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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously why are people looking or choosing OOS Alabama? It’s one of the lowest ranked schools and keeps declining. What am I missing?[/quote]

Great way for average kids to get merit scholarship in a rah rah school where critical thinking and intellectual debates are not necessarily part of the daily environment.[/quote]

Average kids do not qualify for big merit at Alabama. Look at the chart on their website. 
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The big money at Bama ($24k off a nominal tuition of $34k) starts with an SAT score of 1360. That’s 91st percentile for all SAT takers, but the distribution of SAT scores in the DMV is much higher. For example 26% of white kids and 40% of Asian kids attending school in DC proper scored 1400+. So yeah, Alabama gives big merit to kids who, here in DCUM-land, are very much in the thick part of the bell curve. [/quote]

Alabama $60k-ish / year COA. So $24k off gets you to mid-$30k which is the similar to state flagships if you're in state. [/quote]

Mid-30k is a lot cheaper than going in-state to UVA. [/quote]

UVA in state is $40k/year COA.
in the same ballpark
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