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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids at SEC schools like Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee aren't having the problems described in this thread. They're having fun, loving life, tailgating and watching great football. And the academics are much better than they get credit for. Something to think about as your kids, perhaps as your behest, stress themselves out in high school and make themselves miserable to get into an "elite" college where they'll just be even more stressed out and miserable.[/quote]

Drop-out rates within 6 years:

Alabama:  28%
Georgia:  12%
UTK:  28%
Penn State:  15%
Pitt:  16%
Umass:  17%

This makes sense to me, because I believe there is a large delta between Georgia and UTK/Alabama.

I won't even list the "high stress" schools because their drop-out rates are at most 5%, and most are just 1%-2%.
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You missed the point of the thread. No one said kids aren't passing their classes and graduating at the high-stress schools. Just that they're miserable, many of them not making friends or creating the memories that we so fondly look back on from our college days. Kids don't drop out of Alabama or Tennessee because they're depressed but because they're having TOO much fun. They party and get laid so much that they forget to go to class or study for finals.[/quote]

No, that's of course not why they drop out.  Why are UGA students managing to stay in school?  Are you claiming UGA is now a high-stress place?

Are you also saying Penn State is now a high stress place?

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