<p>This summer me and S1 (16) and S2 (13) are driving back from Elon's 1-day football camp to Central Florida. </p>
<p>I'm just curious about which schools should we not miss on the way home? </p>
<p>S1 will major in business admin and sports management or Poly Sci. He wants to work on the business side of intercollegiate athletics or teach Poly Sci at a Community College (no research, don't publish, just teach). </p>
<p>We have a college and career plan worked out but since we are driving home we might as well look at what else is out there. He hasn't taken the ACT or SAT yet but very solid grades, EC's and leadership stuff. He isn't a scholar by any means but he can handle his academics. </p>
<p>You have Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, and High Point all within an hour’s drive or so of Elon (not all in the same direction). That’s a pretty broad selection of different educational institutions. And a little farther (also not in the same direction, but more or less south) there’s Sanford and UNC-Charlotte. I might be tempted to go look at Clemson, and then go down to Charleston and look at College of Charleston and/or The Citadel.</p>
<p>You aren’t going to visit all of those, but that’s a pretty good menu of public/private, large/small, urban/rural/suburban, flagship/secondary, and of course civilian/military. So pretty easy to pick three or four that, together with Elon, would give a kid something to think about.</p>
<p>Heck, you could add NC State, schools in SC, Ga etc. Long list. Best is to buy professor pathfinders college and U map [Hedberg</a> Maps, Inc. - Custom College, City, Regional and Specialty Maps](<a href=“http://www.hedbergmaps.com/store/catalog/10013]Hedberg”>http://www.hedbergmaps.com/store/catalog/10013) and follow it along your route home. You will be rather busy though-- lots of schools if you dont narrow it down. But you said your s was going to go to your cc or FSU …</p>
<p>Thanks. I wasn’t aware of those maps, that is an interesting resource. </p>
<p>I am pretty sure both my kids will go CC then FSU then on to the best grad school we can get them into. But I am not sure. I can’t help but wondering if there isn’t another option out there that we haven’t considered. </p>
<p>I’m sure we aren’t the only ones to envision career first and then work our way back to university programs last. </p>
<p>I/we are pretty sure he DOESN"T want to play football in college. But here again we aren’t sure. It won’t hurt to take him to one football camp. If he isn’t good enough that would actually help I/we decide but what if he is good enough and what if he does want to try it? If I take him to one camp at the very least he won’t look back with regrets of not having at least given it a shot. </p>
<p>William & Mary would be a great fit for him except W&M’s FA favors in-state kids. Maybe I am under rating Furman or Wofford? I can’t help thinking I am missing something especially if he decides football matters enough to him to play in college. </p>
<p>It won’t hurt to look. </p>
<p>The state that completely mystifies and puzzles me is Georgia. It is in the Deep South (big points for that) but Georgia State, which recently started a football program does not seem like a better college experience than FSU and the FA is poor. Georgia Southern is a big school of mostly in-state kids and it doesn’t have much diversity. My son is hispanic. </p>
<p>I guess I’m answering my own questions but one never knows if you are missing something and maybe I/we are.</p>
<p>The University of South Carolina has a great Sports Management program. Depending on his stats, there are quite a few scholarships for OOS students.</p>