Auburn vs Alabama
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Anonymous
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My Dd loved Auburn. Great school.
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Anonymous
| 2 kids at Alabama and they both love it. |
Anonymous
i do mean undergrad. UAB has a premed program. |
Anonymous
OK, but can you elaborate what they loved about it? Did they love it because everyone was well dressed and campus was nice or was it because the professors were excellent and the program was very good? |
Anonymous
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Isn’t there statistics that kids end up settling down in the area they went to school?
Are you not worried they will settle down in AL? Are you not worried about the peers’ quality of education? My DC in 10th grade in a magnet school in AL just had a class in how to use rulers and protractors because kids didn’t know how to use them properly. Does it not bother you that your DDs will have access to abortions and have a high risk if pregnancy goes wrong? AL passed a law that allows to arrest librarians if they give access to “wrong” books. Are you religious? There are more churches here than gas stations. Church is a huge part of the culture here. |
Anonymous
| It’s funny. I’m trying to send DC out of Alabama and you all are bringing them in. |
Anonymous
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My DS loves Auburn. He's in his 3rd year.
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Anonymous
Same! |
Anonymous
| My daughter is a freshman. She is so happy at Auburn. She likes her classes and often studies at the library between classes or after class. She lives in an off campus apartment right next to campus and walks everywhere. She rushed and that has worked out well too. Many of her friends are from out of state. She uses her car about once a week because almost everything she needs is walking distance. She hates the cold in NOVA and was another reason she chose a southern school. |
Anonymous
Troll |
Anonymous
DP. I've thought about almost everything the PP said. |
Anonymous
I have a kid at Alabama -- my kid, and all kids friends at Alabama, got into Ivies, T25s, etc. but still chose Alabama. They don't go there because they don't get in anywhere else, they go there b/c Alabama caters to super high achievers and gives amazing merit scholarships to the tippy top kids. Kids we know that are attending T25s don't even have the stats to get top merit at Alabama. You need perfect ACT, SAT (no super score) plus perfect GPA. OR to be a National Merit Finalist -- these kids are getting full rides, or near full rides at Alabama. Most of these kids are pre-med, pre-law, or in STEM to MBA program and will graduate in 5 years as engineers with their MBA. Plus Alabama takes ALL of your AP credits -- so many of these kids get to skip over the basics and go straight to upper level courses. My kid started as a junior. Agree with the other poster that Alabama is better choice than Auburn for the super smart kids. We visited both and Auburn didn't come close to comparing to Alabama in terms of opportunities for top students (undergraduate research, Blount, Randall, etc. at Alabama - all very impressive). |
Anonymous
| Is Auburn preppy? |
Anonymous
| My late father’s wife went to Auburn. CEO of a global enterprise. She received a good education and was bright. Her emotional IQ is much higher though, and she credits Auburn for building those skills. My high school rival went to Auburn, a superb athlete. He obtained his PhD in Science Education and is well thought of Superintendent of Schools (recently retired). These are just anecdotes, but Auburn can set you up for success. In contrast to my college experience, I think they had more fun than I did too. |
Anonymous
| Bama’s campus seems to extend endlessly in all directions. Auburn’s seems to be more manageable. |