I went to UNCW graduated in 2005. Highly recommend it. Highly. Good surf, water's warm, beach is nice.
Yeah man, I absolutely agree!!! Loved C of C! Graduated there in 2003 and lived there for two more years out at Folly, just surfing, working, and traveling. It\'s kinda tough to get into but well worth it. My parents weren\'t to happy about the price, so even though they still payed tuition and rent, I got a part-time job freshman year and claimed in-state a year later for a big discount. Checkout Trident Tech or Charleston Southern if C of C is too difficult to get into or too pricey but you want a bigger city. The town is really cool with tons of character and charm. The girls are sweet and mesmerize you with their accents. The parties were epic and bars are countless. Lived off campus soph-senior year and rode my cruiser or longboard to class every day, seems like the majority do, and took my car to the beach afterwards.... only about 8 miles or 12-15 mins. The frat scene was weak and only about 15% of the whole campus (about 10,000 total students) when I was there but you did still occasionally see the bow tie, pastel shirt, rainbow sandals, and glasses w/ croakies guy at night. I live up here in Salisbury now near the college and do know that it has a pretty good reputation and is also about 30 mins from OC. Sandytoes is def not a good representative of the student body here. Girls are cute and I enjoy watching them run by regularly. Not on the party scene but do hear a house party hopping down the street every once in a while. Waves here are great when it's on, plus there are quick road trips up or down the coast depending on the swell. Also, often took trips to FL from Charleston, being it was only 4 hrs to Jacksonville and 6 to Spanish House/Sebastians. PM me if you have any specific questions about either, I'm pretty well versed in both. Good luck!
whatever you do, don't let proximity to the beach be the decider or limit yourself by that. go to the school that has the best reputation for what you want to do and make sure that thing is marketable, although you never can tell what lies ahead. you have the rest of your life to surf, and if you go to a good school, pick a good major, you can make a good living. that being said, i hope you find an awesome school a stone' s throw away from some awesome waves! Sandytoes, the only friends of mine that have jobs are the ones that majored in a science. i'd rather be a dork with a job than "cool" with no job.
better than teaching in new jersey, eppeldaa! i majored in history with certification in secondary education and have no job and only went on two interviews in the two years since i graduated. i should have toughed it out and majored in math, even though i am not good at it.
College may get you a few rungs on the ladder, but hard work and perseverance over time is what allows you to climb to the top.
Well said. I work and am learning from four different guys in my office that all make over 6 figures, yet none of them finished college and/or even went. Two of them rarely even work anymore, they have employees do it all for them (leveraged their time). I have the most schooling and make a third of what the lowest earning one makes. I also work a lot harder and longer days (at times), knowing I will be in their shoes one day.
I went down to UNCW last year... a bunch of stupid bull**** happened and i was suspended till summer semester of this year. As much as it was a great time there and it was warm, hurricane swells were epic there but in general the waves sucked, the day after i came home it was straight back into OC drainers, thank god for that. Now i go to wor-wic 2 days a week and can surf just about anytime i want. I still keep in touch with my friends from down there and there has only been like 2 swells in the last year that were better there then up here. Oh and its still about the same time distance from OBX.
If your looking for a good time and not thinking about what education will lead you to a good job- ask sandytoes for a suggestion (not meaning to put down the actual school he goes to)- he knows all the good surf spots like Jamaica or Amsterdam.... BUT If your looking for just minimal schooling (2 to 4 yrs) and to be sure that you will find a job out of school- check out a technical school. I went to devry university and had a job right out of school (they have lifetime job placement!) and also got an Electronic Engineering degree. PLUS- they have schools ALL OVER the US- alot of them are near surf! BUT- one thing you will miss out on is the "college life". http://www.devry.edu/locations/search_locations.jsp I have spent some time down in Wilmington (for work, not at the school) and I think the area is great! pretty warm year round for the most part- the waves do seem to break different then NJ- but are still really good. The center for Marine Science in UNCW is a really nice building and they keep updating the building/equipment.
instead of starting a new thread bringing this one back to life there is a lot of talk about east coast schools, I am looking to get out of here and move west any experiences or advice in any California colleges?? any input would help.
I'm a senior this year, I already got into ODU, I also applied to URI in Kingtons, Roger Williams in Bristol, RI, Salve Regina which overlooks Ruggles, UCSB, UCSD, and UCSC, and am thinking about college of charleston or UNCW. if money isnt an issue, have good grades, and dont care about not being close to home, definitely head to one of those 3 UC's. Santa barbara has their own surf break on campus, ucsc is 5 minutes from the ocean, and UCSD is right next to blacks beach. I'm trying to figure out what to do as well, and it all depends on where i get in.
better have a backup plan..... you might want to check out the admission stats lately because in recent years UC and Cal State have turned away students who had already been accepted due to mid-year budget cuts. (private cal schools are not affected). good luck man
I'm a junior in High school, and i need some college advice as well... anybody know anything about Salisbury? Or any recommendations for schools under 30 minutes from the beach, and that have a good business program?
Yeah all the cal's are kind of a reach, cause their enrollment is about 94% in state. I also applied to american, roger williams, uri, salve regina, and C of C, and some of those have lower requirements than ODU. I don't really have a top, but I enjoyed just about every campus I visited. any advice would be helpful though...
Check out stockton college in NJ. They have a 2 in 5 program where in 5 years you can graduate with a BA in business and an MBA. Also the school is 15 mins to AC, 25min to OCNJ and 40mins to Cape May for occasional epic sessions. Good surf scene too
I graduated from flagler, great school. All that I can recommend is that you shouldn't make a decision based on surfing. No matter where you go, if its a short drive from the water, its gonna be surfable. If you staying on the east coast, you are going to suffer from flat spells just like everyone else no matter where you are. So go to a school that supports what you want to study and isn't going to break the bank when you get out. A college degree is a dime a dozen now a days, it all has to do with the networks you make and how involved you get during your stay there. I also don't recommend counting out the schools up here in the northeast. If you are like 95% of the people (including myself) I knew in school, you are going to want to stay close to where you went to school because of the networks you created. I found in my experience that down in florida (and much of the south), good paying jobs were hard to come by. If you dont mind piling on the rubber during the winter months there is plenty of great surf and tons of good programs to get involved with.
Great advice. For an example, you might lets say get a job as a marketing director in Wilmington, NC and make $40G a year, whilst the same job even with the same company in Philly you could be making $55G a year. Its true. I always wanted to move away from the Delaware valley but the older I get the more I realize it's the best option for jobs and raising a family. we shall see
Indeed, however you also gotta take into account the cost of living. Alot of places further north will rape you on living, so that that extra 15gs might not be all it seems. I was making it by the skin of my teeth in florida working in restaurants. Now I make almost triple that and I still just get by in the winter months. I moved from Delaware Valley to Florida, then up to where I am in Rhode Island. Starting to realize it doesn't really matter where you live as long as you can pay your bills. If i could have made it work in Florida, I would have stayed. Good luck mang
