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Are you a southerner?  How did northerners fit in?[/quote]

Yes, I grew up in the south. The student body was mostly southern of course but I don't know what the percentages were. I don't remember there being any issue with kids from outside the south not fitting in. (I never heard anyone described as "northern" or distinguished on that basis, if that helps).  My best friends there grew up on the West Coast, actually.  There were a few New Yorkers  (also Connecticut),  some from NJ, and a number from the DC area.  They appeared to be as involved and as happy as everyone else. I'm sure the school can tell you how many students have enrolled recently from each state but when I was there it seemed that the geographic areas that were most heavily represented were the Carolinas (Charlotte / Charleston), Nashville TN, and Kentucky. Also a fair number from New Orleans and Houston, TX.  Honestly I would not be overly concerned with the northern/southern thing (but of course since I was from the south I may have been less tuned into that than kids from other areas). It is a factor but in my view less important than academic interests & the location issue (remote vs urban).

In my experience the students there were generally friendly and a happy group. Like many situations in life, people gravitated toward one another & made friends based on interests/activities (and to some degree random freshman roommate placement!) rather than geographic origin.

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