Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

[Anonymous]

Because kids with decent stats can go to Bama for pennies. OOS tuition is $32k. Students with a 3.5 and a 32 on the ACT get $28k in merit. If you have a 4.0 they throw in more more and cover some room and board. Compare that to Penn State or Mich OOS. Plus kids with these good but not stellar stats have no problem being admitted at Bama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are northern Jewish kids going to southern oos publics?

They go to Tulane

and Emory

[Anonymous]

My nieces and nephews didn’t want to risk COVID restrictions.

[Anonymous]

Google “Bama Rush TikTok”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is ALL about the money, people. You must not realize how much cheaper it is to go there. They literally are saving families close to $100K over 4 years because of their merit awards and some people are willing to take them up on those offers. That crazy university president who remade the school also turned their physical plant into the sort of place that people who prefer new construction in a subdivision where you have to drive everywhere to a Kalorama Circe townhouse. Personally, I don't buy things on sale that I wouldn't be willing to pay full price for. But I was lucky and able to save enough for the college costs of my offspring, so we weren't in a situation where those dollars could convince me to send a DC there.

You do realize that there is more than one university in the South? I have no clue what university you’re babbling on about.

[Anonymous]

I did graduate admissions for a top five graduate program. People who are claiming good students from one of the big southern schools don’t get into good grad schools are deluding themselves.

I saw several 3.8-4.0 students from big mid-tier state Southern schools get in over kids from Ivies with more middling grades. Sure, maybe in a head to head the Ivy student might win, but we took bright motivated students from everywhere.

[Anonymous]

This is not news. I went to Va Tech in the early 90s and there were plenty of kids from Ny and NJ there. It was because it was a lot cheaper to go OOS to Tech than to go to school in their home states.

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Anonymous wrote:I think only white kids go south. We are Asian and would not consider a Southern school, besides UVa.

You don't speak for Asians.
Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Rice are plenty popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because kids with decent stats can go to Bama for pennies. OOS tuition is $32k. Students with a 3.5 and a 32 on the ACT get $28k in merit. If you have a 4.0 they throw in more more and cover some room and board. Compare that to Penn State or Mich OOS. Plus kids with these good but not stellar stats have no problem being admitted at Bama.

Cost doesn't explain SMU, which costs just as much as BU.

[Anonymous]

Much easier to get in. It's not like anyone got into Harvard and then decided to go to Alabama for the weather. They are usually average students who don't have a chance in NE.

[Anonymous]

Warm, fun, sun. Atmosphere. Merit $.

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Anonymous wrote:Because kids with decent stats can go to Bama for pennies. OOS tuition is $32k. Students with a 3.5 and a 32 on the ACT get $28k in merit. If you have a 4.0 they throw in more more and cover some room and board. Compare that to Penn State or Mich OOS. Plus kids with these good but not stellar stats have no problem being admitted at Bama.

Michigan is miles ahead of Alabama academically. There is no comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because kids with decent stats can go to Bama for pennies. OOS tuition is $32k. Students with a 3.5 and a 32 on the ACT get $28k in merit. If you have a 4.0 they throw in more more and cover some room and board. Compare that to Penn State or Mich OOS. Plus kids with these good but not stellar stats have no problem being admitted at Bama.

Michigan is miles ahead of Alabama academically. There is no comparison. [/quote
I don't know about "miles ahead" academically. It is, however, way more expensive if you get the merit money described above. And a lot colder.

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Anonymous wrote:Much easier to get in. It's not like anyone got into Harvard and then decided to go to Alabama for the weather. They are usually average students who don't have a chance in NE.

Actually, I wouldn't doubt that they have. If someone got into both, they're likely getting a free ride at Alabama, versus potentially 80,000 a year for Harvard, or whatever it is now. Cost matters to some people more than "prestige."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Much easier to get in. It's not like anyone got into Harvard and then decided to go to Alabama for the weather. They are usually average students who don't have a chance in NE.

Actually, I wouldn't doubt that they have. If someone got into both, they're likely getting a free ride at Alabama, versus potentially 80,000 a year for Harvard, or whatever it is now. Cost matters to some people more than "prestige."

This. Friend of DS got into Princeton last year, but passed it up for the full ride to Alabama