why not Univ of Alabama?
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Anonymous
The University of the South, despite only having 1700 students, has had 27 — more than every one of these schools but Williams. Nuff said . . . |
Anonymous
Just went to the Bama game this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The campus is beautiful, the place is absolutely stocked with smoking hot young women who know how to dress and attractive, preppy well-mannered young men. Everyone smiling and having a good time, clearly on their way to a prosperous, well-adjusted and successful lives. Why anyone would want to pass up this Elysian vision in favor of some cold Northern hell of neuroticism and wokeism is beyond me. |
Anonymous
100% true! If your DC wants a large, public school, and they either love Univ Alabama, in particular, or it's meaningfully better for your family financially (which I think is what you're getting at with the "want to buy a house someday" part?), I wouldn't hesitate. At a large public school, there's enough diversity that everyone can find their people. They may not be in the majority, but they'll be there! Plus, they'll be living and learning with a super diverse group of classmates. This experience can be mind-opening and life-expanding if a kid wants that. Also, this should be 100% obvious, but do not sterotype all southerners as racists. 
As someone whose entire family lived in NY/NJ/Long Island since arriving at Ellis Island back in the day, I happily went to a southern university and learned so much about myself (including the positives and limits of my upbringing) and other parts of our country, including what it's like to grow up in a very rural or big city environment at all socio-economic levels. Excellent experience all-around. |
Anonymous
I don't have any issues with Alabama, but the comments from people who love it are always so weird. |
Anonymous
It’s like the Annapolis boating crowd, except the Alabama crowd wears pink belts with golf club insignias whereas the Annapolis crowd wears pink belts with whale insignias. Has its appeal, but also rather stultifying. Give me UCLA any day. |
Anonymous
First I assume you’re a middle aged man and calling college students “smoking hot” is creepy. They don’t want you drooling over them. Second, the weather is MISERABLE. The town sucks. And most of the students are low achieving. They will go back to their southern hometowns, get married young and start families. That’s not the life I want for my kids. |
Anonymous
PP: We were discussing Bama but as long as you brought it up I love Sewanee. It is an underappreciated gem of a school and I do not understand why it does not get the attention that it deserves. You just provided yet another example of the superior quality of the SLAC model when it comes to undergraduate education. |
Anonymous
Please do so for Bama....Amherst, Middlebury and Williams all have at least one winner in the last three years. |
Anonymous
Exactly. And I'm not going to lie. The idea that the place is stocked with hot young people is a total lie. We've been there. Blondes and white, yes. But blonde and white don't equate hot. Sorry to hurt middle aged man (or woman's) feelings. |
Anonymous
Beyond weird. Creepy AF and frankly, isn't doing the school any favors when it comes to its reputation. |
Anonymous
Go to a top15 private or WASP for the best chance at all of your goals. If they want to live closer to a city or in a city then half of them are out due to being rural. |
Anonymous
Did you not read the original post? Bama has a 2024 Rhodes Scholar. And now has 17 total so it’s clearly producing a competitive number of Rhodes Scholars. There are also 15 Fulbright Scholars at Bama this year. I get that it’s not for everyone but high achieving kids with full rides can absolutely have an amazing experience there. https://news.ua.edu/2025/06/ua-students-offered-u-s-fulbright-program-awards-for-2025-2026/ |
Anonymous
| Probably not an issue for OP because it sounds like they have a high achieving kid but when I looked into 'bama a couple of years go, less than 50% of kids graduated in 4 years. That was concerning to me. It looks like they made progress and it is now 53% that graduate in 4 years. We were chasing merit and I dont know what drives this % - partiers, classes not available that force you to stay on, credits not transferring?? No idea but was a red flag for me. |
Anonymous
+100. This board largely doesn’t get the University of Alabama. Great school, fantastic opportunities. |
Anonymous
| At Alabama, in the humanities, at least history, the most powerful professors (including head of department) are Ivy League phds from the north, particularly New York. Well-run school with a lot of money for research (they use sports money) so they attract really good professors. Amazing school. |