rightfit

Hi,

What are the differences between these two schools? I keep reading more and more about Elon being highly selective with an average GPA above 3.8 but then I read about it as a suggestion for an average B student. That seems like conflicting information to me.

It seems like there are two issues about choosing a college - first being accepted but more importantly fitting in after you're accepted.

Any thoughts about these two schools are welcome.
Thanks

jack

As you know, Elon is private and so more expensive than UNC-A. It's a beautiful campus; students seem very happy there; located in a small, small town (Elon). The town itself used to be called Elon College, but when the College changed to a University a few years ago, they dropped the "College" from the town name, so it's just Elon now. Very small-- nothing to do there--at all-- but the campus is beautiful. I would not say this is a "highly selective" school-- at all, but it has a good (and growing) reputation. For some reason, people in the NE and on CC seem to be very enamored with it. My guess is-- it's a good LAC that's relatively inexpensive for LAC's (relative to the NE, certainly). Not a difficult admit, though. Very strong in musical theatre, especially.

UNC-A is also a very nice campus, small, and located in the city of Asheville, which is a great city, beautiful location in the mountains, lots to do. Also not "highly selective" at all, but--again--students seem to love it. In fact, I know 2 kids who have just transferred, after their freshman year, from Elon to UNC-A, though not sure why. They probably just wanted to be in Asheville. I don't know what their relative strengths are, but I was up there back in the fall, giving a presentation. Very nice kids-- who put together this speaker series on their own, and got money for it-- and organized the whole thing-- so they were interested, organized, and very appreciative. I think the campus has just undergone (or in the middle of) extensive campus renovations.

Sorry I don't know much about all the academic offerings at either. While Elon's campus is really beautiful, you are stuck in Elon. Just a lot more going on in Asheville. You should try to visit both if you haven't already.