<p>I’m looking to transfer sometime next year either for the fall or spring semester, preferably in the fall, but because of my gpa I’m not sure I’ll have the grades to get in (2.6) and may need another semester to get my grades up.</p>
<p>One of my biggest priorties is housing, and the stadium suites look amazing. I want to be on campus and in a dorm environment for at least my first year just so I can meet people easier. As a transfer, how hard would it be to get into a hall like the stadium for next fall if applied this spring and was admitted?</p>
<p>amc26- I am not sure how difficult it would be to get into Stadium Suites. I know a lot of people living there this year (who didn’t have a hard time getting in), but I am not sure when transfers apply for housing. If transfer students apply for housing after the returning students, you could have a hard time. You may want to call about this. I do have a friend who applied for housing later in the semester and still got a room in McCabe. The rooms in McCabe are similar to Stadium rooms, with the bathroom setup differing. </p>
<p>irish- I am an economics major so I’m pretty knowledgeable about the business program. Generally, I haven’t been disappointed by the department. There are not many large classes (40+) students for any majors, and the advising is great. Do you know what you want to major in?</p>
<p>From what I hear, the finance department is well run. I’m minoring in finance but I’ve only taken one class so far. It is Fin 306 (an intro class), sand a bit dull. However, this summer I interned with a finance major at Clemson. He really liked the department and did not have anything negative to say about his classes. </p>
<p>A good perk about the Business department is that the Wall Street Journal is available free in Sirrine Hall daily.</p>
<p>how is the party life? I myself am not a big party guy, but I do like to go out every once in awile. I went to the U of Arizona my freshman year and it was basically you either were in a frat or you didn’t have a social life at night because you couldn’t pay to get into frat parties you had to have a hook up or actually be in the frat.</p>
<p>Also the dorms I’m looking at(stadium and mccabe) are those really quiet dorms. They look really nice which kind of scares me because I was in a really nice dorm and it was quiet as hell and no one was social.</p>
<p>I’d say that the party life is pretty good. At first, it may appear that frats are larger than they really are because of their large present on campus. To my knowledge, after rush week all frat/sorority parties are closed doors to outsiders. However, there is still social life outside of greek life. I don’t hang out with many fraternity people, and almost everyone I know likes to go out/party fairly often. Once you find a group of friends, I’m sure that there will be plenty of opportunities go out. </p>
<p>They aren’t too quite for dorms. I know people that live in both and they are very social (fit into the group that likes to party every once in a while). When I’ve been in Stadium, everyone seems to be friendly with the others on their floor. However, it is worth mentioning that the dorms are for upperclassman, and therefore most of the residents go off campus to party. </p>
<p>I’m not sure I got to either of your questions very well (I just got out of class and I’m not thinking well), so let me know if you want to know anything else.</p>
<p>nope you answered both of them just fine haha. You do a really good job with this thread and it’s been very helpful. I’ve gone back to other pages to see other questions, because my interest in clemson has really picked up.</p>
<p>I’m basically down to 2 schools. Purdue and Clemson. Last year I was going to transfer to the University of Alabama before a change of heart and taking the community college route for a year. Alabama struck me as very greek oriented and VERY southern. Being from the western NY originally, I consider myself a country kid and someone who wouldn’t guess me to be from NY, but from the looks of it, clemson looks almost just as southern. Researching the fraternities at Clemson, it looks like a cookie cutter bunch of kids(polo outfits, moppy hair, sunglasses with the neck straps etc.) I haven’t ruled out going greek, and I know your not in a frat or really associate with them at all, but do you know the reputations of any of them? If I were to rush I wouldn’t want to go through hell and back to join.</p>
<p>In my opinion, Clemson isn’t as ‘southern’ as Alabama. Alabama seems to have much deeper roots in the south, and the frat guys I saw at the Clemson v. Alabama football game this year were much more like the person you describe than the typical Clemson frat guy. I’m going to Alabama this weekend for hockey, so I’ll let you know if I see anything new when I’m down there. I won’t speak to any specific frats here (mainly because I’m too uneducated to do so) but there is diversity in the group. While Clemson does have its fair share of typical frat guys, there are also others that defy the trend. From what I know, frats that originated in the south are more like the ones you described, while those from the north aren’t like that as much (I am making a huge generalization here- someone correct me if I’m wrong). The best way to find out about the different frats would be to rush and see what they have to offer.</p>
<p>How competitive are the club sports at clemson? I was surprised to see club hockey at a school that far south, are any of them cut and hows the atmosphere?</p>
<p>The competitive level is different for each sport. I know the tennis team has open practice for anyone who wants to come out, and only takes the top x people to their tournaments. Also, I have a friend on the gymnastics team and they seem pretty serious. For hockey, we had about 30 skaters come out for tryouts and had to make cuts. We are pretty competitive this year, as we have a chance of making a push to nationals (although we’ve lost a few players this semester to injuries, graduation, etc). For hockey, we do also do some longer traveling. We’re going out of town 5 weekends this semester (all before the end of Feb), with trips to Tampa, Jacksonville, Atlanta, etc. I think the teams that are regionally competitive for the top spots will be more serious than those who are mediocre. </p>
<p>Is there a specific sport you’re interested in?</p>
<p>I know a few guys on the hockey team are friends with the lax players here, but I don’t know much about that team.</p>
<p>First semester wasn’t as bad for travel and keeping up in school. We try not to schedule games on home football days, and the ‘season’ first semester is longer. Regionals are in two weeks, so there is a lot of hockey during January and early February to prepare for that. We parctice one a week on ice in Greenville, and once a week off-ice in Clemson. It hasn’t been too hard to keep up with everything, but these next few weeks are probably going to be a little more difficult. </p>
<p>It’s funny you guys were talking about club sports cause I just came on here to ask if you knew anything about the club baseball team. I was pretty good in high school and I figured this would be a good way to meet people but the more I look into the more it seems like it’s harder to join.</p>
<p>Mitch,<br>
In an earlier post you mentioned receiving scholarship information near April. My D just got acceptance letter today (for OOS) but no mention of any merit scholarships. Her stats: 3.7 uw, 4.4 w, 1230 SAT Does each ‘College’ handle their own scholarships and they’ll be forwarded later, perhaps?</p>
<p>For my year, all scholarship packages (to OOS) said that additional scholarships could be offered by April. However, I’m not sure if that is still possible if your D didn’t receive any at the time of acceptance. She looks to have some good stats, but her SATs might have been just below Clemson’s cutoff for a scholarship. </p>
<p>I saw that the other day too when I was looking at grad schools. I haven’t noticed the inequality at all in my time at Clemson.</p>
<p>hah alright solid thanks, 1 more thing, reading around i noticed that theres two webmails, the glemson.edu and g.clemson.edu, which is generally used</p>
<p>The old webmail system is aging, so I believe they are moving to a g-mail based one. I believe that <a href="mailto:@clemson.edu">@clemson.edu</a> is still the given address, and you can choose to use g-mail. It happened this year so I don’t know much about it (and I use outlook).</p>