Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 20:21     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I sent my pretty good stats kid down south for a free education so that we had money for graduate school/law school.

I think he got a good education.

I used to try to talk to him about racism and he thought I was over reacting… it’s not the 60’s anymore.

Going down south you are literally gonna see it face-to-face kids using the n words on the daily. People making racist and insane remarks..

So I’d say the best education my kid got out of the south was that yes racism exist.


What?

I’m a Yankee living in the South. Lots I don’t like.

But number of times I (or my kids) have heard the n word? Zero.



What is right. I am from the South. I went to college in Boston. I have never lived anywhere so racist as Boston. The South couldn't compete if it tried.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 19:06     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Hey OP, given the "want to buy a house" part of your post, I'm assuming you are looking for merit and hence looking at Alabama?

Alabama's has a ton of kids from OOS, and has done a great job of building up a strong academic cohort for top performers.

Have you visited the campus?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:39     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Yes, but what about ASU Engineering, same concept, cheaper than mid-tier engineering private, worth it in the end?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:34     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:How about ASU for Engineering? Top 35 program, why wouldn't someone attend versus a URochester or 50+engineering school? Is there that much of a difference?


OP said that their kid wants a PhD in the humanities -- very different from engineering
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:33     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
How about ASU for Engineering? Top 35 program, why wouldn't someone attend versus a URochester or 50+engineering school? Is there that much of a difference?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:25     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Are you trying to chase merit? Does the kid have any specific major interests?

Our family ruled out most southern states for political reasons. But if those things don’t bother you or your kid, a big state school in the south trying to draw people in with merit money could work.

Trying to find the right mix of price and interests can be tricky.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:19     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:this is for a city kid with zero interest in sports. but great SATs and plans for masters/phd in a humanities subject and would one day like to buy a house?


The schools most likely to lead to top MS/phD inhumanities are Ivies, top SLACs, UChicago, Duke and a few more top privates. Go to one of those.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:13     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I sent my pretty good stats kid down south for a free education so that we had money for graduate school/law school.

I think he got a good education.

I used to try to talk to him about racism and he thought I was over reacting… it’s not the 60’s anymore.

Going down south you are literally gonna see it face-to-face kids using the n words on the daily. People making racist and insane remarks..

So I’d say the best education my kid got out of the south was that yes racism exist.


This is totally 'tarted. No you aren't.


I don’t really think you’re credible considering use the R word.

A group of racist, on campus day, one protesting women and black being in the school.

Kids dorms had confederate flags and they don’t thread on me. They’ve been multiple viral videos from their school showing students being racist and getting kick kicked out of school.


Without getting into an argument with posters on the specifics of their experiences, the Deep South has a different culture. It has changed a lot since I was a kid in Georgia decades ago, but it is still more socially acceptable there to make racist, comments there than other parts of the country. You don't have to drive far out of Atlanta to run into it. And the Confederate flag is a big part of the culture there.

The paradox is that people in the South are some of the warm, friendliest and kindest people I have ever met. They aren't as reserved, and sometimes aloof, as people on the coasts. It is more socially segregated by race than the West Coast, especially more than the newer developments in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and the Inland Empire, but it is a matter of degree. There's plenty segregation out here, too.

I live on the West Coast, and I knew a couple of families who had kids who were thinking about going to school in the South. I never said, no, that's a bad idea. I did say, it is different in ways that can't be experienced here, you might want to check it out before sending your kid there. Go there and spend some time to find out if it works for you.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:09     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:this is for a city kid with zero interest in sports. but great SATs and plans for masters/phd in a humanities subject and would one day like to buy a house?
This looks good: https://honors.ua.edu/apply/randall-research-scholars-program/
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:07     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:this is for a city kid with zero interest in sports. but great SATs and plans for masters/phd in a humanities subject and would one day like to buy a house?


Because for one it is run by Republicans what do you not understand about that?

In 2028 there will be no buying a house in any state. Do you not know how to read?

Do you not understand what Republicans have done to the state of Alabama?
Do you not understand what SCOTUS has done today?

You want your kid living in a state that has the worst public schools in the country. Zero help for any storm from the government or the state.

Voters voted in Tommy Tuberville, an idiot who doesn't even reside there.

The economy in Alabama is about automotive manufacturing and Aerospace. Auto manufacturing no one is building new factories in this economy or the economy that is coming, which will be a great depression. What will happen in these factories is kids will now be able to work for pennies on the $ ,ie Project 2025. You didn't read Project 2025 did you???

Aerospace, you think Trump the criminal is going to have his administration bring money to Alabama for that??? No by 2026 Trump will have raided all of the US treasury. Aeorspace is not getting more money from Trump's adminstraiton if you believe that you have not paid attention.

Bottom line paying monies to go to the University of Alabama at this point in time a state that takes federal blue $ to even exist is just beyond stupid.


On the upside, OP, your DC is unlikely to run into this poster at the University of Alabama.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:56     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:Well you said your kid has no interest in sports. So would they like a school where everything revolves around football?


And basketball. Alabama is a Top 25 national program and has gone to an NCAA regional final.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:40     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why not Alabama?

Because you could spend $300k+ going to some northern SLAC where the weather is cold and gray, the women are LGBTQ+, the men are trans (except for the lacrosse team), the students are socialists, and everyone is miserable.

Or you could save the dough, have a great experience, and be happy in normal in the southern sunshine.

The choice is yours. Roll Tide!


I mean, I don't agree with much of this, but it IS kinda funny.


It's only funny because it's at least partially true. And everyone knows that.


Yea. One of my kids went to a school that fits that description and fit right in (except she's straight and married a straight classmate). She'd definitely laugh at it now. It hits very close to home. You gotta have a sense of humor about these things.

Example: my sister was visiting when my daughter was home from college and she asked her how she liked it. She said "I really like it a lot. I have a great support system." My sister replied, "you know, back in my day we called them friends." LOL
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:35     Subject: why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why not Alabama?

Because you could spend $300k+ going to some northern SLAC where the weather is cold and gray, the women are LGBTQ+, the men are trans (except for the lacrosse team), the students are socialists, and everyone is miserable.

Or you could save the dough, have a great experience, and be happy in normal in the southern sunshine.

The choice is yours. Roll Tide!


I mean, I don't agree with much of this, but it IS kinda funny.


It's only funny because it's at least partially true. And everyone knows that.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:32     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I sent my pretty good stats kid down south for a free education so that we had money for graduate school/law school.

I think he got a good education.

I used to try to talk to him about racism and he thought I was over reacting… it’s not the 60’s anymore.

Going down south you are literally gonna see it face-to-face kids using the n words on the daily. People making racist and insane remarks..

So I’d say the best education my kid got out of the south was that yes racism exist.


What?

I’m a Yankee living in the South. Lots I don’t like.

But number of times I (or my kids) have heard the n word? Zero.



I guess it depends on where you are. I'm a Southerner and I heard it A LOT growing up in the 2000s. I still hear it sometimes when I'm home.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:28     Subject: Re:why not Univ of Alabama?
Anonymous wrote:I sent my pretty good stats kid down south for a free education so that we had money for graduate school/law school.

I think he got a good education.

I used to try to talk to him about racism and he thought I was over reacting… it’s not the 60’s anymore.

Going down south you are literally gonna see it face-to-face kids using the n words on the daily. People making racist and insane remarks..

So I’d say the best education my kid got out of the south was that yes racism exist.


Your kid isn't going to be hearing kids at 'Bama using the n word on the daily unless he's a black kid on the football team and they're allowed to. You're stereotyping and exaggerating.