<p>Your thread title caught my attention as I was doing a pre-dawn, can not sleep scroll through the CC threads! I am happy to report that as someone who grew up in the suburbs of Boston and went to college in the southern city of New Orleans I think I fared/turned out perfectly fine later in life! Now I live in Florida and would not change a thing! The south has been pretty darn good to me!</p>
<p>So much of your college experience has to do with what YOU make of it rather than where you are planted. </p>
<p>Somewhere along the line in this thread being close to the beach was mentioned. I hope that this is because you find peace and tranquility from being close to the ocean and NOT that you want to work on a tan! The later could be a problem in being a motivated pre-med student. If being close to the ocean is important to you then the schools you mention are probably not the best choices as you will have a bit of a drive. You might want to consider more of the Florida schools such as the following public schools: University of North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida Atlantic University, or New College of Florida. Private Schools such as Flagler College or Eckerd College.</p>