How prestigious is Davidson?

warblersrule
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:21:02 +0000

Also (important for me!) if Davidson gains more name recognition, will it become even harder to get in?

I hate to say this, but Davidson is already very difficult to get into. I’ve met several North Carolinians at Duke who were rejected at Davidson.

As far as dke’s question about Davidson vs. Winston-Salem, Davidson is a very nice pedestrian-friendly town with plenty to do, but you may get bored after a while. Charlotte’s definitely not a college town, although Huntersville and the University area are developing very rapidly (check out Concord Mills, for example). Winston-Salem is much more of a college town, although also a bit like Charlotte in that it’s a business/banking center. There’s a ton of stuff to do in Winston-Salem, though, like Old Salem. As far as getting anywhere in North Carolina, both have good locations, although Winston-Salem probably has a slightly better location. Davidson and Winston-Salem are only about an hour to an hour-and-a-half apart.