The one thing I can say with confidence this admissions season is that high stats kids I know...

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the college at all. It's the male gaze that Roll Tide feels compelled to express over and over and over. Once was cute and humorous, maybe even twice. But I don't think a day has gone by that RT hasn't mentioned the "coeds" or the "talent" or the "tail" that his child will be chasing.

It's a man?

Of course it is, I’m not convinced it’s a man under 70 personally. It’s old, really old and dude you’re giving Alabama a bad name

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the college at all. It's the male gaze that Roll Tide feels compelled to express over and over and over. Once was cute and humorous, maybe even twice. But I don't think a day has gone by that RT hasn't mentioned the "coeds" or the "talent" or the "tail" that his child will be chasing.

It's a man?

Of course it is, I’m not convinced it’s a man under 70 personally. It’s old, really old and dude you’re giving Alabama a bad name

I found another post of his:

You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in Zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J.D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run of the house with a big washtub and... Anyway, about my washtub. I'd just used it that morning to wash my turkey, which in those days was known as... ...a walking-bird. We'd always have walking-bird on Thanksgiving, with all the trimmings: cranberries, injun eyes, yams stuffed with gunpowder. Then we'd all watch football, which in those days was called baseball.

So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones... And the co-eds, grrrrr

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the college at all. It's the male gaze that Roll Tide feels compelled to express over and over and over. Once was cute and humorous, maybe even twice. But I don't think a day has gone by that RT hasn't mentioned the "coeds" or the "talent" or the "tail" that his child will be chasing.

It's a man?

Of course it is, I’m not convinced it’s a man under 70 personally. It’s old, really old and dude you’re giving Alabama a bad name

I found another post of his:

You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in Zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J.D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run of the house with a big washtub and... Anyway, about my washtub. I'd just used it that morning to wash my turkey, which in those days was known as... ...a walking-bird. We'd always have walking-bird on Thanksgiving, with all the trimmings: cranberries, injun eyes, yams stuffed with gunpowder. Then we'd all watch football, which in those days was called baseball.

So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones... And the co-eds, grrrrr

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Anonymous wrote:I have a high stats kid from a public school who is choosing to attend a public university (Alabama) not because he lacked other options but because he fell in love with the campus and felt the Honors College offered many of the same benefits of the higher-ranked schools to which he was admitted while providing the resources of a large, academically reputable state school. Granted, he didn't apply to any T20s, but he got into multiple T50s (UNC-CH, UGA) as well as several highly ranked SLACs. But none of those schools offered him nearly a full ride scholarship, and Alabama did. And none came close to the amenities of the Honors College in terms of things like housing, food and priority class registration. There are some squares on DCUM who aren't impressed with his choice, but he's thrilled and can't wait to get on campus. Roll Tide!

Hope he is an NFL caliber football player. Otherwise good luck getting a job or into graduate school.

Oh please. Alabama's alumni network is large, active, and loyal in cities throughout the South, almost all of which are thriving as people look to escape the coronabro lockdown states in the Northeast. Atlanta, Nashville, Birmingham, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Greenville, Charleston, and others all have loud and proud Tide contingencies. And graduate school? You're telling me if he graduates with a high GPA from a state flagship and aces the GRE/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT/whatever like he's aced every other standardized test in his life, he won't have grad school options? Get out of here. Roll Tide!

Tell yourself whatever you’d like. Top employers and graduate schools aren’t putting Alabama grads at the top. Unless they are being drafted tomorrow. You have no stats to back up Wall Street / Google employers or too grad schools seeking Alabama grads. There’s a reason they’ll give it away.

Who says my kid wants to move to New York or California after college for work? There's a reason both those states lost Congressional seats after the latest census. Top employers in Nashville and Huntsville, two of the hottest cities in the country right now, on the other hand, are very familiar with the University of Alabama, have a ton of respect for its students and grads, and recruit heavily on campus. Tell your Google-bound kid to enjoy his year and a half of total lockdown the next time there's a virus. Roll Tide!

When did the roll tide mom/dad become so harsh

DP. You people can sure dish it out, but you can’t take it. PP said all Alabama graduates are unemployed and will never get into graduate school (which is patently ridiculous, by the way). I thought Roll Tide’s response was fairly measured.

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I think there are two frequent Roll Tide posters. One is the misogynistic dude who is often mentioning “chicks” in his posts. The other seems like a proud and sometimes smug mom.

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There is something about Alabama. I’ve seen it raves about on other forums, too. Culturally, not a fit for my LGBTQ child but people seem to love it and it may be worth checking out.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the college at all. It's the male gaze that Roll Tide feels compelled to express over and over and over. Once was cute and humorous, maybe even twice. But I don't think a day has gone by that RT hasn't mentioned the "coeds" or the "talent" or the "tail" that his child will be chasing.

I doubt this guy has a kid. He's just writing out his creepy fantasies for his own amusement.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are two frequent Roll Tide posters. One is the misogynistic dude who is often mentioning “chicks” in his posts. The other seems like a proud and sometimes smug mom.

There's only one... language like "nearly a full-ride at the honors college" is consistent across every post about Alabama in recent months.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Roll Tide until your post saying they are an anti-vaxxer Trumper. Roll Tide, is it true?

Whoa. Where is all this coming from? I actually just got my second Pfizer shot yesterday, and my kid got his first. Show me a single thread where I've advocated against vaccines, or for or against any political candidate. Yes, my kid wants to attend a school without heavy-handed covid restrictions, especially now that he'll be fully immune by the time he gets to campus, and I support that because it's just common sense. Why should he be forced to wear a mask and stay six feet away from others, including the coeds who attracted him to the school in the first place, when he isn't a threat to anyone? But that's a far cry from being some anti-vax conspiracy theorist. Roll Tide!

OMG how old are you that you refer to women as “coed”? I’ve never heard anyone born after 1955 use that phrase.

Goodness this is why people feel like they can't post. They use one word you don't like and you need to ridicule them? So like your number one goal is to be in an echo chamber? You are the worst.

Roll Tide, I assume you know you're fine, but ignore these people, please.

We joke here, but I think you really hit a nerve with these people who want to believe that they are right and that huge swaths of people are wrong and dumber and worse than them. Having to be on a path mentally where they would consider something different (University of Alabama is a good choice, with a lot to offer, for a smart kid) really shakes their foundation. They can't take it.

-NP

The fact that an Alabama fan would use an archaic term like "coed" to describe women tells you everything you need to know about the school. So much for the vaunted alumni network in all those big southern cities....assume that is for white men, and how they preserve their status. If you are a woman (sorry, "coed," gotta make it clear you are being allowed to get a college education at the state university) or a black person, good luck cracking that network....

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Roll Tide until your post saying they are an anti-vaxxer Trumper. Roll Tide, is it true?

Whoa. Where is all this coming from? I actually just got my second Pfizer shot yesterday, and my kid got his first. Show me a single thread where I've advocated against vaccines, or for or against any political candidate. Yes, my kid wants to attend a school without heavy-handed covid restrictions, especially now that he'll be fully immune by the time he gets to campus, and I support that because it's just common sense. Why should he be forced to wear a mask and stay six feet away from others, including the coeds who attracted him to the school in the first place, when he isn't a threat to anyone? But that's a far cry from being some anti-vax conspiracy theorist. Roll Tide!

Oh dear. "Fully immune" isn't a thing after getting the shot(s). Read up on the basics of vaccines. And maybe head over the health forum if you have questions.

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Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

No. But even my post is anecdata. I mean at our public magnet school, every kid is high stat. I know kids that got into places like CMU, MIT, UT@Austin, Rice, UCLA but not really Harvard. So sucks majorly for them. Without a hook, you don't land anywhere. Especially if Asian-American.

Huh, MIT "sucks majorly" Really???

My magnet kid is going to UMD but has friends going to colleges listed above and I’m impressed (plus Harvard). I’m impressed with all of them.

UT-Austin, MIT, UCLA, Rice are great freaking schools. These kids will do great. Lucky them.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Roll Tide until your post saying they are an anti-vaxxer Trumper. Roll Tide, is it true?

Whoa. Where is all this coming from? I actually just got my second Pfizer shot yesterday, and my kid got his first. Show me a single thread where I've advocated against vaccines, or for or against any political candidate. Yes, my kid wants to attend a school without heavy-handed covid restrictions, especially now that he'll be fully immune by the time he gets to campus, and I support that because it's just common sense. Why should he be forced to wear a mask and stay six feet away from others, including the coeds who attracted him to the school in the first place, when he isn't a threat to anyone? But that's a far cry from being some anti-vax conspiracy theorist. Roll Tide!

Oh dear. "Fully immune" isn't a thing after getting the shot(s). Read up on the basics of vaccines. And maybe head over the health forum if you have questions.

It is common COVID shorthand for 2 weeks past the second shot.

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Isn't it better to be a high stat student than to be a low or average stat one? Admissions criteria could not have changed so much, no?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Roll Tide until your post saying they are an anti-vaxxer Trumper. Roll Tide, is it true?

Whoa. Where is all this coming from? I actually just got my second Pfizer shot yesterday, and my kid got his first. Show me a single thread where I've advocated against vaccines, or for or against any political candidate. Yes, my kid wants to attend a school without heavy-handed covid restrictions, especially now that he'll be fully immune by the time he gets to campus, and I support that because it's just common sense. Why should he be forced to wear a mask and stay six feet away from others, including the coeds who attracted him to the school in the first place, when he isn't a threat to anyone? But that's a far cry from being some anti-vax conspiracy theorist. Roll Tide!

Oh dear. "Fully immune" isn't a thing after getting the shot(s). Read up on the basics of vaccines. And maybe head over the health forum if you have questions.

It is common COVID shorthand for 2 weeks past the second shot.

Try "fully vaccinated."

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What an absolute amalgamation of idiots. PP's attacked two kids choices in schools and the parents responded appropriately. Then the clueless liberal hens pounce, with ad-hominem attacks and hyperbole, you people are sad.