<p>I have a question; if you go to a "deep south" school will it hurt you later in life? As in when applying to medical school/law school/graduate schools/applying to jobs?</p>
<p>Examples:
Louisiana State University
University of Mississippi
University of Georgia
University of Florida</p>
<p>Seriously? And if you think UF is considered a “deep south” school you might want to do some further research.</p>
<p>My friend, you might want to do some research. UF is located in Florida (obviously) which is technically a deep south state. It’s further south than Alabama. I’m not saying Florida is a bad school or state (I was born in Florida and I have family who live there). But I’m from up north and there seems to be a negative connotation with “deep south” here.</p>
<p>My friend, I spend 6 years at UF (and went down there from the north). I know plenty about it. It is not, NOT a “deep south” school, nor is much of FL really “deep south”. If you have such negative stereotypes, then these schools are not for you.</p>
<p>Mr friend, I do not have these stereotypes, but others do. Florida, including Gainesville, is geographically considered “deep south”.</p>
<p>So is Miami. Its not considered a “deep south” school in the stereotypic sense either. Nor is Emory, etc. Geography isnt everything.</p>
<p>The question is ridiculous. What are you thinking? Do you think that those who go to southern schools are jobless or working at McDonalds? Do you think they don’t get into med/dental/law/XXX schools? Do you think that they aren’t getting jobs at high tech companies?</p>
<p>Both of my kids go/went to Bama. The younger one is graduating in May. The older one got accepted to every PhD math program he applied to, including top schools. My younger son currently has 3 med school acceptances. All of his premed friends have multiple med school acceptances. Getting ONE MD acceptance is a big achievement. Holding multiple MD SOM acceptances is wonderful. </p>
<p>You seem very naive about southern schools.</p>
<p>BTW…although Bama is obviously in Alabama, it also is not a “deep south” school. It is a very popular school and enrolls students from all over the country. This year’s frosh class is about 55% OOS. </p>
<p>Maybe we’re not understanding what you mean. What do you mean by “deep south”…are you talking about where a school is located geographically…the SE part of the US? or are you talking about something else?</p>
<p>What are you TALKING about?</p>
<p>Take a look at the US census and where the cities are growing in the US.</p>
<p>Nobody considers FL to be a southern state.</p>
<p>But, the others are just fine, as well. </p>
<p>Hurt you for WHAT?</p>
<p>My bigger question, with this question, is whether you ought to go down there with this really stereotypical attitude. Don’t go to school down there to criticize the culture.</p>
<p>OP, how can it hurt you in life? What are you afraid of? That some idiot will make a joke about rednecks and inbreeding? So what? People on graduate admissions committees are smarter than that. Try being from New Jersey if you want to be the butt of jokes.</p>
<p>Florida is in the deep south the same way San Diego is.</p>
<p>So going to a school like Louisiana State University or University of Alabama would be alright? By “deep south” I’m referring to the following states (this is just what people up here in New York usually consider deep south. none of this is my opinion):
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida</p>
<p>Note: That while we consider Texas and Florida to be geographically “deep south” we understand that the culture is much different in those places and the economy, social scene, and people are also different.</p>
<p>Yes! absolutely.</p>
<p>As long as you can be happy there and not be that northerner who is “better than…”</p>
<p>Yes, either would be all right.</p>
<p>I thought people in New York considered Florida to be the sixth borough. Maybe that’s just Miami.</p>
<p>
Look at your thread title. You clearly do have a stereotyped view if you wonder if coming south will scar your academic, personal or professional life. Is the south different? Of course it is. What exactly are you concerned about? And what is you current knowledge/belief system about the vast expanse of land south of the Mason-Dixon line? BTW, small hint-- its pretty varied.</p>
<p>Well up here we hear lots of stories or racism, including a Mississippi school that had segregated proms until 2008 when Morgan Freeman called them out on it. Many people think that the south is the capital of the obesity epidemic. Personally I don’t have these views. I want to live somewhere warm, and I want to be near the ocean. I don’t think I’m better than anyone, I don’t think anyone’s better than I am. We are all just different people with different talents, abilities, aspirations, and goals.</p>
<p>I think if you could just go with an open mind, you would learn a LOT.</p>
<p>The view from the Northeast is rather limited in terms of what the south and southerners are really like. (I’m from Chicago, but I married a southerner)</p>
<p>The media has an idea that is really not all that accurate. For example on the show Weeds, they portrayed a very cosmopolitan area of North Carolina as if it is town full of rednecks. There are more rednecks in the state of Massachusetts, once you leave Boston, than in this town. But, you’d have thought, if you believed the show, that … well, you get the picture.</p>
<p>ETA: there are a lot of nonsensical northern stereotypes, particularly from parts of the country which have such segregated populations and which have so few minorities. 30% of the population is african american in Mississippi. Chicago is factually the most segregated city in the country, not a southern city, though try telling that to the media. You should look into what is really going on. Go ahead and find out the facts.</p>
<p>Go visit if you get in and see what you think. I think you might be rather surprised.</p>
<p>You bring up a good point. Up here there are many rednecks. Especially in rural Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. I honestly have nothing against the south. Otherwise I wouldn’t be applying there. It would be an honor to attend LSU, Alabama, or Mississippi.</p>
<p>Think about it. You really think college campuses are going to be somehow subpar because of the location? No decent profs, research, facilities; downtime spent among caricatures? Crazy. Not only is FL full of non-southerners, so are many southern college towns or research areas.</p>
<p>Many non-southern areas are also subject to racism and unpleasant attitudes. There cannot be sweeping generalizations. Check the strengths of your specific programs, then visit. Don’t assume.</p>
<p>Be aware that what goes on at this high school or that high school in any region has no bearing on what a university is like. K-12 institutions are run by locals. Universities consist of Presidents, Provosts, and profs who come from EVERYWHERE and have degrees from top univs. </p>
<p>To mention what may be occurring at some (likely) rural high school in Mississippi is irrelevant. Don’t you think that there have been crazy things happening in high schools on the west coast or east coast? How does that affect UCLA or UMass?</p>