Looking for similar college setting

Mwfan1921
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:22:43 +0000

RLP:

My daughter just got back from visiting Clemson and loved it.

Clemson is a special place, kind of a unicorn really. Has she said what appeals to her most about that school besides the town/setting? Is it the weather? Sports fandom? What major(s) is she looking at? Do her stats make Clemson a reach or target? (it is not a safety/highly likely for any OOS student)

There are many schools with similar towns and settings, but some of those schools will be larger (even significantly so, at 23K undergrads I would not consider Clemson a bigger state school), some smaller, some in cold weather, some with less focus on athletics. The vast majority of other schools won’t have the pervasive sports culture of Clemson…and it’s far more than just football.

I agree with others that Auburn (27K undergrads) is probably closest in many ways to Clemson. Then FSU (30K undergrads). Both fail on the 9 hour drive.

I agree Michigan State could work too, but that has around 40K undergrads…is that more appealing to her than Clemson’s size or less? It will have a noticeably bigger feel in both people and campus size than Clemson…depending on where she lives and where her major classes are, she may be riding a bus to class.

I assume her hometown U Pitt is not on the list because its urban setting?