Help understanding the vibe of SC and NC colleges!

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,
I’m a Los Angeles mom of a HS junior looking for your help. My DD is considering several schools in SC and NC due to the weather. She doesn’t want to stay super close to home but wants mild winters. I know nothing of schools in the area and while it’s easy to research academics and stats I’m hoping for some more insight regarding the social aspect and types of kids that attend some of these schools. My concern is that DD is a very laid back west coast type girl and I’m worried she won’t fit in there socially. We are an affluent family but DD is not into material things. For example, she doesn’t own a single designer handbag, by choice. Her usual wardrobe is baggy jeans and crop tops or hoodies. She doesn’t usually wear dresses. She started HS at a private school and really hated it and is now much happier in public school.

These are the schools she could consider. I’d really appreciate any insight.

Clemson
NC State
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
College of Charleston
USC
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

I already figure out that she probably won’t like Elon and she tends to prefer larger schools.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
I’m a Los Angeles mom of a HS junior looking for your help. My DD is considering several schools in SC and NC due to the weather. She doesn’t want to stay super close to home but wants mild winters. I know nothing of schools in the area and while it’s easy to research academics and stats I’m hoping for some more insight regarding the social aspect and types of kids that attend some of these schools. My concern is that DD is a very laid back west coast type girl and I’m worried she won’t fit in there socially. We are an affluent family but DD is not into material things. For example, she doesn’t own a single designer handbag, by choice. Her usual wardrobe is baggy jeans and crop tops or hoodies. She doesn’t usually wear dresses. She started HS at a private school and really hated it and is now much happier in public school.

These are the schools she could consider. I’d really appreciate any insight.

Clemson
NC State
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
College of Charleston
USC
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

I already figure out that she probably won’t like Elon and she tends to prefer larger schools.

Thank you!

She might have difficulty fitting in at Southern schools.

[Anonymous]

She should look at Arizona maybe.

These colleges are all Southern culture and the humidity is killer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
I’m a Los Angeles mom of a HS junior looking for your help. My DD is considering several schools in SC and NC due to the weather. She doesn’t want to stay super close to home but wants mild winters. I know nothing of schools in the area and while it’s easy to research academics and stats I’m hoping for some more insight regarding the social aspect and types of kids that attend some of these schools. My concern is that DD is a very laid back west coast type girl and I’m worried she won’t fit in there socially. We are an affluent family but DD is not into material things. For example, she doesn’t own a single designer handbag, by choice. Her usual wardrobe is baggy jeans and crop tops or hoodies. She doesn’t usually wear dresses. She started HS at a private school and really hated it and is now much happier in public school.

These are the schools she could consider. I’d really appreciate any insight.

Clemson
NC State
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
College of Charleston
USC
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

I already figure out that she probably won’t like Elon and she tends to prefer larger schools.

Thank you!

She might have difficulty fitting in at Southern schools.

CA mom here. We toured a few of these schools. UNC Wilmington felt very much like a commuter school. We were there in a Friday afternoon and there was a stream of cars leaving campus.

USC was a decent large university. My child took it off the list after getting a major racist vibe (we are white). They also did not like how everything seemed to revolve around athletics and Greek life.

ECU has a way out ina rural area. DC was unimpressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
I’m a Los Angeles mom of a HS junior looking for your help. My DD is considering several schools in SC and NC due to the weather. She doesn’t want to stay super close to home but wants mild winters. I know nothing of schools in the area and while it’s easy to research academics and stats I’m hoping for some more insight regarding the social aspect and types of kids that attend some of these schools. My concern is that DD is a very laid back west coast type girl and I’m worried she won’t fit in there socially. We are an affluent family but DD is not into material things. For example, she doesn’t own a single designer handbag, by choice. Her usual wardrobe is baggy jeans and crop tops or hoodies. She doesn’t usually wear dresses. She started HS at a private school and really hated it and is now much happier in public school.

These are the schools she could consider. I’d really appreciate any insight.

Clemson
NC State
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
College of Charleston
USC
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

I already figure out that she probably won’t like Elon and she tends to prefer larger schools.

Thank you!

She might have difficulty fitting in at Southern schools.

Oh please. Clearly you've never been to half the schools on this list.

Op, ignore PP. East Carolina kids are down to earth, kind of a party school. Most of these schools have diverse student bodies with varying interests.

The only one that's remotely hoity-toity is College of Charleston, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Consider University of New Mexico or New Mexico State University.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
I’m a Los Angeles mom of a HS junior looking for your help. My DD is considering several schools in SC and NC due to the weather. She doesn’t want to stay super close to home but wants mild winters. I know nothing of schools in the area and while it’s easy to research academics and stats I’m hoping for some more insight regarding the social aspect and types of kids that attend some of these schools. My concern is that DD is a very laid back west coast type girl and I’m worried she won’t fit in there socially. We are an affluent family but DD is not into material things. For example, she doesn’t own a single designer handbag, by choice. Her usual wardrobe is baggy jeans and crop tops or hoodies. She doesn’t usually wear dresses. She started HS at a private school and really hated it and is now much happier in public school.

These are the schools she could consider. I’d really appreciate any insight.

Clemson
NC State
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
College of Charleston
USC
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

I already figure out that she probably won’t like Elon and she tends to prefer larger schools.

Thank you!

She might have difficulty fitting in at Southern schools.

Oh please. Clearly you've never been to half the schools on this list.

Op, ignore PP. East Carolina kids are down to earth, kind of a party school. Most of these schools have diverse student bodies with varying interests.

The only one that's remotely hoity-toity is College of Charleston, IMO.

I have been to every school on the list.

Please ignore any poster who uses the phrase "hoity-toity" as clearly this poster is unfamiliar with these Southern schools unless referring to Ole Miss--a school at which your daughter would probably be very uncomfortable.

[Anonymous]

Look at App State in Boone.

[Anonymous]

She’d do fine at

UNC Wilmington
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina

[Anonymous]

What’s UNC Asheville like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at App State in Boone.

Not if she wants warm winters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She should look at Arizona maybe.

These colleges are all Southern culture and the humidity is killer.

Arizona
Texas

There are so many choices in CA. I would look in-state first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s UNC Asheville like?

Hippy, granola, think naked forest drumming. Cold winters.

[Anonymous]

Are you guys made of money?

To me it's super bizarre to fly across the country to go to a school like ECU or Coastal Carolina when she could go to a state school in CA for less. And still have warm weather. And fit in better.

She doesn't want a school that revolves around sororities and frats? Why then would she go to any of these schools?

[Anonymous]

Why fhe hell would you leave California to third tier toilet schools in the south east?

You have options in AZ as well