Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

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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.

lol why? Are they planning to get pregnant, and want to make sure that they are forced to give birth? This is so dumb.

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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

dp.. so a heavily blue area in the south. Yes, most prestigious college areas are blue, no matter the state.

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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.

DP.. I am not paying my kid to go to college for the athletic atmosphere.

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Well my kid wanted to go to a college that was 75% white. Didn’t want too many Asians to compete with either. We are rich enough and have enough connections to compensate for the subpar education.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that complicated:

Pros:

- The weather is warmer
- Schools are cheaper
- Easier to get in

Cons:

- Academics aren't good (This doesnt matter for jobs but will prevent students from getting into good PhD programs)iCal

YMMV:

- Conservative politics (not a problem for many, would be for others, including me)

Ifyou don't care about academics that much and are fine with conservative politics & hot weather, these schools are a no-brainer.

Actually grad schools also like geographical diversity in their class, top schools will accept high performing students from any school.

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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.

DP.. I am not paying my kid to go to college for the athletic atmosphere.

It’s a fun “traditional college” experience. Regardless of scale.

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

FWIW most people in the college admissions field don’t consider UVA a “southern school”. There are mainly thoughtful discussions about this on College Confidential. First, it’s considered a Mid-Atlantic School not Southern (which is why no one has picked up on your thread). Second, the students do not come from the south. The bulk of the Virginia residents are from the excellent schools in Nova, then Norfolk, but very few geographical gromthe southern part of the Commonwealth. Then come relatively (to other top Publics) high number of OOS and the international students. It’s a very cosmopolitan environment. Third, if you want to say “well, it’s below the Mason-Dixon Line, the you would have to call Georgetown, UMD, John’s Hopkins, etc. “southern schools”, which no one does. They are classified as Mid-Atlantic schools

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that complicated:

Pros:

- The weather is warmer
- Schools are cheaper
- Easier to get in

Cons:

- Academics aren't good (This doesnt matter for jobs but will prevent students from getting into good PhD programs)iCal

YMMV:

- Conservative politics (not a problem for many, would be for others, including me)

Ifyou don't care about academics that much and are fine with conservative politics & hot weather, these schools are a no-brainer.

Actually grad schools also like geographical diversity in their class, top schools will accept high performing students from any school.

I'm in grad school and I promise you that a good student from Alabama will not be viewed the same a top student from Wisconsin. For professional schools and masters it won't matter, but for real grad school it is a big deal.

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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

This is white flight on a national level. Just admit it. No need to use the word 'traditional" when we all know you mean white.

I don’t think that’s a good analogy. The white kids are more like a poor community being priced out of a gentrifying neighborhood.

White kids literally can’t get into the northern schools any more. And the position of the Asian American community on here seems to be that that is right and good, that higher stats Asian American students have a constitutional right to those seats.

So it’s more than a little rich to cry “racism” when the exact same kids you worked so hard to keep out of elite northern schools go to school somewhere else. What did you expect them to do?

I think this is a bit off. Most southern schools have added diversity inn decent numbers. Also its not poor whites going but rich kids. Abortion is not playing a role as those kids could just come home or go somewhere else. Numbers so far this year show increase in applications to those states.

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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.

Yeah pp def isn’t originally from the northeast if she/he thinks there are “tons of Jews” at unc

And you definitely aren't a good reader.

The PP said "IN North Carolina". The PP did not say "At UNC"

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that complicated:

Pros:

- The weather is warmer
- Schools are cheaper
- Easier to get in

Cons:

- Academics aren't good (This doesnt matter for jobs but will prevent students from getting into good PhD programs)iCal

YMMV:

- Conservative politics (not a problem for many, would be for others, including me)

Ifyou don't care about academics that much and are fine with conservative politics & hot weather, these schools are a no-brainer.

Actually grad schools also like geographical diversity in their class, top schools will accept high performing students from any school.

I'm in grad school and I promise you that a good student from Alabama will not be viewed the same a top student from Wisconsin. For professional schools and masters it won't matter, but for real grad school it is a big deal.

Your post is nonsense. Good Alabama vs top Wisc? That is apples and oranges. Top Alabama will be viewed same as top anywhere. Good Alabama is same as good Wisc. Don't fool yourself/

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

FWIW most people in the college admissions field don’t consider UVA a “southern school”. There are mainly thoughtful discussions about this on College Confidential. First, it’s considered a Mid-Atlantic School not Southern (which is why no one has picked up on your thread). Second, the students do not come from the south. The bulk of the Virginia residents are from the excellent schools in Nova, then Norfolk, but very few geographical gromthe southern part of the Commonwealth. Then come relatively (to other top Publics) high number of OOS and the international students. It’s a very cosmopolitan environment. Third, if you want to say “well, it’s below the Mason-Dixon Line, the you would have to call Georgetown, UMD, John’s Hopkins, etc. “southern schools”, which no one does. They are classified as Mid-Atlantic schools

Wow. Have they ever visited UVA? It’s very southern.

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

FWIW most people in the college admissions field don’t consider UVA a “southern school”. There are mainly thoughtful discussions about this on College Confidential. First, it’s considered a Mid-Atlantic School not Southern (which is why no one has picked up on your thread). Second, the students do not come from the south. The bulk of the Virginia residents are from the excellent schools in Nova, then Norfolk, but very few geographical gromthe southern part of the Commonwealth. Then come relatively (to other top Publics) high number of OOS and the international students. It’s a very cosmopolitan environment. Third, if you want to say “well, it’s below the Mason-Dixon Line, the you would have to call Georgetown, UMD, John’s Hopkins, etc. “southern schools”, which no one does. They are classified as Mid-Atlantic schools

Wow. Have they ever visited UVA? It’s very southern.

+1

VERY.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, many students do not want to spend their social time at small, cold weather, isolated/rural schools drinking beer in a crowded stuffy fraternity basement.

That’s a traditional experience tho. Choose one.

Yes, that was the point of my post. I thought that my preference was clear as well.

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To the poster mentioning avoiding competitive Asian students—try UNC or Harvard. I think those schools actively try to limit Asian students……