<p>i need to know any information anybody can give me on these colleges…</p>
<p>UNC: CHAPEL HILL
CHARLOTTE
ASHEVILLE
PEMBROKE</p>
<p>NC STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE
MISSISSIPPI STATE
JACKSON STATE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN CAROLINA
EASTERN CAROLINA
ALCORN STATE</p>
<p>Did you visit their website? Or their sub-forum on CC? Because “I need to know any information anyone can give me” is really broad.</p>
<p>Some of these colleges have writeups in the Fiske Guide to Colleges (you can get it from the library or maybe from your guidance counselor at school). Also agree that (1) the college websites, and (2) their forums here on CC if there is one are very good places to start. If you know how to use Excel, you might start a spreadsheet with a line for each college and start tracking information (test score ranges, costs, size, information on majors you are interested in, application date, etc.). You don’t have to be frantic – if you organize the information you get, that will help.</p>
<p>Also, start a folder for each college you are interested in. If you can sign up on their websites for mailings, do that. Then you can keep any brochures or anything you get in the folder for that college. Also any materials you pick up if you visit the campuses.</p>
<p>That stuff doesn’t seem to help, just throw some stuff out their from experience or knowledge about their main majors or their campus… Not specifically something I would see from someone or the website. Plus, some of these colleges don’t even have a thread like JSU.</p>
<p>Yeah they do, UNC definitely does, NCSU does, University of Mississippi does, and I think Appalachian does too, at least, if not more of those schools.</p>
<p>Main majors? Like what? I mean, you’re going to need to ask specific questions.</p>
<p>Like what is each college known for the most…business…medicine…ect</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill- top notch school, good for everything (except engineering because it doesn’t offer that program)
NCSU- Engineering
UNC-Asheville- similar to Chapel Hill
University of Mississippi- only attend if you are in-state </p>
<p>Rest are unknown outside of their regional area.</p>
<p>University of Mississippi- why do you say only attend if in state?</p>
<p>Oh and Asheville is similar, but isn’t a downrated school in comparison to chapel hill</p>
<p>Are you from Mississippi? If not, then I wouldn’t recommend the Mississippi system of higher education. It’s just not very rigorous, particularly in the social sciences. One girl who lives in my apartment complex transferred from a Mississippi school to the University of Oklahoma (her parents are divorced and one lives in MS while the other lives in OK). Even though OU isn’t a top tier school, she’s found the academic environment to be much more rigorous than that at Ole Miss.</p>
<p>Well I was born in MS, all my family is there. I actually want to attend in either state.</p>
<p>Why are you so frantic today that you are taking a scattershot approach to ask the question out here? You REALLY need to do your own research into each school. An off the cuff comment by someone out here that might be wrong could send you spinning off in the wrong direction on a very important decision in your life. Why don’t you have time to request mailings from the college and review their materials? And review their websites for information on their programs and majors? And read the forums that do exist out here for some of them? Also, each college should have a net price calculator on the website you can run with your parents to figure out whether the cost even makes sense for you. Once you narrow the list down by cost, majors offered, size, location, etc., visit those if you can before applying. </p>
<p>Also, a lot of colleges offer virtual tours on their websites. Sometimes that helps give a flavor for the physical campus.</p>
<p>You have at least until September before any applications are due if you are a rising senior. And probably longer for some of the schools on your list. Take the time to do a thorough search, not a sloppy one that may result in you having to transfer later on.</p>
<p>You can easily check the basics:</p>
<ul>
<li>Check the academic offerings (courses and majors) at each to see if they are of interest to you.</li>
<li>Check the net price calculators to see if they would be affordable on need-based aid alone. If not, check to see if they have large enough merit scholarships you have a chance at.</li>
<li>Check to see how their selectivity is relative to your academic credentials. Note that if you need a large merit scholarship to be able to afford to attend, you need to check the selectivity of the scholarship, not merely admission.</li>
</ul>
<p>I totally agree with y’all. However, i’ve searched and searches but all these college match tools and websites keep me in circles, also, i requested to be sent information from colleges since freshman year. Ive separated and read each one and even got more at the school office. I figured taking a new approach would be sufficient.</p>
<p>Are you instate for NC or MS?</p>
<p>NC , but i believe that I qualify for the fee waiver for out of state tuition</p>
<p>For ms that is…</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>In your other thread, you’re asking about “free ride” scholarships for NC schools. Well, getting an OOS waiver to a MS school would still leave you with the full Instate cost of attendance. If your parents will pay the instate rates for a MS school, will they pay that same amount for a NC school? IF not, then how would you pay for a MS school?</p>
<p>Well the scholarships are easier to receive, there’s one scholarship where I can get tuition, room and board.</p>
<p>BTW, what exactly comes with room and board?</p>