Warm Weather Schools w/ good academics

Well, Ohio and PA are certainly not below the Mason Dixon line, and no one would confuse schools there with being "warm weather schools"!

I think if you browse this website enough you can see many previous discussions on topics similar to this. Good luck with your college search!

upstate...Take the new SAT a couple of more times; and, take the ACT just in case your school requires that national test.

No penalty for taking those test several times.

Trinity, Southwestern and Texas Lutheran in Texas meet your criteria.

Upstate, I have a suggestion. Go to http://www.collegeboard.com. There you can enter all your criteria for college (location by state or region, enrollment by size and ***, average sat scores, cost, admissions requirements, sports available, etc.) and narrow your search as much as you like. Just click on the "college matchmaker" link on the left side of the home page and it will bring up the pages to select your preferences. If you know what you want, it's pretty easy to narrow your search to a few schools. Good luck.

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Originally posted by lhpx2:
Well, Ohio and PA are certainly not below the Mason Dixon line, and no one would confuse schools there with being "warm weather schools"!

I think if you browse this website enough you can see many previous discussions on topics similar to this. Good luck with your college search!

Coming from Rochester, any place but here with less snow is satisfactory, that's why I added OH and PA.

EDIT: Thanks for all the help. It really wasn't as much of a case of narrowing my search as beginning it. I was surprised with my results in that I think my best options might be closer to home than I thought. For each division 1, 2, and 3 respectively, I like the idea of attending Xaiver U. in Cincinnati, Florida Southern College or Ashland U. in OH, and TX Lutheran. Thanks especially to Baseball Buzz for recommending College Matchmaker.

The University of Florida not only has one of the best baseball programs in the nation but has more national merrit scholars than any college in the nation not called Harvard...

There are some excellent academic DIIIs in Ohio, including Kenyon, Oberlin, College of Wooster and Denison.

Holden --
That's a good list. Of those on the list, Wooster has an outstanding baseball program, going consistently into NCAA post season play. You can add Ohio Wesleyan, Marietta and Otterbein to that list (academics + baseball).

Take a look in Texas & consider Hardin-Simmons University.
An EDUCATION Enlightened by Faith

1/5/2006 - Hardin-Simmons University received notification that the highly regarded higher education guide, Colleges of Distinction, had selected HSU as a “College of Distinction.”
http://www.hsutx.edu/news/newsarch/archives/news-2006010501.htm

10/17/2005 - Hardin-Simmons University Business School Affiliate Earns Top Marks in The Princeton Review 2006 Edition
http://www.hsutx.edu/news/newsarch/archives/news-1017200502.htm

08/29/2005 The Princeton Review Rates HSU a “Best in the West” University
http://www.hsutx.edu/news/newsarch/archives/news-0829200502.htm

Best academics in warm weather......Stanford.
'nuff said.

'nuff said unless you talk to people at Rice, University of Southern California, Cal....

Upstate - take a look at Miami Univ. in Oxford, OH which is just north of Cinci. Great academics, great athletics, about 15k students (not TOO big really), beautiful campus, potential for snow but not too much, especially compared to what you're used to.

HeyBatter:
We have two words :"Director's Cup"

For Division III schools in the south w/ great academics, I would look at all of the schools in the SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference). www.scac-online.org Schools include Trinity (TX), Southwestern (TX), Rhodes (TN), Millsaps (MS), Hendrix (AK), Austin College (TX), Oglethorpe (GA), Centre (KY), DePauw (IN), University of the South (TN), and Colorado College (CO), though Colorado College does not sponser baseball. On the west coast, look at the schools in the SCIAC conference. I agree w/ the previous posting to retake those SAT's a few more times and try your best to get those scores up!! Good luck!!!

Beezer, since Miami OH does have an exercise science major to offer, I will definitely be doing more research on that school.