<p>My son is in the same boat as yours, or will be in a couple. I thought he might be interested in UNC-Asheville and App State, too. We will also look at Mercer, USCarolina and College of Charleston. THere are also some good choices in Florida, but he doesn’t want FLa. We will also look at Roanoke and Mary Washington and possibly American University. I would love for him to look at some Ohio schools, but I don’t think he will.
I am not at all sure that he will be competitive for all the schools on this list, but his grades seem to improving slightly, and his maturity is improving greatly, so I’m keeping options open. </p>
<p>Two Alabama schools to consider are Troy State and B’ham-Southern.</p>
<p>It is on my list lderochi, but he wants to go OOS. He also wants a school with football if possible. Montevallo has some good majors, but is underfunded in some areas, unfortunately. MY SIL was literally MS Montevallo, a sort of most likely to succeed award - she loved her years there. She’s a speech pathologist, and has been quite successful.</p>
<p>Iderochi, My S was initially interested in NGCSU in Dahlonaga before deciding to go NROTC (N. Ga. is AROTC only). He attended a weekend event put on by the ROTC called National Leadership Challenge weekend in the spring of Jr. year. He enjoyed in very much but it is just for those interested in military.
NGCSU is small for a state u, a pretty campus with all the buildings surrounding a grassy field (used by the ROTC a lot). At the time we were looking the school was about 60/40 female/male. Nursing and education were big majors for girls with business and criminal justice being popular among males. Most of the students are from Ga. There is no football but they have all the other sports. It is about an hour from Atlanta (easy access via 4 lane hwy) but seems a world away. Dahlonega is very near the Appalachian Trail and has a lot of antique and gift shops that draw people in on weekends.</p>
<p>Suezala, by work-study schools, do you mean co-op? </p>
<p>NC State is an urban campus that offers co-op programs for some of it’s majors.</p>
<p>If your S likes UNC-W, have him check out Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. It’s near Myrtle Beach.</p>
<p>All the kids I know who go to Appalachian State U. really like it.</p>
<p>East Carolina Univ. and Western Carolina are good possibilities.
WCU is in a very small town in the mountains of NC. There’s not a big “college town” atmosphere but the surroundings are beautiful and opportunites for outdoor activities plentiful (hiking, mtn. biking, white water rafting, etc.). They have football and ASU is their big rival. If your student loves the excitement of a big city, he wouldn’t find it there. </p>
<p>ECU is in more of a “college town” but not a huge city( about 65,000 I think). Very lively student body. Saturday football games are huge, whole town shows up,tailgating everywhere.</p>
<p>UNC-Pembroke is in the middle of no where but the students there like the small class sizes and they are fielding a football team in 2007 for the first time since the 1950’s.</p>
<p>UNC-Charlotte is an urban campus with kids from all. I believe they offer co-op programs in certain majors too. Major airport is located in Charlotte if that is a consideration.</p>