NP. They are indeed very, very different. The students are different. The campus vibe is different. The surrounding city is different. You don't know until you visit both. |
Auburn has a stronger profile. How else are students different? How is the vibe different? City? |
Is Auburn a safety for kids that miss UGA? |
| I would not say that. It is an easier admit and many kids do apply to both. But it isn’t a “safety” |
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Auburn does not have the “stronger profile”. It does for engineering and I think architecture. But bio and business are better at Alabama. |
| Kids at Auburn are much more “polished” than the kids at ‘bama. It’s a preppier vibe. Town and campus is small and charming. My kid loved Auburn and absolutely hated Alabama. |
| Agree about the polished kids. And the friendly vibe felt more sincere. We are not from the South, and we love friendly but syrup freaks us out. It was a vibe. Bama Rush girls love their school. As they should. It just didn’t suit mine. Both have a high OOS percentage, which helps to broaden the experience. My child liked that Auburn had big SEC energy but felt a bit smaller and had a bougie streak. Also, a truly terrific competitive program for their specific course of study. Excellent job placement was sorted by Christmas before graduation. Close friend circle was guy/girl mix from Chicago, Georgia, California, Mass and Alabama. |
Have you seen Bama Rush? You think those kids aren’t polished? Odd take. |
What does this mean? |
| there is nothing bougie about Alabama or Auburn lol. |
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Grew up with the magnet system in Alabama. Top magnet kids typically go to Auburn. It is very much a different vibe, a different size, and very much different types of students.
Similar to differences in VT and UVA. VT is bigger. UVA is smaller. One has a preppy vibe. Both good schools… |
You don’t think Alabama is preppy? |
Auburn is known for engineering and Alabama is not - I think that's where the stronger profile ideas come from. That being said, my child was deferred and then rejected (before being accepted at two much more selective schools), so I would never consider it a safer foe engineering. |
| Also chiming in as someone who knows...there is a big difference between Bama and Auburn. Huge. |