<p>My son is really looking forward to going to Clemson and he is a great kid. He is not going south to party. He does love college sports and I will say that it is the one school that he visited and remembered every single detail. He almost went to Pittsburgh but just this week decided Clemson was definitely the one for him. We are from New Jersey/New York and also own a home in Durham, N.C. My husband was actually worried about how he would be accepted coming from the northeast. I think he will be fine. I would not be shocked if he DID want to stay south after he graduates. I hope I am right and not my husband. Try not to judge kids by their location amc…he certainly did not. I am hoping he will be embraced by southern hospitality! We are all very excited for him!</p>
<p>I try not to. I just have not come across someone who is from the north who has gone to the midwest/south and been there for the right reasons so I am biased. Like I said I’m sure there are kids from the northeast at clemson who will not be like the kids I have talked about.</p>
<p>for anybody looking for a hotel for orientation, clemson has special rates with local hotels for students coming to orientation, the rates are here: <a href=“http://www.clemson.edu/studentaffairs/orientation/multimedia/pdf/altAreaAccommodations.pdf[/url]”>http://www.clemson.edu/studentaffairs/orientation/multimedia/pdf/altAreaAccommodations.pdf</a></p>
<p>AMC, I don’t understand what you mean, “right reasons”. Are you strictly talking USNEWS rankings? If so, very few kids from the north would ever go south. I don’t think there is any responsibility for kids going to Clemson or USC to remain in the area. They are paying more for their education than SC residents. I just don’t see where you are coming from. Many more northern kids probably would stay in SC if it weren’t for the huge intellectual gap. The bottom line is it will be hard to get top jobs in South Carolina and other southern states. Why not move home and find multiple job options after college?</p>
<p>hey mitch and anybody who can answer this, are sporting events like football and basketball free for students, some people say tickets are free but online it says that games cost $30-40 per student</p>
<p>Another thing, does everyone wear shirts and tie to football games or is that just the frat crowd. I’m not southern and don’t think I could handle that lol.</p>
<p>Football, baseball, basketball, etc tickets are free for students. Students aren’t guaranteed tickets for football or basketball (for baseball you just show your student ID and walk in). I haven’t had a problem getting tickets for any game so far. As an underclassmen, many people join IPTAY for football tickets. IPTAY is a booster club (~$40 a year) that supports Clemson athletics. For football, they have a special seating section that is likely better than anything a freshmen or sophomore could get. (quoted from earlier in this thread).</p>
<p>Is it mostly the fraternities that wear ties to football games. The majority of the male student body does not.</p>
<p>amc - sorry but we don’t fit stereotype you’re concerned with. our kid considered only southern/midwestern schools b/c wants to get away from more frenetic pace up north - prefers friendlier, more laid back environments. Clemson is great, would probably stay in area post grad but as someone else said, few corporate employment choices. Atlanta and NC cities are options, but they also have lots of good schools w/ties to companies. We’re from midwest/south and plan to return.</p>
<p>I think most kids from the north go to Clemson just because they want to experience a different part of the country & they don’t really know what to expect. My son is finishing his 3rd year & has not decided if he will stay in the south or come back to the north when he graduates… most likely will depend on where he gets offered a job.</p>
<p>Again…I’m not saying this goes for every kid that is coming out of the northeast. But this is not my first year going to college, and have been to a university where a ton of northeastern kids have flocked to and make it to the point where it feels like I never even left home. There was an article recently done on Indiana University entitled “Bloomington to Bloomingdales” where it talks about how much IU has changed because of the recent years of kids frome NY/NJ etc coming there. It would just annoy me that I came to a school to come for a desperate need in a change of scenery and have it be transformed by kids who are only there for a few years before heading right back. And from the sound of it, it sounds like your kids would too.</p>
<p>I saw somewhere that only about 20% of Holmes is freshmen. Do these freshmen normally get roomed on the same floor so as to create a good way to meet friends? Or are all classes completely mixed together?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard that number before- most of the people I know that have lived in Holmes did so their freshman year and then moved elsewhere (usually Stadium Suites). From what I know, most of the freshman are grouped together in Holmes (many of my honors friends who are Juniors lived near each other in the dorm).</p>
<p>How is the English department? I may be interested in becoming a screenwriter/print journalist. Also, how hard is Clemson to get into? Is a 3.0-3.3 with honor classes enough or a 4.0 for an out of state person? How far is Clemson from cities such as Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte? How far is it from the beach and mountains? Any idea on the swim team and how competitive it is to get into? I really haven’t heard much about the school.</p>
<p>ah early_college, my friend from the Bowdoin-Emory debate</p>
<p>I live in Massachusetts and I was accepted into engineering (one of the toughest majors) with the following stats:
GPA: 3.06 (unweighted out of 4.33), 3.8 (weighted out of 5.33)
SAT: 2010
ACT: 34
Mostly Honors classes, 4 AP classes</p>
<p>Clemson is 2 hours away from Atlanta and Charlotte by car, there’s also Amtrak which can get you to both cities and a greyhound station nearby. Clemson is in the mountains and is pretty far from the beach (aka Charleston/Myrtle Beach), I’d say 5-6 hours away?</p>
<p>charleston is like 3-3 1/2 hours from clemson depending on how fast you drive.</p>
<p>Thanks pierre, my friend from the Bowdoin- Emory debate. If your intrested in Clemson, I would have thought you may have liked Georgia Tech. What is your stats % wise? I don’t understand your GPA much. I am in all honor classes and have took an AP so far.</p>
<p>This is how my school’s GPA works
A+ = 4.33
A = 4.00
A- = 3.66
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.00</p>
<p>and on and on</p>
<p>my GPA is a 3.06
I am ranked in the middle to lower 50% of my high school class</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say Clemson is in the mountains. Like amc said, the beach is much closer.</p>
<p>So you just need a 3.0 for Clemson?</p>
<p>well considering the fact that half of my school is going to a US News top 40 ranked school, my answer would be no, I’m just a special case haha</p>
<p>I think a B+/A- should be good enough for Clemson though</p>
<p>also have you looked at a map of the Carolinas? Clemson is basically 30 min - 1 hr from the Blue Ridge Mountains so the mountains are closer</p>