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Are there any REALLY REALLY good schools in the south? Are there any schools that are ivy league or maybe even just one step below ivy in the south? I know Duke and Emory are pretty good schools, but I don't want to major in medicine and I am not sure how good they are in other majors.

By Tsdad (Tsdad) on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 09:19 pm: Edit

UNC, UVA, William and Mary, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Rice, U of Texas. Probably some small LACs like Davidson. Duke and Emory are excellent schools beyond nedicine.

By Jlq3d3 (Jlq3d3) on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 09:34 pm: Edit

Medicine isnt a major. You really learn nothing about medicine as a premed if thats what you are saying. Duke, UVA, Emory, Vanderbilt, Rice are the most prestigous.

By Aspirer42 (Aspirer42) on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 10:42 pm: Edit

Tsdad got all the ones I was thinking of, though I'm wondering how high the quality of education of a 50,000+ student school (UT) can be...

By Icehocey77 (Icehocey77) on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 10:59 pm: Edit

UT as in University of Tennessee or University of Texas....Also will add Furman, it cost about the same to go to an ivy

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 11:58 pm: Edit

Rice is great as far as schools go. Washington and Lee is stellar, small LAC in Virginia. Their law school is in the top 20.

Duke is good for anything - has an excellent reputation beyond the south.

By Cubfan (Cubfan) on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 04:28 pm: Edit

Careful about Davidson, the work load will make your knees buckle.

By Spiffybrownboy (Spiffybrownboy) on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 04:23 pm: Edit

I'm applying to Emory. Anyone have any info on this school? I'm not so much interested in prestige as am I interested in the academics, social scene... possible racism?

By Breeze (Breeze) on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 02:52 am: Edit

Virginia, William & Mary, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, UNC.

By Macsuile (Macsuile) on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 11:03 pm: Edit

Here are some stats on William & Mary:

- Second oldest U.S. university (Harvard is first)
- Oldest U.S. law school
- Birthplace of Phi Beta Kappa
- Alma mater of Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Tyler
- Most selective U.S. public university
- Third highest SAT scores in the South (only Duke and Rice are higher)
- Highest entering freshman GPAs of any public university (Berkeley is close)
- Fastest growing public university endowment
- Outstanding accounting, biology, chemistry, history and physics departments

As you can see, William & Mary has an amazing academic tradition. Yes, the grading scale is somewhat deflationary and the course offerings are not as extensive as some other schools, but William & Mary is a school high on tradition which doesn't subscribe to fads where everyone graduates cum laude and there is a supermarket of course offerings. The school is committed to the British university model which is human-scale as opposed to other university models which focus on research and increasing enrollments. W&M may not be for everyone but a degree from there has timeless substance, something you can't find from most other U.S. schools which are constantly trying to reposition or recreate themselves.