<p>My son is interested in going to school in the Southeast. He is a B/C student. His SAT scores are about 1600. He likes State schools, not really interested in Liberal Arts schools, but it does not have to be a State school. He really likes the idea of a work-study school. We live close to Drexel, and he does not like the campus. Univ. of Cinncinnati is a maybe, not in the South but it is a work-study school. He likes Univ. of N. Carolina Wilmington but he may not get in. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>There have been a number of discussions of good options for the more average or B student. I will try to find some of them for you. Here’s one to start:
take a look at the US News article “A+ Options For ‘B’ Kids” at <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...rage_brief.php[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...rage_brief.php</a></p>
<p>This is the one I most remember: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=13883[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=13883</a></p>
<p>Also: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=137616[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=137616</a></p>
<p>And: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58303[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58303</a></p>
<p>The links I am posting did not necessarily focus on southern or state schools, but cover a broad range of schools, ideas and issues for the B/average student.</p>
<p>I have a lot of ideas in the LAC area, fewer in the state school category:</p>
<p>Emory and Henry (VA)
Lynchburg (VA)
Bridgewater (VA)
Randolph-Macon (VA)
Warren Wilson College (NC) – BIG on work-study</p>
<p>State Schools:
Western Carolina (NC)
University of Virginia at Wise
East Carolina
UNC-Pembroke</p>
<p>I was hoping you’d show up, lderochi. I used your name to search for the best threads, as I remember you frequented them and had a lot to offer :).</p>
<p>what about like Flagler College in FL? I think that campus is beautiful.</p>
<p>jmmom, yeah, for some reason my search function wasn’t working temporarily so I was flying blind. 
Thanks for finding the threads. Suezala, there are (contrary to what you might think based on a quick read) a lot of us parents out here on CC who have great, bright kids that are not going to the Ivy Leagues or little Ivys. We still find a lot of helpful information here, and I hope that the threads jmmom posted are helpful.</p>
<p>How’s about similar types of schools in the WEST–have read about threads for students on the East & other parts of the country, but not CA, AZ & would appreciate some suggestions. Thanks!</p>
<p>Regarding NC state schools…look at Western/UNCW/ECU over UNC-Pembroke…Pembroke is not a very exciting place…</p>
<p>Other state school suggestions:
UNC-Charlotte? Mid 50% for GPA is 3.4 to 4.0; SAT is 1480-1730.</p>
<p>Appalachian State? Average GPA: 3.73
Average Freshman SAT: 1130 (old scale)
Average Freshman ACT: 25 composite</p>
<p>UNC-Asheville? Average SAT 1183, with the middle 50 percent scoring between 1090 and 1280 (old scale).</p>
<p>I just got a reference book at the public library:</p>
<p>America’s Best Colleges for B Students by Tamra B. Orr
They give profiles of 100 schools and tips for students.</p>
<p>Another good book:
40 Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope</p>
<p>Yeah, not many of them list schools in the west tho, mostly other areas of the country. Thanks for those thoughts.</p>
<p>Florida:<br>
Univeristy of North Florida,
U of West Florida,
Florida GUlf Coast University
FAU.
Lynn University.</p>
<p>Here in Georgia, consider</p>
<ol>
<li> Valdosta State - SAT 1029, GPA 3.06 (Have known quite a number of students going here and loving it - my oldest attended Governor’s Honors Program here - pretty campus)</li>
<li> Georgia College and State University - SAT 1050-1180, GPA 3.06-3.6 (This school is popular with kids in our area who don’t get into UGA. It seems everybody I know who goes here, loves it, but ends up transferring to UGA or GA State after 2 years for some reason.)</li>
<li> Berry (not a state school, but I LOVE this school, gorgeous campus, nice people, generous with aid) - 90% of students have GPA 3.0 or higher, 68% of students have SAT 1100 or higher.</li>
<li> LaGrange - (LAC) SAT 1000, GPA 3.0</li>
</ol>
<p>Binx, what do you know about North Georgia College. I know it’s got a strong ROTC contingent (sort of like Norwich University), but don’t know much else of its reputation in Georgia?</p>
<p>Since his focus is work-study, look into Blackburn College in southern IL, near St. Louis. It’s a small, private school. The kids there have even built most of the buildings! Parent’s Weekend is really interesting as parents show their children which row of bricks they laid, and the child then shows the parent which they did on another building. I think he would really like it there - that real traditional college campus, and the kids do most of the work on campus, keeping R&B costs down. It costs about what our flagship state U costs. There are many opportunities for internships with corporations in St. Louis or Springfield.</p>
<p>another resource to look at for school ideas is US News" A+ Options for B Students list</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/aplusrankindex_brief.php[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/aplusrankindex_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Going to Echo- America’s Best colleges for B students by Tamara Orr and the <a href=“http://www.collegesofdistinction.com%5B/url%5D”>www.collegesofdistinction.com</a> website. I came across both those reference tools after my college search. But I think they are extremely valuable for those looking at schools geared to their B student kid. Colleges of distinction includes schools of all academic abilities but it stresses smaller school environments which may benefit alot of B/C students. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>I just check Blackburn College’s website and it turns out that the lead article is that it is holding the conference for the 7 work-study colleges there this year. It will be an interesting read for you, and possibly give you leads on other schools such as this.</p>
<p>Lderochi - I don’t really know much about North GA, sorry. The only HS friends of my kids who went ROTC went further afield. I do know Dahlonega is gorgeous!</p>
<p>For HImom, look at Linfield College in OR. Beautiful, friendly, growing campus. Within an hour of Portland airport for you HI folks. Merit money goes deep into the B+ student catagory. Reportedly lots of good support for freshmen and undergraduate research.</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>If you live close to Drexel, what does he think about Temple? Drexel is an intense learning environment. My fiance’s mother used to work at student health at Drexel and found many, many students coming in with stress issues rooted in their trimester schedule. She is now at Student Health at Temple and is impressed with the school and my fiance’s sister will be (hopefully) starting at Temple this next fall. It appears she (his sister) has a very similar academic record as your son, so it should be relatively easy to get in (it’s the only school she’s applying to). </p>
<p>You may also want to look into West Chester for more of a ‘safety’ school. </p>
<p>As for schools in the southeast, I second Appalachian State, I’ve heard really good things about it. East Carolina may be an option as well.</p>