNC</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
</ol>

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<p>Directors Cup is great, but in the end it all comes down to-</p>

<ol>
<li>Football</li>
<li>Basketball</li>
</ol>

<p>Huge Gap</p>

<ol>
<li>Baseball/Hockey/Lacrosse</li>
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<p>Huge Gap</p>

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<li>Everything else</li>
</ol>

<p>UVa is lacking in the football and basketball department.</p>

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<p>Sailing is quite popular at Northwestern and if you live in certain dorms, your commute to the beach and sailing facilities is maybe 50 yards.</p>

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<p>^ Seconded.</p>

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<p>thanks guys! i’ve actually visited wisconsin and found it a bit cold (haha) but won’t keep my mind closed to it. BC and Northwestern are interesting- might check them out although their sports programs aren’t as big. Washington is interesting too- no one has ever mentioned that before. thanks!</p>

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<p>My geography might be off, but isn’t Stanford relatively close to the beach?</p>