<p>hey guys. so i'm a senior in high school this year and i truly have no idea where to go to college. i live in ny and would definitely like to get out of the northeast. i want warmth because i love being outdoors. my gpa is 4.0 with 2120 sats so yeah i have good stats but considering i don't have an exotic ethnicity, my chances at ivy schools may be slim. anyway i could use some suggestions of top schools in the south that don't revolve only around academics. i may be smart, but i like to party too and a good live music scene would definitely be a positive. also a liberal school, nothing too conservative i wouldn't survive. thanks a bunch</p>
<p>Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Rice would fit the bill. Lots of music in and around campus- more liberal than Vandy (which I also love). Vandy wins in the music department, of course, since it is in Music City.</p>
<p>sounds like vandy</p>
<p>Isn't this what Duke was created for? Of course, you'd have to leave Durham for the live music scene.</p>
<p>Tulane, Duke, Stanford, USC.</p>
<p>^^ USC is in the Southwest, not the South (which is what I think the OP means when he/she says "southern school").</p>
<p>Nor is Stanfurd in the South.</p>
<p>Duke, William & Mary, Emory, Vanderbilt, Davidson, Rice, Wake Forest are good southern schools that are moderate to liberal. Vanderbilt has prob the best party scene being in NashVegas. Cant be touched on live music scene.</p>
<p>Kyledavid, don't be so quick to assume USC means University of Southern California. Perhaps Ricegal was referring to the University of South Carolina, which definitely is in the South...Go Gamecocks!! However, I wouldn't consider U S. Carolina to be a top southern school.</p>
<p>I feel guilty, but I've never, ever considered any schools in the South. I'm pretty liberal, and I like my Bush-basshing and city-slicker style and pretending to be scene and hardcore rock. But maybe I'm wrong in thinking the South can't accomodate these needs.</p>
<p>Am I missing out?</p>
<p>Wake Forest is a badly overrated school. It cannot hold a candle to UNC or UVA.</p>
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<p>Ah yes, and to think I didn't even point out that Stanford isn't in the South. (Though I assumed USC = so Cal because she was naming private schools.)</p>
<p>University of Virginia? Definitely one of the best schools in the South, along with Emory, Vanderbilt, and Duke.</p>
<p>University of Texas at Austin - what southern school can beat Austin's music scene?</p>
<p>Duke and Emory are the most liberal.</p>
<p>tsdad,
I'm a little surprised by your harsh statement on Wake Forest. Why do you think it is overrated and especially so compared to U Virginia and U North Carolina?</p>
<p>UT-Austin is probably the most liberal university in the South/Southeast and in terms of faculty quality/overall departmental strength, second to none. In terms of undergrad, UT's peer assessment score is third after only Duke and UVA (grad is much stronger).</p>
<p>Duke, Emory, and Rice are not as liberal, or located in cities as liberal as Austin (although Houston is actually quite more liberal than it is typically given credit for). It's just that Rice is generally perceived as more middle of the road or even apathetic politically compared to UT.</p>
<p>Are you serious? UT Austin has no where near the liberal sentiment of Emory or Duke. Compared to Texas A&M maybe.</p>
<p>Duke liberal? Compared to UT? Are you seriously trying to be funny?</p>