Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

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I think the same quality of life issues that cause people from the North to move to the South in general are the same reasons we're seeing this for college selection.

I'm a lifelong New Yorker and I dream of moving to several Southern spots I really enjoy. Certainly wouldn't mind my kid applying to those 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.

That is because they come there for college.

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Because that’s where they can get accepted. It’s not as hard to get in especially when competing against instate kids

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Virginia is a highly-recruited state in general. Virginia ranks fourth nationally in education; the entire state has great high schools with great students. Virginia parents can have the money for out of state tuition, too. We live downstate in an area people here would poke fun at, and our grad received postcards for Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, and on and on and on for a few years. Heard from UChicago, Pitt, and a load of other northern schools, too. Schools want Virginia's $tudents.

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Not sure if Herschel Walker is a good indication of the quality of education at U. Georgia. "How 'bout them dogs!"

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Anonymous wrote:Southern universities have moved on from covid. It’s not surprising that someone who is 18 wants to spend $60k a year on a school where you’re allowed to attend parties, don’t have to take frequent nasal swabs, and aren’t required to take repeated boosters for covid. Not to mention better weather, fun sporting events and prettier women.

All schools have moved on from COVID. The South isn't special, outside of the insidious objectification of women, which is a different kind of special.

Au contraire. Mandates are still going strong at Northeast schools. Hundreds require a booster if the student hasn't had one yet and several even require the new booster for kids who already had the old one. Some families have HAD IT with the total lack of ethics, whether they say so publicly or not.

(Let's see if this post gets censored; it is common for DCUM to remove replies like mine.)

THIS. The reason we're focusing on schools in the south is mainly because of the mandates. We know one too many families who have been affected by vx injuries. It makes no sense to mandate at this point.

95 percent of the current covid cases and corresponding deaths are among the un/under-vaccinated.

But science...

Exactly, unvaccinated college students are dropping like flies from covid. (/sarc)

You can say the same for many other vaccines. How many others have you refused?

You missed the point, responding to the PP claimingmist deatha are in unvaccinated. Most young adults are not at significant risk of severe disease, from the covid od the past or the omicrom of the present. Unvaccinated college students are not dying from omicron.

As for cases, the new booster does not provide significant and durable protection from infection (see NYT article cited above). Heck, even CDC Dir and FDA Commissioner got a case of covid within a few weeks of their new boosters.

Seroprevalence is very high. There is no data proving benefit of the new booster against subsequent infection for college students. No basis for mandate.

OP asked why people may be interested in southern schools. You may not agree with the reasoning as you are not up to date on the latest science, but this is indeed one reason among others that people choose southern schools.

And a great reason to avoid them. I don’t want my kids building a social network with kids from nut job families.

Here, this list will show you which to attend and which to avoid

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BrDadiUGN-vQBe7Jolcb_-aWhLT7S2AkWOkSX49M40/edit#gid=1883815625

Almost as nutty as nurses who don’t want to get vaccinated “for religious reasons”.

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

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Anonymous wrote:Many kids are being pushed out of their home states - too many applicants willing to prep prep prep… they want a more traditional American experience

No, not the explanation. All the kids I know that finances were not concern chose NC State, Clemson, Georgia, South Carolina, etc over College Park. Kids want better experience and perceive the weather, landscape and amenities of southern schools superior. If this is still surprising to you, go visit Auburn and the Rutgers or UMass and respond back. Seriously, please do that or better yet have your 17 year old do that. They are somewhat equivalent academically.

[Anonymous]

Harder to get accepted to northern schools because so many apply to them.

You could probably write this article making the exact opposite argument.

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Anonymous wrote:Southern universities have moved on from covid. It’s not surprising that someone who is 18 wants to spend $60k a year on a school where you’re allowed to attend parties, don’t have to take frequent nasal swabs, and aren’t required to take repeated boosters for covid. Not to mention better weather, fun sporting events and prettier women.

All schools have moved on from COVID. The South isn't special, outside of the insidious objectification of women, which is a different kind of special.

Au contraire. Mandates are still going strong at Northeast schools. Hundreds require a booster if the student hasn't had one yet and several even require the new booster for kids who already had the old one. Some families have HAD IT with the total lack of ethics, whether they say so publicly or not.

(Let's see if this post gets censored; it is common for DCUM to remove replies like mine.)

NP.

The Covid booster policies are impacting my kids choices. He (a very competitive athlete) had suspected myocarditis after the second booster (serious enough that he was rushed for an emergency cardiology evaluation). Some of the schools have indicated to us that even with his doctor’s recommendation that he not get another shot he may not be allowed on campus without additional boosters. We are working through this now, and I do not know what will happen in the end, but as of now he may not be able to attend some schools because they may obligate him to get a booster against the medical advice of his own doctor if he enrolls.

+1. Two cardiology evals (not to mention $$$) later, exemption from booster denied. Transferring. Not worth the trouble for my next kid looking at colleges.

Yup. My kid has full medical records of suspected myocarditis, including an ER visit and follow up with multiple cardiologists. Some schools are currently saying that is not sufficient and are requiring the booster. It is honestly appalling. We are not anti-vaxxers and my other kids are fully vaccinated. But I am not going against the advice of two cardiologists, his primary care doctor, and the ER doctor.

I don’t believe you

I think you’re lying

Name the schools

I’m not going to name the schools. I already worry that the information given is too identifying. But as an example of schools that my kid is not applying to, I have heard that both Amherst and Williams agree to very few medical exemptions.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people I know go because they are prolife and want to go to states with stricter anti-abortion laws.

Weird bc the same people are cool with COVID and giving it to grandma.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they want to escape the woke indoctrination of many of the captured schools in the Northeast.

When I hear people use “woke” this way, they sound brainwashed to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they want to escape the woke indoctrination of many of the captured schools in the Northeast.

When I hear people use “woke” this way, they sound brainwashed to me.

And stupid.

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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?

The article makes multiple references to football being a draw - the games, the tailgating, the sense of community and togetherness of cheering for the team.

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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?

The article makes multiple references to football being a draw - the games, the tailgating, the sense of community and togetherness of cheering for the team.

You can get that from other sports. Basketball. Hockey.

And from smaller football programs that aren’t so focused on making money.