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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure, base you kid's college decision on a couple of wackos you don't like.  We can find similar wackos at all schools.  E.g. Trump and Penn/Wharton.

But ok....

I visited both last year.  Alabama has a lot to offer.  Beautiful campus with new buildings and old traditional buildings.  A good student would do well.  I was impressed, and I previously was a northern school SLAC snob.

Alabama much more sprawling. Only campus where our tour was by bus.

Alabama gives very generous merit aid, if you need that.

Auburn much more compact and walkable. Felt more like a community.  But less diverse.

Auburn has a better reputation.

DS chose Auburn.

You can visit both in same day. So go visit.[/quote]

Why does Auburn have a better reputation?[/quote]

I wonder if it's not because Alabama has Alabama in the title.  Auburn is in Alabama, but it doesn't have Alabama in the title, isn't too far from Georgia (which has more of a "New South" reputation than Alabama), and has a stronger reputation for engineering.

For some reason, one of our kids was interested in Auburn but not Alabama.  We visited one spring and people were very friendly.  The campus is walkable and the town is small but cute.  I joked a bit because the football stadium was so centrally located, and I think my kid took it as my disapproval of Auburn (ended up going elsewhere).  But it seemed like it might have been a nice place to spend four years.  [/quote]

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