Record number of high schoolers swapping the Ivy League for the SEC thanks to sunshine, campus culture - The Times

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Interview with South Carolina admissions chief

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385521589112

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Anonymous wrote:Literally no one is doing this. People are just applying to big southern or big state schools because they are easier to get into than Harvard or Princeton.

They are applying to them because they are easier to get into than like Ohio State, PSU, Rutgers, UMD, VTech, and Stoney Brook. All solid public schools getting harder to get into. No magic here, less capable Northerners have migrated South for years.

LOL UF and UGA are superior to every podunk college you listed

Not really. They are very good schools but not measurably better than any of the above schools.

Do you still have a corded phone, dial up internet and stock up on Y2K supplies? You’re living in 1999.

You really don't know too much. Might want to leave the discussion to the adults. Podunk pretty much says it all for you.

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Anonymous wrote:The parents who comment about attractiveness of students at warm weather schools may be referring to happiness & fitness due to active outdoor lifestyle found at these schools.

This. Don’t make something a problem that isn’t. SEC kids simply take care of themselves and take pride in their appearance. They’re happy and outgoing, all American kids. Again, something that was once the status quo at “top” colleges before they got taken over by dorks.

The greatest levels of Obesity are in the South.....try again.

More anti-south propaganda. The rust belt is in every way just as bad. NYC and DC are also full of obese people. Either way, what does the average prole townie have to do with rich kids in Greek life? Those kids all look like models.

West Virginia – 41.2%

Mississippi – 40.1%

Arkansas – 40.0%

Louisiana – 39.9%

Alabama – 39.2%

Oklahoma – 38.7%

Indiana – 37.8%

Iowa – 37.8%

Tennessee – 37.6%

Nebraska - 36.6%

Looks pretty Southern to me

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Anonymous wrote:Literally no one is doing this. People are just applying to big southern or big state schools because they are easier to get into than Harvard or Princeton.

They are applying to them because they are easier to get into than like Ohio State, PSU, Rutgers, UMD, VTech, and Stoney Brook. All solid public schools getting harder to get into. No magic here, less capable Northerners have migrated South for years.

LOL UF and UGA are superior to every podunk college you listed

Not really. They are very good schools but not measurably better than any of the above schools.

Do you still have a corded phone, dial up internet and stock up on Y2K supplies? You’re living in 1999.

You really don't know too much. Might want to leave the discussion to the adults. Podunk pretty much says it all for you.

At least I’m not provincial like you.

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Anonymous wrote:Literally no one is doing this. People are just applying to big southern or big state schools because they are easier to get into than Harvard or Princeton.

They are applying to them because they are easier to get into than like Ohio State, PSU, Rutgers, UMD, VTech, and Stoney Brook. All solid public schools getting harder to get into. No magic here, less capable Northerners have migrated South for years.

LOL UF and UGA are superior to every podunk college you listed

Not really. They are very good schools but not measurably better than any of the above schools.

Do you still have a corded phone, dial up internet and stock up on Y2K supplies? You’re living in 1999.

You really don't know too much. Might want to leave the discussion to the adults. Podunk pretty much says it all for you.

Time to put down the wine, sweetie.

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https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=University+of+Alabama+at+Birmingham&with=Harvard+University

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Anonymous wrote:Southern schools T15:

Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt (SEC)
UT Austin (SEC)
Georgia Tech
UVA
UNC
Emory
UF (SEC)
UGA (SEC)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Wake
Tulane

Miami

All other SEC schools essentially equal

Several great LAC’s in the South not listed above.

And 7 of those schools are public universities.

There are zero public universities in anyone’s list of best schools in the Northeast. The South made different choices when it comes to public education and it’s paying off. Whereas the Northeast figured what’s the point. We have Harvard and Princeton. And the University of New Hampshire is good enough for the rest of them.

Lazy and indifferent and bleak is the general vibe of states in the northeast when it comes to a quality public education. No wonder students are fleeing.

Schools in the NE have record # of applications. Kids aren't "fleeing".

Not that facts matter to MAGAs...

What is MAGA about observing that some southern flagships are doing pretty well with public education?

I think because MAGA people are always short on facts.

The Southern states have got the worst public education k-12. These students are going to their state colleges. The students from the Northeast who end up going to the sunny campuses of Alabama, Mississippi, etc, aren’t the top students from their schools.
The Northeast students feel at home with their peers academic wise. The brightest students from the South go to schools outside of the South. It all works out.

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UAB isn’t Alabama. You people are so dumb lol you don’t even know your SEC schools and you keep citing stats for the worst ones. Too afraid to talk about UF and UGA huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Southern schools T15:

Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt (SEC)
UT Austin (SEC)
Georgia Tech
UVA
UNC
Emory
UF (SEC)
UGA (SEC)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Wake
Tulane

Miami

All other SEC schools essentially equal

Several great LAC’s in the South not listed above.

And 7 of those schools are public universities.

There are zero public universities in anyone’s list of best schools in the Northeast. The South made different choices when it comes to public education and it’s paying off. Whereas the Northeast figured what’s the point. We have Harvard and Princeton. And the University of New Hampshire is good enough for the rest of them.

Lazy and indifferent and bleak is the general vibe of states in the northeast when it comes to a quality public education. No wonder students are fleeing.

Schools in the NE have record # of applications. Kids aren't "fleeing".

Not that facts matter to MAGAs...

What is MAGA about observing that some southern flagships are doing pretty well with public education?

I think because MAGA people are always short on facts.

The Southern states have got the worst public education k-12. These students are going to their state colleges. The students from the Northeast who end up going to the sunny campuses of Alabama, Mississippi, etc, aren’t the top students from their schools.
The Northeast students feel at home with their peers academic wise. The brightest students from the South go to schools outside of the South. It all works out.

SEC is for liberals too. Real liberals that are changing the world, not hypocrite liberals like you.

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Anonymous wrote:Southern schools T15:

Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt (SEC)
UT Austin (SEC)
Georgia Tech
UVA
UNC
Emory
UF (SEC)
UGA (SEC)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Wake
Tulane

Miami

All other SEC schools essentially equal

Several great LAC’s in the South not listed above.

This isn't in order correct?
Duke
Vanderbilt
Rice
Emory
Huge gap
The others

UVA is equal to, or above, all of these.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Southern schools T15:

Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt (SEC)
UT Austin (SEC)
Georgia Tech
UVA
UNC
Emory
UF (SEC)
UGA (SEC)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Wake
Tulane

Miami

All other SEC schools essentially equal

Several great LAC’s in the South not listed above.

This isn't in order correct?
Duke
Vanderbilt
Rice
Emory
Huge gap
The others

UVA is equal to, or above, all of these.

UVA would be lucky to get a SEC invitation.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=University+of+Alabama+at+Birmingham&with=Harvard+University

UAB isn’t Alabama. You people are so dumb lol you don’t even know your SEC schools and you keep citing stats for the worst ones. Too afraid to talk about UF and UGA huh?

Run UGA against various schools…75% select Penn, 76% select Princeton, 78% select Brown. Those were the only Ivy comparisons where they had enough data for UGA.

For UF, 67% pick Penn. Thats the only Ivy comparison with enough data.

Did you honestly think it would be different?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Southern schools T15:

Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt (SEC)
UT Austin (SEC)
Georgia Tech
UVA
UNC
Emory
UF (SEC)
UGA (SEC)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Wake
Tulane

Miami

All other SEC schools essentially equal

Several great LAC’s in the South not listed above.

And 7 of those schools are public universities.

There are zero public universities in anyone’s list of best schools in the Northeast. The South made different choices when it comes to public education and it’s paying off. Whereas the Northeast figured what’s the point. We have Harvard and Princeton. And the University of New Hampshire is good enough for the rest of them.

Lazy and indifferent and bleak is the general vibe of states in the northeast when it comes to a quality public education. No wonder students are fleeing.

Schools in the NE have record # of applications. Kids aren't "fleeing".

Not that facts matter to MAGAs...

What is MAGA about observing that some southern flagships are doing pretty well with public education?

I think because MAGA people are always short on facts.

The Southern states have got the worst public education k-12. These students are going to their state colleges. The students from the Northeast who end up going to the sunny campuses of Alabama, Mississippi, etc, aren’t the top students from their schools.
The Northeast students feel at home with their peers academic wise. The brightest students from the South go to schools outside of the South. It all works out.

Not true in Georgia. The Atlanta Metro area has many brilliant students and great high schools (private, Catholic, & some publics) and quite often the top students matriculated at Georgia Tech & the University of Georgia Honors College. Tech & UGa Honors are both outstanding academically.

Vanderbilt & Duke are premier Southern universities, but U Georgia & Georgia Tech offer free tuition for most.

The University of Florida is bursting at the seams with bright, hard-working Floridians who attend for free.

U South Carolina has a thriving Honors College as does the University of Alabama.

Ole Miss has a popular Honors College. Ole Miss is arguably the last Southern University for experiencing the positive aspects of the Old South.Beautiful campus located in one of the best college towns in the country.

If you like to play tennis or golf, then Southern universities offer the best weather. Lots of outdoor activities and access to gorgeous beaches within a reasonable distance.

Southern University campuses are alive with activity throughout the school year. Lots of happy, healthy students. Lots of Northerners--especially at U Alabama & at the University of South Carolina.

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It is settled. Ivies are so easier to get into than the SEC.

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Something like 88% of top Atlanta private school kids attend college OOS, many at private NE schools.

It’s not because they aren’t accepted at UGA or Tech…it’s because they have $$$s and free tuition just isn’t a factor in their decision. It’s not like their private HS was cheap.