<p>We now live in Minnesota, so D would LOVE to go to school somewhere warm, still with seasons, not too big, not too liberal. She's about 3.7 GPA, with a 26 ACT. Any ideas?</p>
<p>ASU is the coldest place in NC that you could attend college. It has one of the highest elevations of any university on the east coast. It is in Boone,NC (pop. 13,000). They get a lot of snow up there.<br>
It is beautiful in the summer/fall but winter is pretty tough and can have snow as late as March. </p>
<p>ASU has between 15,000-16,000 students. There is a wide variety of majors. A lot of kids from our high sch. attend. Everyone we know who goes there really likes it. Football is a big deal at ASU. They’ve won three div.II championships. Boone is jam-packed on football weekends.
ASU used to be a “back-up” sch. but admissions have gotten more selective in the last few years. I feel sure your D’s scores coupled w/ the fact that she is from MN would prob. get her in. </p>
<p>Appalachian is a popular school for NC kids but for a student from Minnesota who would like warm weather it might not be the perfect place.</p>
<p>You should look at Elon University. ACT score is at the lower end of their range but grades are in line. Stronger academics than any of the NC state schools (other than Chapel Hill).</p>
<p>I agree with PackMom about the weather. Boone and Blowing Rock are popular skiing destinations in the winter. Even in the summer it can be a little nippy early in the morning on the Parkway, but it’s extremely nice once it warms up. It has an absolutely beautiful location, however, and Boone is a great little college town. King Street near campus is a smaller and more artsy/funky version of Franklin in Chapel Hill. There are lots of bars, restaurants, shops, etc. within easy walking distance of campus.</p>
<p>The student center, library, and dining hall are all brand new and absolutely gorgeous. Many of the dorms are also new and exceedingly nice. I was much less impressed by the quality of some of the academic facilities, but they are in the process of slowly renovating those as well. I haven’t visited in App in a couple of years, so presumably they’re nicer now. </p>
<p>In terms of academics, App has historically been strong in music, English, environmental science, and especially education, but it’s reasonably strong in most areas.</p>
<p>I second the recommendation of Elon and would add the College of Charleston, which is reasonably large but not too big (~10,000 students). Wake Forest and Emory may not be unreasonable – the former is test-optional, and Oxford at the latter is noticeably less selective than the main campus. Rollins in Florida might also be worth a look.</p>
<p>Particularly good southern LACs are Wofford (SC), Rhodes (TN), Sewanee (TN), U Richmond (VA), and Furman (SC). For merit aid, you could go down a level to schools like Guilford (NC), Millsaps (MS), Presbyterian (SC), Eckerd (FL), etc.</p>
<p>We now live in Minnesota, so D would LOVE to go to school somewhere warm, still with seasons, not too big, not too liberal. She’s about 3.7 GPA, with a 26 ACT. Any ideas?</p>
<p>What’s her major?</p>
<p>What is “too big”? Is the concern about “class sizes” or what? Some large schools have reasonable class sizes and are laid out very intelligently to minimize “size feel”.</p>
<p>What else does she want in a school?</p>
<p>How much are you willing to spend? </p>
<p>How about a LAC?</p>
<p>UNC-Wilmington would be a huge, better change for a kid from MN. It’s near the ocean and many beaches; it has warm weather and the school is beautiful. The thing I don’t figure out is the outside, from the main street (College St?), the school looks just old and poorly constructed. I thought the facade should look better than that.</p>
<p>Georgia College is the state’s counterpart to UM-Morris. Beautiful, warm, historic with about 5,000 undergrads - third most selective school in the state system after Ga Tech and UGA:</p>
<p>[Georgia</a> College](<a href=“http://www.gcsu.edu/]Georgia”>http://www.gcsu.edu/)</p>