TikTok is driving the increase in popularity for southern schools

[Anonymous]

Wow—I guess you have to be white to join one of these TikTok sororities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:True, plus my neighbor’s good-looking, kind, bright son wants to be around good-looking girls. Doesn’t want to be around any militant bizarre septum-pierced purple-haired girls.

Your neighbor's son has discussed with you his preference in girls? That's a bit odd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

College is college. If you’re a serious student you can become an engineer, computer scientist or doctor or lawyer at party school or a super selective Ivy. For most kids, the masses, they’re of average intelligence and just in college to check a box and have fun doing it.

[Anonymous]

Warm weather + normal happy kids + sporty culture

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

It’s much better to be influenced by the opinions of people posting in DCUM.

[Anonymous]

My DD is looking for a southern school. I think the draw is the Greek life and SEC football. All of which sells “community”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:True, plus my neighbor’s good-looking, kind, bright son wants to be around good-looking girls. Doesn’t want to be around any militant bizarre septum-pierced purple-haired girls.

Your neighbor's son has discussed with you his preference in girls? That's a bit odd.

And the kid you think is good-looking is probably not that attractive to people his own age.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:True, plus my neighbor’s good-looking, kind, bright son wants to be around good-looking girls. Doesn’t want to be around any militant bizarre septum-pierced purple-haired girls.

Your neighbor's son has discussed with you his preference in girls? That's a bit odd.

Nothing odd since his mom told me what he said to his dad.

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Anonymous wrote:True, plus my neighbor’s good-looking, kind, bright son wants to be around good-looking girls. Doesn’t want to be around any militant bizarre septum-pierced purple-haired girls.

Your neighbor's son has discussed with you his preference in girls? That's a bit odd.

And the kid you think is good-looking is probably not that attractive to people his own age.

Sure, sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

It’s much better to be influenced by the opinions of people posting in DCUM.

Probably about equal. So what I'm hearing on this thread is that academically undistinguished students are using a very questionable decision-making process to select undergraduate institutions for reasons that have nothing to do with what happens in the classroom. That's fine if parents agree to pay for summer camp. But since these kids are not the cream of the crop, it won't do anything to raise the profile of the schools in any way that matters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:True, plus my neighbor’s good-looking, kind, bright son wants to be around good-looking girls. Doesn’t want to be around any militant bizarre septum-pierced purple-haired girls.

Your neighbor's son has discussed with you his preference in girls? That's a bit odd.

And the kid you think is good-looking is probably not that attractive to people his own age.

Sure, sure.

Don't you find this to be true? The kids adults think are "good looking" are always a bit off to their peers.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

It’s much better to be influenced by the opinions of people posting in DCUM.

Probably about equal. So what I'm hearing on this thread is that academically undistinguished students are using a very questionable decision-making process to select undergraduate institutions for reasons that have nothing to do with what happens in the classroom. That's fine if parents agree to pay for summer camp. But since these kids are not the cream of the crop, it won't do anything to raise the profile of the schools in any way that matters.

I’m sure you have data to prove this assertion?

And please explain why attending a state flagship university for free (which is what Alabama offers to high stats students, since everyone here seems so obsessed with Bama) is “questionable decision making ?” Sounds very wise to me.

In addition, I have no problem at all with students selecting a school with geographical, weather, or campus atmosphere and school spirit as criteria. Not to mention students who appear to actually be having a good time, on top of that. Seems much better than blindly following the herd to colleges that the old biddies on DCUM deem to be “prestigious.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

It’s much better to be influenced by the opinions of people posting in DCUM.

Probably about equal. So what I'm hearing on this thread is that academically undistinguished students are using a very questionable decision-making process to select undergraduate institutions for reasons that have nothing to do with what happens in the classroom. That's fine if parents agree to pay for summer camp. But since these kids are not the cream of the crop, it won't do anything to raise the profile of the schools in any way that matters.

Check out the CDS data for Duke, Vandy, Rice, Emory, Davidson, GaTech, UT Austin OOS, UNC OOS and then get back to us on the question of cream and crops. You can take a couple of weeks on that, because we know you're doing drop off in Lewiston or Lewisburg or whatever

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone mentioned that the kind of prospective student influenced by TikTok is unlikely to enhance any school's actual academic life? So whatever "popularity" they acquire will remain irrelevant for the measures that count when serious people consider institutions of higher learning? No, huh?

Yes! Because no one ever matures or changes in any appreciable way after they’re 18 years old.

You are ridiculous, in addition to being a snob.

Factoring TikTok into serious plans is ridiculous. Unless you think college is just a series of frat parties or something, in which case, any flood of applicants like that is really pretty useless for raising the academic accomplishment profile of an ambitious school.

It’s much better to be influenced by the opinions of people posting in DCUM.

Probably about equal. So what I'm hearing on this thread is that academically undistinguished students are using a very questionable decision-making process to select undergraduate institutions for reasons that have nothing to do with what happens in the classroom. That's fine if parents agree to pay for summer camp. But since these kids are not the cream of the crop, it won't do anything to raise the profile of the schools in any way that matters.

I’m sure you have data to prove this assertion?

And please explain why attending a state flagship university for free (which is what Alabama offers to high stats students, since everyone here seems so obsessed with Bama) is “questionable decision making ?” Sounds very wise to me.

In addition, I have no problem at all with students selecting a school with geographical, weather, or campus atmosphere and school spirit as criteria. Not to mention students who appear to actually be having a good time, on top of that. Seems much better than blindly following the herd to colleges that the old biddies on DCUM deem to be “prestigious.”

Coworker’s son received such an offer, he shared the news with an alum. She said this is a feel good moment, take a minute to celebrate, then send him to any other school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally agree with this - and include any school below the mason dixon line as a “Southern School”

‘bama, UVa, Fla, Vandy, Duke, Clemson, Ole Miss

all in that pool

All of us living in original DCUMland live below the Mason-Dixon Line.

Maryland and D.C. are below the line. So we’re ‘southern’. Add UMD, GW, American and Georgetown to the list.