Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone sending a college student to any red state in the US is a compete horrible parent.

FACT.

Clearly not paying attention to Republican crap.

Abstenence works so well plus send your kids to a red state where 38% more people died of covid. Great way to own the "libs" kill off your own.

Maybe blue states should adequately fund higher education. It's a joke when southern universities are able to offer comparable or better educations for cheaper than the states that purportedly care about education more. New England and most of the mid Atlantic just don't bother anymore. Even states with good flagships like Maryland and Virginia charge multiples of what southern states charge

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are full pay, liberal democrats. We have a child at a private southern university and our current senior is applying to (mostly) southern schools. For my kids, it isn’t about the merit aid since we can afford for them to go anywhere. They love how friendly everyone is at the southern schools. They love the social life, weather and sports games. School is FUN and the education has been great for my older child. My DC says it feels like a breath of fresh air after attending private school in DC.

I am the PP that wrote this. I forgot to add that my kids would have 100% attended UVA if accepted, but they were rejected. We are instate for Virginia.

This seems to be happening a lot. Kids who don’t get into UVA but have the stats and personality for a competitive school leave VA. Either for merit or because they can get into a better ranked or better fit university OOS.

VT isn't for everyone and there is a larger gap between UVA/W&M and JMU/VCU than some people will acknowledge.

Definitely.

[Anonymous]

As someone who attended a southern university, the friendly/nice can oftentimes be VERY fake. I don't really buy that people are "friendlier" in the south.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone sending a college student to any red state in the US is a compete horrible parent.

FACT.

Clearly not paying attention to Republican crap.

Abstenence works so well plus send your kids to a red state where 38% more people died of covid. Great way to own the "libs" kill off your own.

Maybe blue states should adequately fund higher education. It's a joke when southern universities are able to offer comparable or better educations for cheaper than the states that purportedly care about education more. New England and most of the mid Atlantic just don't bother anymore. Even states with good flagships like Maryland and Virginia charge multiples of what southern states charge

UMD tuition for in-state: $11233. Alabama tuition for in-state: $11900. Georgia: $11180

I suppose .94 and 1.005 are multiples technically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone sending a college student to any red state in the US is a compete horrible parent.

FACT.

Clearly not paying attention to Republican crap.

Abstenence works so well plus send your kids to a red state where 38% more people died of covid. Great way to own the "libs" kill off your own.

Maybe blue states should adequately fund higher education. It's a joke when southern universities are able to offer comparable or better educations for cheaper than the states that purportedly care about education more. New England and most of the mid Atlantic just don't bother anymore. Even states with good flagships like Maryland and Virginia charge multiples of what southern states charge

UMD tuition for in-state: $11233. Alabama tuition for in-state: $11900. Georgia: $11180

I suppose .94 and 1.005 are multiples technically.

That's one way to look at it. Alabama is basically free with good grades. UGA has a 27k cost of attendance, UMD is 29k, but Georgia is far more generous with merit aid. Florida is 21k. UVA is 31k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who attended a southern university, the friendly/nice can oftentimes be VERY fake. I don't really buy that people are "friendlier" in the south.

This is true X a million.

[Anonymous]

the merit aid comes from?

[Anonymous]

I would love to know how progressive, liberal DMV parents can stomach the Greek life at these southern schools. Or are the kids not going that far?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know how progressive, liberal DMV parents can stomach the Greek life at these southern schools. Or are the kids not going that far?

They don’t rush

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the merit aid comes from?

the SEC media deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who attended a southern university, the friendly/nice can oftentimes be VERY fake. I don't really buy that people are "friendlier" in the south.

That's a lot of regions. At work, we use the team "Minnesota nice" to refer to the incredibly over the top but shallow friendliness in our Minneapolis office

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the merit aid comes from?

the SEC media deal

so, not really the states.

[Anonymous]

The states decide where the money goes as they have say so over the budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who attended a southern university, the friendly/nice can oftentimes be VERY fake. I don't really buy that people are "friendlier" in the south.

In contrast to those super kind University of Michigan students in the north who torment uber drivers with profane racism and hate speech.

"You’re an Uber driver. Go f***ing drive, you little f***," a student was filmed saying. "Minimum wage fa**ot. Go f*** yourself."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/29/heres-why-a-michigan-student-says-he-berated-an-uber-driver-with-profanities/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who attended a southern university, the friendly/nice can oftentimes be VERY fake. I don't really buy that people are "friendlier" in the south.

In contrast to those super kind University of Michigan students in the north who torment uber drivers with profane racism and hate speech.

"You’re an Uber driver. Go f***ing drive, you little f***," a student was filmed saying. "Minimum wage fa**ot. Go f*** yourself."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/29/heres-why-a-michigan-student-says-he-berated-an-uber-driver-with-profanities/

Look, my point wasn’t that they are any worse, just that the south isn’t better