Please recommend good colleges in the South

[Anonymous]

13:23 it depends on what you mean by huge universities. BC I think of those as mid size schools as opposed to massive state schools that I think of as huge universities. The schools you listed are around 8k undergrad and that is by no means huge. The small liberal arts schools of New England are around 500, which is too small for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Liberal Arts is the goal, then actually, at least according to the US News rankings, the top Southern Liberal Arts schools are Davidson and W&L (in the top 20 nationally), University of Richmond (not sure this is deep South), Sewanee (#33) and Furman (#42).

Almost all of the top liberal arts colleges are in New England, NY/PA or, for some reason, Claremont, CA. Vandy, Duke, Tulane are all huge universities, so I guess it depends on what OP and her DC are looking for.

It seems we are looking for an interesting mix of C/W Music, BBQ, southern gentility, with a liberal arts program which could provide a solid foundation and a springboard to graduate school for law, journalism, or business. Thankfully we have some time.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:41, Tulane had a similar grant given but it was more to attract the highest level candidates and had less to do about financial need. As in many students in my graduating classes were drawn by the $12k - full ride they got for being valedictorian etc of their hs class.

W&L already had the George Washington Honor scholarship program, which is purely merit based. 25% of the incoming class is a GW scholarship winner with awards ranging from half tuition (about 30 awards) to full tuition or total cost of attendance (about 85 awards). Those awards go primarily to students that do not have financial need. So, with the addition of the Johnson scholarship program, almost half of every incoming class at W&L is on a large scholarship. Can you tell I am an alumni admissions volunteer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Liberal Arts is the goal, then actually, at least according to the US News rankings, the top Southern Liberal Arts schools are Davidson and W&L (in the top 20 nationally), University of Richmond (not sure this is deep South), Sewanee (#33) and Furman (#42).

Almost all of the top liberal arts colleges are in New England, NY/PA or, for some reason, Claremont, CA. Vandy, Duke, Tulane are all huge universities, so I guess it depends on what OP and her DC are looking for.

It seems we are looking for an interesting mix of C/W Music, BBQ, southern gentility, with a liberal arts program which could provide a solid foundation and a springboard to graduate school for law, journalism, or business. Thankfully we have some time.

Thanks

Married to Furman poster here. Any of the schools noted in this list or the Vandy, Duke, etc. list would give you those things, but so would many other schools. It depends on your DC and his (?) grades, LSAT/MCAT/etc. scores. My FIL was one of the only ones in the family not to go to Furman. He went to Rhodes. He went to the same top 10-20 law school as my DH. (Yes, they have a thing about all going to the same schools! I fight against this for my own kids, although I actually think Furman is a great school. I just insist the kids are going to my Yankee school, but we'll see when the time comes where THEY want to go.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Liberal Arts is the goal, then actually, at least according to the US News rankings, the top Southern Liberal Arts schools are Davidson and W&L (in the top 20 nationally), University of Richmond (not sure this is deep South), Sewanee (#33) and Furman (#42).

Almost all of the top liberal arts colleges are in New England, NY/PA or, for some reason, Claremont, CA. Vandy, Duke, Tulane are all huge universities, so I guess it depends on what OP and her DC are looking for.

It seems we are looking for an interesting mix of C/W Music, BBQ, southern gentility, with a liberal arts program which could provide a solid foundation and a springboard to graduate school for law, journalism, or business. Thankfully we have some time.

Thanks

Married to Furman poster here. Any of the schools noted in this list or the Vandy, Duke, etc. list would give you those things, but so would many other schools. It depends on your DC and his (?) grades, LSAT/MCAT/etc. scores. My FIL was one of the only ones in the family not to go to Furman. He went to Rhodes. He went to the same top 10-20 law school as my DH. (Yes, they have a thing about all going to the same schools! I fight against this for my own kids, although I actually think Furman is a great school. I just insist the kids are going to my Yankee school, but we'll see when the time comes where THEY want to go.)

Not a Yankees fan, but I too favor Yankee schools and Rock'n Roll. However, DC seems dedicated to college in the deep south, C/W, and BBQ. Seems your family has had wonderful experiences at Furman. That's great to know b/c it never would have crossed my mind before -- only because although I knew of Furman, I didn't know anything about it. Your recommendation is important to me. We are going to do some serious research about Furman. Furman may be just right for our DC.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Sewanee?

[Anonymous]

Rhodes, Millsaps, Sewanee, Furman, College of Charleston, Berry, Elon, UNC-Asheville, Belmont, Trinity Univ., Hollins, Agnes Scott, Sweet Briar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Liberal Arts is the goal, then actually, at least according to the US News rankings, the top Southern Liberal Arts schools are Davidson and W&L (in the top 20 nationally), University of Richmond (not sure this is deep South), Sewanee (#33) and Furman (#42).

Almost all of the top liberal arts colleges are in New England, NY/PA or, for some reason, Claremont, CA. Vandy, Duke, Tulane are all huge universities, so I guess it depends on what OP and her DC are looking for.

It seems we are looking for an interesting mix of C/W Music, BBQ, southern gentility, with a liberal arts program which could provide a solid foundation and a springboard to graduate school for law, journalism, or business. Thankfully we have some time.

Thanks

OP If this is what you are looking for I think Ole Miss would be a perfect fit for your child.
http://www.olemiss.edu/info/quickfacts/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Liberal Arts is the goal, then actually, at least according to the US News rankings, the top Southern Liberal Arts schools are Davidson and W&L (in the top 20 nationally), University of Richmond (not sure this is deep South), Sewanee (#33) and Furman (#42).

Almost all of the top liberal arts colleges are in New England, NY/PA or, for some reason, Claremont, CA. Vandy, Duke, Tulane are all huge universities, so I guess it depends on what OP and her DC are looking for.

New College of Florida is a very good public liberal arts college. Tuition is around $7000 for instate and $3000 for out of state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rhodes, Millsaps, Sewanee, Furman, College of Charleston, Berry, Elon, UNC-Asheville, Belmont, Trinity Univ., Hollins, Agnes Scott, Sweet Briar.

Elon seems to have become vary popular at the MoCo high performing high schools. What's the attraction?

[Anonymous]

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