Big wheels keep on turnin'
Carry me home to see my kin
Singin' songs about the south-land
I miss Alabamy once again and I think it's a sin, yes

Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard ol' Neil put her down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord I'm comin' home to you

In Birmingham they love the governor (boo-hoo-hoo)
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama (oh yeah)
Lord I'm comin' home to you
Here I come, Alabama

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue
Now how about you?

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord I'm comin' home to you

Sweet home Alabama (oh, sweet home)
Where the skies are so blue
And the governor's true
Sweet home Alabama (lordy)
Lord I'm comin' home to you

Why on earth would anyone go to Alabama? Ugh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best deal at Alabama is the National Merit Finalists package, which requires selecting Alabama as a first choice with the College Board. This is a true "full ride" plus annual stipend and is the reason why Alabama has one of the largest concentrations of National Merit Scholars in the country. The $28,000 scholarship doesn't even cover the full cost of OOS tuition, so it is far from a "full ride." "Full ride" means that tuition, room, and board are covered. "Full tuition" means you don't pay tuition. https://scholarships.ua.edu/freshman/nationalscholars/

Oklahoma does this better.

I believe that Oklahoma used to have more National Merit Finalists than Alabama, but this is no longer the case. I'm attaching the 2018-2019 National Merit Report, the most recent version that I could find.

270 NM Scholars - U of Florida
265 NM Scholars - USC
258 NM Scholars - Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
244 NM Scholars - Northwestern
207 NM Scholars - Harvard

Way down the list is Univ of Oklahoma with 87 NM Scholars

Look at p. 40 of the document (or page 38, depending upon how it's numbered)

https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61&sessionid=68d499bc-c1d6-4661-917f-f927c8047bb0&cc=1

Hmm, something strange must have happened in 2017 - look at the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 lists here and the drop off is substantial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Merit_Scholarship_Program

But I was talking about the substance of the scholarship itself, and upon investigation I was wrong. When I went there it was significantly more generous than Alabama's is as described at the top link, but looking it up for incoming students now it has changed. Now it's not even a full ride; I got a full ride plus a check back at the bursar ever semester that covered off-campus housing. I wonder if that change was in 2016/17 and that's what cost them the pole position?

It looks like Alabama now covers full tuition, full room, and another $4000/year, which is enough to cover almost all of the board/food rate. That means that $800 for "fees", $800 for food, and books are left uncovered. A pretty good deal, but not as nice as Banneker Key at UMD!

https://scholarships.ua.edu/freshman/nationalscholars/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best deal at Alabama is the National Merit Finalists package, which requires selecting Alabama as a first choice with the College Board. This is a true "full ride" plus annual stipend and is the reason why Alabama has one of the largest concentrations of National Merit Scholars in the country. The $28,000 scholarship doesn't even cover the full cost of OOS tuition, so it is far from a "full ride." "Full ride" means that tuition, room, and board are covered. "Full tuition" means you don't pay tuition. https://scholarships.ua.edu/freshman/nationalscholars/

Oklahoma does this better.

I believe that Oklahoma used to have more National Merit Finalists than Alabama, but this is no longer the case. I'm attaching the 2018-2019 National Merit Report, the most recent version that I could find.

270 NM Scholars - U of Florida
265 NM Scholars - USC
258 NM Scholars - Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
244 NM Scholars - Northwestern
207 NM Scholars - Harvard

Way down the list is Univ of Oklahoma with 87 NM Scholars

Look at p. 40 of the document (or page 38, depending upon how it's numbered)

https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61&sessionid=68d499bc-c1d6-4661-917f-f927c8047bb0&cc=1

Hmm, something strange must have happened in 2017 - look at the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 lists here and the drop off is substantial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Merit_Scholarship_Program

But I was talking about the substance of the scholarship itself, and upon investigation I was wrong. When I went there it was significantly more generous than Alabama's is as described at the top link, but looking it up for incoming students now it has changed. Now it's not even a full ride; I got a full ride plus a check back at the bursar ever semester that covered off-campus housing. I wonder if that change was in 2016/17 and that's what cost them the pole position?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best deal at Alabama is the National Merit Finalists package, which requires selecting Alabama as a first choice with the College Board. This is a true "full ride" plus annual stipend and is the reason why Alabama has one of the largest concentrations of National Merit Scholars in the country. The $28,000 scholarship doesn't even cover the full cost of OOS tuition, so it is far from a "full ride." "Full ride" means that tuition, room, and board are covered. "Full tuition" means you don't pay tuition. https://scholarships.ua.edu/freshman/nationalscholars/

Oklahoma does this better.

I believe that Oklahoma used to have more National Merit Finalists than Alabama, but this is no longer the case. I'm attaching the 2018-2019 National Merit Report, the most recent version that I could find.

270 NM Scholars - U of Florida
265 NM Scholars - USC
258 NM Scholars - Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
244 NM Scholars - Northwestern
207 NM Scholars - Harvard

Way down the list is Univ of Oklahoma with 87 NM Scholars

Look at p. 40 of the document (or page 38, depending upon how it's numbered)

https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61&sessionid=68d499bc-c1d6-4661-917f-f927c8047bb0&cc=1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is going to Alabama (Honors College) on nearly a full ride scholarship.

Roll Tide!

OP, I am curious if you are getting more merit money or financial aid than the $28,000, which looks like it covers most of the OOS tuition, but not room and board. Is your child getting an additional scholarship that covers room and board? Where does the rest of the "nearly full ride" come from? My HS junior may be interested in 'Bama, as he loves sports, Big State U's, and warm weather.

For the love of Pete, Roll Tide is not a parent of a Bama student. Roll Tide is an admissions intern, DCUM troll or other such rabble rouser. Or could be PP’s ex DH or his affair partner trying to drum up more credibility for the school at which they teach.

Great! Maybe he/she can answer my questions!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bama might be a perfectly fine school, but I can’t get past the fact that my crappy ex and the woman he cheated on me with both teach there.

Which college(s) did they attend that produced such fine upstanding human beings? Not Alabama, I’m guessing.

They both got their PhDs from Michigan, but undergrad was elsewhere. The cheating happened when they were at an MA program at Duke.

What degree? Cheaters suck.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bama might be a perfectly fine school, but I can’t get past the fact that my crappy ex and the woman he cheated on me with both teach there.

Which college(s) did they attend that produced such fine upstanding human beings? Not Alabama, I’m guessing.

They both got their PhDs from Michigan, but undergrad was elsewhere. The cheating happened when they were at an MA program at Duke.

Ugh, I'm so sorry. You are better off and their punishment is who they are as human beings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bama might be a perfectly fine school, but I can’t get past the fact that my crappy ex and the woman he cheated on me with both teach there.

Which college(s) did they attend that produced such fine upstanding human beings? Not Alabama, I’m guessing.

They both got their PhDs from Michigan, but undergrad was elsewhere. The cheating happened when they were at an MA program at Duke.

Anonymous wrote:I kinda like roll tide guy myself, just because I know it gets under the skin of the douchiest DCUMers. And I pretty much hate Alabama.

Pretty sure he doesn't get under anyone's skin. Its just a joke at this point, follow along.

I think Roll Tide is definitely a real person

I kinda like roll tide guy myself, just because I know it gets under the skin of the douchiest DCUMers. And I pretty much hate Alabama.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is going to Alabama (Honors College) on nearly a full ride scholarship.

Roll Tide!

OP, I am curious if you are getting more merit money or financial aid than the $28,000, which looks like it covers most of the OOS tuition, but not room and board. Is your child getting an additional scholarship that covers room and board? Where does the rest of the "nearly full ride" come from? My HS junior may be interested in 'Bama, as he loves sports, Big State U's, and warm weather.

For the love of Pete, Roll Tide is not a parent of a Bama student. Roll Tide is an admissions intern, DCUM troll or other such rabble rouser. Or could be PP’s ex DH or his affair partner trying to drum up more credibility for the school at which they teach.

More likely, is the kid himself.

Anonymous wrote:The best deal at Alabama is the National Merit Finalists package, which requires selecting Alabama as a first choice with the College Board. This is a true "full ride" plus annual stipend and is the reason why Alabama has one of the largest concentrations of National Merit Scholars in the country. The $28,000 scholarship doesn't even cover the full cost of OOS tuition, so it is far from a "full ride." "Full ride" means that tuition, room, and board are covered. "Full tuition" means you don't pay tuition. https://scholarships.ua.edu/freshman/nationalscholars/

Oklahoma does this better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is going to Alabama (Honors College) on nearly a full ride scholarship.

Roll Tide!

OP, I am curious if you are getting more merit money or financial aid than the $28,000, which looks like it covers most of the OOS tuition, but not room and board. Is your child getting an additional scholarship that covers room and board? Where does the rest of the "nearly full ride" come from? My HS junior may be interested in 'Bama, as he loves sports, Big State U's, and warm weather.

For the love of Pete, Roll Tide is not a parent of a Bama student. Roll Tide is an admissions intern, DCUM troll or other such rabble rouser. Or could be PP’s ex DH or his affair partner trying to drum up more credibility for the school at which they teach.