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[quote=TheSpanishDoctor]I taught at Elon for a few years (2011-2015) when I was a grad student at UNC. It was a 45-minute drive from my house in Durham. While not huge cities, Durham and Chapel Hill have a lot to offer and are not too far away if anyone's worried about Elon being in the middle of nowhere. Raleigh is closer to an hour away. Elon's only 25 minutes from Greensboro, not a world class city by any stretch, but it somehow tends to get a ton of good concerts at the Greensboro Coliseum. Elon also has a law school in Greensboro.

The students at Elon were about 80% OOS, especially from the Northeast. (At UNC it was about the opposite with some 80% being in-state students.) The OOS students at Elon were especially into their Greek life and would often wear buttons and gear with their Greek letters. I heard that about 1/3 of the school was in Greek life. Things may have changed by now.

I enjoyed most of my classes and had a lot of fun teaching there. There was a program there to allow professors and students to have lunch together on or just off campus. I'd take 5 students to lunch each semester, starting with whoever showed up to office hours first. I'd also take struggling students or students that were just really into Spanish.

I once invited my advanced Spanish class to a musical being put on by Cuban performers at UNC. They carpooled to my house for dinner, and we drove the 10 minutes to UNC. Those were good times.

Speaking of good times, College Coffee on Tuesday mornings was always fun. I could catch up with colleagues and students while enjoying coffee and a snack.

During the week, OP's kid will be busy with going to class, studying and socializing. If your kid really wants to explore, I'm sure they'll get to visit RDU, Greensboro and Charlotte at some point while they're at Elon.[/quote]

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