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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is looking for a college to transfer to after an unexpected gap year due to illness. He's is now Okay but did poorly last spring at a selective U (that he doesn't want to return to)and it brought his GPA down to a 3.0. He has almost 60 credits including 26 AP credits with 4s and 5s. His high school GPA was 3.9 (unweighted) and had 2240 SAT/ 34 ACT. He wants a school in a city or good college town with self designed majors and/or not stringent requirements so he doesn't have to spend extra time to graduate. He prefers warmer weather. I'm helping him research and I would like a school with a good support system in case he has medical issues (and he became somewhat depressed due to these issues). At this point cost is less important than finding a good fit, but I'd prefer less than $35k tuition (he had a big scholarship prior). He is interested in foreign language, graphic design, videography... He's looking internationally too but I want to give him solid US options. Please help!! Online searches not too helpful. [/quote]

If he needs support, then he is probably better off closer to home.  I do not think weather should be a factor in his decision.  That's completely frivolous.  I would suggest looking for something within driving distance (even up to 6-7 hours) of your home with the majors he wants (mainly the tech areas, which you can't find everywhere).  Once you find the best schools in that area, with those majors, start reading reviews of the campus culture and then narrow it down from there.  But start with the location and the major (and price, of course).  The rest needs to be secondary.[/quote]

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