<p>I'm from New York and i plan on attending college in the fall of 2011. I have decided what my majors going to be, but am unsure of where i want to go to college. They type of enviornment i want to be in should have a warm climate with a beach nearby. I would like to be in a place where the seasons change just as long as it doesn't get too cold around winter and i would also prefer to stay on the east coast. Now i'd appreciate it if someone could give me schools matching this criteria.</p>
<p>I don’t know your stats, but the first school that comes to mind is UNC-Wilmington.</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>What major(s)?</p>
<p>How much will your parents spend?</p>
<p>The answers to those questions will likely determine where you should apply.</p>
<p>My gpa is about ah 3.7 i received a 19 on my ACT but I’ll be taking it over i know my grades will improve on it. Im going to major in finance, and my mom isn’t trying to spend more than $30,000. Can you make sure the city has an open job marke.</p>
<p>$30k per year or $30k total?</p>
<p>Disregarding the cost of attendance for now (you do need to look into it and financial aid options):</p>
<p>In North Carolina - UNC Wilmington, East Carolina
In South Carolina - Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston
Georgia - Not much on the coast
Northern Florida - Florida State, Univ. of North Florida</p>
<p>A year … And i know im going to fill out some scholarships hopefully i get them. Is UNC a good school ?</p>
<p>maybe Monmouth Univ in NJ. I may be more familiar with it because I’m from NJ but a lot of its social scene is basically based around the New Jersey shore (NOT the show). Practically everyone I know who goes there seems to spend time at the beach. It does get pretty cold around winter though, similar weather to NY state.</p>
<p>Disregarding the cost of attendance for now (you do need to look into it and financial aid options):</p>
<p>Not good advice…especially for a student with a 19 ACT (39th percentile). A school that will likely accept a 19 ACT won’t likely give good aid.</p>
<p>**Finance major…so you need a college with a good B-school **that will accept an ACT 19…hmmmm. That’s going to be tough, but we’ll find some!</p>
<p>How important is having the ocean nearby? (After all, you’ll be at school during “non-beach” months…LOL)</p>
<p>What else do you want in a school? </p>
<p>quiet campus?</p>
<p>rah rah spirited campus with big sports to watch?</p>
<p>Lots of clubs?</p>
<p>UNC-Wilmington is not as strong as UNC-Chapel Hill. Its reputation may be improving but its not at Chapel Hill’s level. Here’s a thread on it: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-wilmington/783703-welcome-new-university-north-carolina-wilmington-forum.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-wilmington/783703-welcome-new-university-north-carolina-wilmington-forum.html</a></p>
<p>It meets your criteria of moderate climate and being close to the beach. I’m not sure those should be the most important criteria for college but so be it. For a career in finance coming from there you’ll probably be looking at Charlotte (a major banking center) or maybe Raleigh-Durham. </p>
<p>College of Charleston is a hot school right now and also might be worth a look. (Great city, nice beaches nearby.) You probably need to raise your ACT.</p>
<p>If your goal is to go back to NY though, you probably should look to the Northeast schools regardless of climate.</p>
<p>@ mom2collegekids im not that worried about my low ACT scor of 19 because i know i can do better last time i took it it was a last minute thing. I will be taking it again and i plan on scoring at least a 25. </p>
<p>A beach is fairly important to me because having one close-by has always been how i expected my college experience to be. The surrouding are can’t be boring ; I don’t want to be in the middle of nowhere. I’d like to have a numerous amount of clubs around and things to do like dave and busters pool halls etc. </p>
<p>the type of campus i want to be on is the thing i don’t know about i wouldn’t mind a commuter campus but i’d rather a campus where people are involved. Also i don’t really want to be in a dorm.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info but that’s the thing i don’t want to come back to New York when i leave i just want to be gone for good. Florida is really where i want to go but are there schools worth it ? And a warm climate and beach near-by aren’t the main things im basing my college of choice on those are just aspects i’d like the city to have if i plan on staying for 4 years or even permanantley. I don’t think the Carolinas is somewhere i could see myself but if it comes down to it I’ll go.</p>
<p>Hawaii Pacific University starts admission at ACT 18 to 23, has finance major at bachelors and masters level , cost around $25,000 per year, leaves room for an airfare home.
Its private not for profit.
Univ of Hawaii-Manoa is public, cost is $12k net but the ACT admissions start at 21 to 26 the finance major is larger with over 100 kids in the program.
I heard the waves are killers…</p>
<p>What about Flagler College in Jacksonville, FL?</p>
<p>@theresacpa They sent me something in the mail is Flagler a good school ? I’vw also looked at the University of North FLorida and Fiu ; Do you know anything abou those schools ?</p>
<p>Don’t know anything about them, but I bet someone on here does. Did you try searching for Flagler in the threads?</p>
<p>Flagler is in St. Augustine. Beautiful campus. Students integrate into the city nicely, but I don’t really know anything about the academics.</p>
<p>New College of Florida and Eckard-liberal arts colleges in Florida. Don’t know if they have a business major, but they surely have Economics.</p>
<p>*Also i don’t really want to be in a dorm. *</p>
<p>Well, many schools these days are requiring freshmen to live on campus the first year. What do you have against dorms?</p>
<p>I think Monmouth is a good idea. So is Flagler.</p>
<p>Hawaii Pacific costs a bit more than $25k…</p>
<p>Total Estimated Costs for 2010-2011:</p>
<p>Tuition… $15,720</p>
<p>Room and Board… $11,648</p>
<h2>books…$1,000</h2>
<p>Direct costs…about…$28,000 Plus personal expenses and misc costs.</p>
<p>So, probably still do-able.</p>
<p>When do you get your new ACT scores ?</p>
<p>@ricegal no but im going to search in the threads now thanks</p>
<p>@M’s mom what part of florida is it in ?</p>