Auburn vs Alabama

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine getting into T20 and choosing Alabama. Is it because of money only? Parents didn’t save up for college?

Easy to imagine....

4 kids to put through college @ full pay.

One kid goes undergrad for free and funds parents saved will pay for top law/grad school (also @ full pay which will cost approx. $300k+).

But what makes you think they will get into a top law school after Alabama?

Wouldn’t a kid who got into Harvard undergrad but attended Alabama have as good or better chance of getting into a top law school from Alabama. Is there some secret sauce at a T20 school that is going to make a kid smarter? Or is it the fact that a kid had the intelligence and work ethic to get into a top 20 school and not the top 20 school that is the differentiator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine getting into T20 and choosing Alabama. Is it because of money only? Parents didn’t save up for college?

Easy to imagine....

4 kids to put through college @ full pay.

One kid goes undergrad for free and funds parents saved will pay for top law/grad school (also @ full pay which will cost approx. $300k+).

But what makes you think they will get into a top law school after Alabama?

Wouldn’t a kid who got into Harvard undergrad but attended Alabama have as good or better chance of getting into a top law school from Alabama. Is there some secret sauce at a T20 school that is going to make a kid smarter? Or is it the fact that a kid had the intelligence and work ethic to get into a top 20 school and not the top 20 school that is the differentiator.

Exactly. I posted earlier about the Alabama students who earned Rhodes, Eisenhower and Fulbright scholarships. Alabama is now at 17 (including 2024) Rhodes Scholars and Auburn was at 5 as of 2023.


https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media2/b5jh4wvv/2023-rs-number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine getting into T20 and choosing Alabama. Is it because of money only? Parents didn’t save up for college?

Easy to imagine....

4 kids to put through college @ full pay.

One kid goes undergrad for free and funds parents saved will pay for top law/grad school (also @ full pay which will cost approx. $300k+).

But what makes you think they will get into a top law school after Alabama?

Okay - any law school is going to run at least $150k. New equation is kids/parents graduate debt free from both undergrad and law school but have money left over for a downpayment on a house. Win win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine getting into T20 and choosing Alabama. Is it because of money only? Parents didn’t save up for college?

Easy to imagine....

4 kids to put through college @ full pay.

One kid goes undergrad for free and funds parents saved will pay for top law/grad school (also @ full pay which will cost approx. $300k+).

But what makes you think they will get into a top law school after Alabama?

Wouldn’t a kid who got into Harvard undergrad but attended Alabama have as good or better chance of getting into a top law school from Alabama. Is there some secret sauce at a T20 school that is going to make a kid smarter? Or is it the fact that a kid had the intelligence and work ethic to get into a top 20 school and not the top 20 school that is the differentiator.

Exactly. I posted earlier about the Alabama students who earned Rhodes, Eisenhower and Fulbright scholarships. Alabama is now at 17 (including 2024) Rhodes Scholars and Auburn was at 5 as of 2023.


https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media2/b5jh4wvv/2023-rs-number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf

A smart, motivated kid is going to be successful wherever they go to school. I
wouldn’t be worried about my Harvard accepted kid attending Alabama being locked out of elite grad schools. I recently hired an Alabama grad over an Ivy grad and they attended the same law school. It’s all about the student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the smarter kids go to Auburn in Alabama like the best kids in VA go to UVA? If admitted to both Auburn has a much better ranking and the academic profile is superior.

It depends. Those interested in STEM generally choose Auburn, and the B School/liberal arts types usually choose Alabama. It's anecdotal, but I sat through a graduation ceremony at a private school in Alabama and it did seem that there were more kids headed to Auburn than Alabama. FWIW, all of the honor student friends of my relative that didn't go OOS went to Auburn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do the smarter kids go to Auburn in Alabama like the best kids in VA go to UVA? If admitted to both Auburn has a much better ranking and the academic profile is superior.

It depends. Those interested in STEM generally choose Auburn, and the B School/liberal arts types usually choose Alabama. It's anecdotal, but I sat through a graduation ceremony at a private school in Alabama and it did seem that there were more kids headed to Auburn than Alabama. FWIW, all of the honor student friends of my relative that didn't go OOS went to Auburn.

Sounds like kids go to Auburn if they get in. Is the Auburn campus and town nicer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do the smarter kids go to Auburn in Alabama like the best kids in VA go to UVA? If admitted to both Auburn has a much better ranking and the academic profile is superior.

It depends. Those interested in STEM generally choose Auburn, and the B School/liberal arts types usually choose Alabama. It's anecdotal, but I sat through a graduation ceremony at a private school in Alabama and it did seem that there were more kids headed to Auburn than Alabama. FWIW, all of the honor student friends of my relative that didn't go OOS went to Auburn.

Sounds like kids go to Auburn if they get in. Is the Auburn campus and town nicer?

Not necessarily. My kid got into both. Is at Alabama. Auburn is smaller, more rural feeling. Very cute small town feel. Alabama is larger and a little less “sleepy” feeling. Alabama’s campus is very beautiful and quite a bit nicer/newer. But Auburn is nice too - both are good choices. If you visit both most people have an immediate preference for one over the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do the smarter kids go to Auburn in Alabama like the best kids in VA go to UVA? If admitted to both Auburn has a much better ranking and the academic profile is superior.

It depends. Those interested in STEM generally choose Auburn, and the B School/liberal arts types usually choose Alabama. It's anecdotal, but I sat through a graduation ceremony at a private school in Alabama and it did seem that there were more kids headed to Auburn than Alabama. FWIW, all of the honor student friends of my relative that didn't go OOS went to Auburn.

Sounds like kids go to Auburn if they get in. Is the Auburn campus and town nicer?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Oh god…..why in the world would anyone want to be in the state of Alabama? Just go to your local community college….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh god…..why in the world would anyone want to be in the state of Alabama? Just go to your local community college….

Going to a college outside of the t100 is....a choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh god…..why in the world would anyone want to be in the state of Alabama? Just go to your local community college….

Going to a college outside of the t100 is....a choice

This isn’t about you ok? Bye!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh god…..why in the world would anyone want to be in the state of Alabama? Just go to your local community college….

This is the feeling I have about UMCP but I’m sure people have their reasons. Alabama and Auburn have much nicer campuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh god…..why in the world would anyone want to be in the state of Alabama? Just go to your local community college….

This is the feeling I have about UMCP but I’m sure people have their reasons. Alabama and Auburn have much nicer campuses.

Better football

[Anonymous]

Did anyone here have kids that applied to Auburn and/or Alabama from DMV before a tour, then eventually toured and were so impressed that it became the choice? Or because Alabama offered excellent merit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine getting into T20 and choosing Alabama. Is it because of money only? Parents didn’t save up for college?

Easy to imagine....

4 kids to put through college @ full pay.

One kid goes undergrad for free and funds parents saved will pay for top law/grad school (also @ full pay which will cost approx. $300k+).

But what makes you think they will get into a top law school after Alabama?

Wouldn’t a kid who got into Harvard undergrad but attended Alabama have as good or better chance of getting into a top law school from Alabama. Is there some secret sauce at a T20 school that is going to make a kid smarter? Or is it the fact that a kid had the intelligence and work ethic to get into a top 20 school and not the top 20 school that is the differentiator.

I don’t know. Because Harvard undergrad studied and AL undergrad went to football games?