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I live in foxboro,massachusetts and have always wanted to go to asu and recently coastal carolina. Arizona State is the number 25 business school in the country, stanford is number 12 and sunny 340 days a year with the hottest girls and best parties in the country. Coastal is closer to home and in myrtle beach both are good schools for me.

I’m a Coastal Carolina grad and I love my alma mater. I’m also "not from ’round here" and can tell you honestly that the general SC culture hasn’t permeated Myrtle Beach. Fact is, not many here are from here and many don’t even speak Southern.

That said, you’re looking at #12, #25, and a tier 4 college.

You should attend the best college you can get into and afford that will help you most with your future. If you find that is CCU then "welcome to Myrtle Beach" — I’m thinking you’ll need some really good reasons to make CCU that choice.

Note: While the physical mailing address of CCU is Conway SC — it’s actually located between Conway and Myrtle Beach. 7 miles from the surf – on the main road in, is "at the beach" ☺

3 Responses

1. TR Says:
   April 8th, 2010 at 9:32 pm

   Majroing in business? I really couldn’t tell you, it will depend a lot on your own interests. Are there extracurrics (like big-time football games) that are important to you? Do you foresee settling down in one or the other of those places? Have you been to either place?

   It’s been several decades since I went through Phoenix thinking about (and ultimately passing on) ASU for my MA program. Phoenix was a very rough place in those days, step into downtown between sundown and sunup and you were guaranteed to be assaulted. Of course, suburban Tempe was more calm even back then, but do you want to be near that environment?

   Myrtle Beach OTOH is in S. Carolina, where I did attend (Columbia) for my MA. Culturally, SC has entered the 20th century since then but there are still characteristics of the society that a good Massachusetts man might find off-putting. Such as the locals’ propensity to shoot off fireworks that would be illegal in MA when celebrating holidays–and that includes Christmas and Easter. I also recall reliable accounts that the Myrtle Beach police are–to use a 60s term–pigs.

   My experience is that there are smashing-looking ladies on all large campuses, and the partying is good as you make it (matters more what crowd you’re with than what rep the school has). So if those are concerns of yours, along with nice weather, perhaps you’d want to consider and compare a few other schools, like U. of Oregon, San Diego State, LSU, Georgia (Athens GA is a hotbed for rock music), or UCLA? There’s some fine opportunities in Texas too…
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2. fourwaystreet Says:
   April 8th, 2010 at 9:40 pm

   Coastal Carolina is in Conway SC. Not exactly on the beach. If your a golfer the area is great.
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3. CoachT Says:
   April 8th, 2010 at 10:24 pm

   I’m a Coastal Carolina grad and I love my alma mater. I’m also "not from ’round here" and can tell you honestly that the general SC culture hasn’t permeated Myrtle Beach. Fact is, not many here are from here and many don’t even speak Southern.

   That said, you’re looking at #12, #25, and a tier 4 college.

   You should attend the best college you can get into and afford that will help you most with your future. If you find that is CCU then "welcome to Myrtle Beach" — I’m thinking you’ll need some really good reasons to make CCU that choice.

   Note: While the physical mailing address of CCU is Conway SC — it’s actually located between Conway and Myrtle Beach. 7 miles from the surf – on the main road in, is "at the beach" ☺
   References :

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