Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

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How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

What do you mean by traditional? If you mean big football culture, NY has Syracuse.

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

How do you define “large” and “traditional”?

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To answer OP’s original question: because they want to party

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

Penn state, Umass, uconn, u Vermont, unh

That’s not even counting the big 10 in Midwest which is by definition what typical Mericam college experience is stereotyped as by the world

If you ask a foreigner to close their eyes and think of an “American college campus” they think of Wisconsin before Alabama

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Mine is interested in better weather but at a school with strong academics in their area of interest.

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Anonymous wrote:Look, this isn’t surprising at all. The south in general has been gaining population at a much higher rate than most other regions in the country for several decades. It offers a slower and less expensive way of life, which by definition attracts stupid and shallow people. No surprise that its universities are following suit and attracting similarly minded students.

Students are looking at these universities to be closer to their families who are also moving/retiring towards warmer weather and lower taxes.

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Not my northern kid.

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Another poster mentioned the improving economies of the south… I think that is at least a partial factor. I have noticed that my B4 began pushing candidates from southern schools more and more. I theorize it is to keep up with demand and build relationships on those regions as their economies grow.

It also created an interesting dilemma because students that may have gotten into more selective schools but not been able to get into the business school (think UMD) would have gotten scholarships to attend business schools down south (think South Carolina). And at South Carolina they could have gotten on campus interviews with B4 and Accenture. But at the more selective schools, they would have completely missed out on B4 recruiting since they were not in the B school.

Some schools down south also have much stronger alumni and local connections. So you get I-banks and MBB recruiting there as well for local offices (think UT).

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Anonymous wrote:Northern kids are flocking to Southern universities for warmer weather, honors colleges with merit scholarships, more traditional / less political experience, sunny weather, more polite society,lower cost housing, athletic clean-cut atmosphere, closer access to warm weather beaches, more attractive students due to better weather which encourages students to engage in outdoor activities.

60%--or a bit more--of the students at the University of Alabama are non-residents.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

What do you mean by traditional? If you mean big football culture, NY has Syracuse.

Also Greek, but that's also a big negative for many people

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Simple. Better merit aid.
Southern schools are clamoring for the well educated northern high school students. Their work ethic helps them succeed in college

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Anonymous wrote:Simple. Better merit aid.
Southern schools are clamoring for the well educated northern high school students. Their work ethic helps them succeed in college

My Dd and her friends who graduated last year got merit aid offers from southern schools that was $10-20k/year better than regional schools

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

Tons of Jews in North Carolina

I'm sure this is true somewhere, it's a big state, but it's hilarious to me. I lived there my whole life until college and met three.

Somewhere = RTP
Solved that mystery for you

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

What do you mean by traditional? If you mean big football culture, NY has Syracuse.

Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany. I would call these huge traditional schools.
Why does traditional have to equal football?