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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alabama doesn’t play the USNWR game.  Their admission rates are high, and as a result retention low.  Scholarships are public and the same standards for everyone.  Professor to student ratio is less favorable because they let their professors focus on research and teach fewer classes than higher ranked schools (e.g., Yale requires profs teach 4 classes a semester, Alabama requires 1).  Professors can avoid teaching lower level classes.  The prestige of the faculty at Alabama way outweighs the general student body.  They pay professors very well and research funding is high.  Their research is excellent and their grad programs ranked high -  med and increasingly law.  It is undeniable the opportunities for motivated and academic kids at the school.  Upper level classes are fantastic and rigorous and small. Med, grad and job placement is notably high among the program kids. For people focused on “rankings” or social prestige, probably not a good fit. [/quote]

So Bama is becoming an institution that prioritizes research over undergraduate instruction?  Cal and UCLA are described this way and the conclusion is nearly always negative, better for grads than undergrads.[/quote]

No, it’s not better for grads. Alabama Phd programs are weaker than the schools you reference.  PhD placement from Alabama is great.  The opportunities for high achieving undergrads in labs and other research is a benefit from having less Phds. The teaching at Alabama is also fantastic in the higher level classes — which may include both undergrads and grad students. [/quote]

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