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Anonymous wrote:There a lot more kids with low stats in the NE now. They have to go somewhere.

Don’t be such a dumbass. The profile of the SEC has risen.

Are you saying they depend on kids from the Northeast to raise their profile? They can’t have a high profile with their home grown kids?

Are you saying you don’t understand the elementary concept of causation versus correlation?

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Anonymous wrote:There a lot more kids with low stats in the NE now. They have to go somewhere.

Don’t be such a dumbass. The profile of the SEC has risen.

Are you saying they depend on kids from the Northeast to raise their profile? They can’t have a high profile with their home grown kids?

I don't think it's a surprise that SEC schools are appealing to students in the Northeast. I suspect the long Covid restrictions really accelerated the trend out of the Northeast and toward the South. But the reality is that the public options in the Northeast are considerably worse than in the South, Midwest, or West Coast. The Northeast prioritizes very expensive private schools over publics, and unsurprisingly, there has been a mass exodus out because there really aren't that many people that dream of the University of Rhode Island, UConn, SUNY, University of New Hampshire and so on. The affordable options are much better in the rest of the country, especially in the South. There are no Northeast equivalents of Texas, Georgia, or Florida, not to mention non-SEC southern schools like Georgia Tech, UVA, or UNC. You get both a better education and a better experience by going to school in the South.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not the bottom 50th percentile going to these schools. Not the top 15%, but certainly not the bottom 50% percent.

+1

It’s the average from UMC NE families. Frozen out of the top schools. We know several from Long Island this year. They didn’t get their early/ea choices so accepted down south. Their state schools aren’t great in NY either- figure they will follow the sun and booze train

Stony Brook, Binghamton and Buffalo are pretty darn good. Not warm and sunny, but they are very strong universities.

Nothing like the SEC

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Anonymous wrote:It is not the bottom 50th percentile going to these schools. Not the top 15%, but certainly not the bottom 50% percent.

+1

It’s the average from UMC NE families. Frozen out of the top schools. We know several from Long Island this year. They didn’t get their early/ea choices so accepted down south. Their state schools aren’t great in NY either- figure they will follow the sun and booze train

Stony Brook, Binghamton and Buffalo are pretty darn good. Not warm and sunny, but they are very strong universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody on our street went south. They all are in Boston/New England or Michigan or California. The two families we know that went SEC are very big drinker/golfers.

Oh on your street. So you guys are the intellectual kings. Smart kids are going where they will be happy and also where they may receive a free education on merit money down south. No one cares about Ivy anymore. It is a down brand.

No one cares about Ivy? Bwaaaaaahhhhhhh have you actually spent time on this board? lol

Yeah, the middle aged Asian dads in this site care A LOT! Especially remedial math at Harvard guy!

Can’t assume they’re Asian. Asian parent here and some of us have kids who aren’t tracked for Multivariable calculus in high school.

Some Asian parents have kids at SEC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody on our street went south. They all are in Boston/New England or Michigan or California. The two families we know that went SEC are very big drinker/golfers.

Oh on your street. So you guys are the intellectual kings. Smart kids are going where they will be happy and also where they may receive a free education on merit money down south. No one cares about Ivy anymore. It is a down brand.

No one cares about Ivy? Bwaaaaaahhhhhhh have you actually spent time on this board? lol

Yeah, the middle aged Asian dads in this site care A LOT! Especially remedial math at Harvard guy!

Can’t assume they’re Asian. Asian parent here and some of us have kids who aren’t tracked for Multivariable calculus in high school.

Anonymous wrote:It is not the bottom 50th percentile going to these schools. Not the top 15%, but certainly not the bottom 50% percent.

Depends on the school. You can forget about UF and Texas if you're not in the top 15% (obviously Vandy, too). And you'd better be pretty close for UGA. UTK and TAMU you'll certainly want to be closer to top 15 than top 50...

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody on our street went south. They all are in Boston/New England or Michigan or California. The two families we know that went SEC are very big drinker/golfers.

Oh on your street. So you guys are the intellectual kings. Smart kids are going where they will be happy and also where they may receive a free education on merit money down south. No one cares about Ivy anymore. It is a down brand.

No one cares about Ivy? Bwaaaaaahhhhhhh have you actually spent time on this board? lol

Yeah, the middle aged Asian dads in this site care A LOT! Especially remedial math at Harvard guy!

Too each their own. My kid hated big schools and isn’t a fan of heat or the south. Contrary to some pps, people still make lots of friends in the northeast too. Good lord

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody on our street went south. They all are in Boston/New England or Michigan or California. The two families we know that went SEC are very big drinker/golfers.

Oh on your street. So you guys are the intellectual kings. Smart kids are going where they will be happy and also where they may receive a free education on merit money down south. No one cares about Ivy anymore. It is a down brand.

No one cares about Ivy? Bwaaaaaahhhhhhh have you actually spent time on this board? lol

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Anonymous wrote:Emory best of both worlds. Northern school with a Southern address.

Read the headline. Subject is SEC schools.

Emory boosters are insecure that GA state schools are more fun.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory best of both worlds. Northern school with a Southern address.

Read the headline. Subject is SEC schools.

Be nice. (Something they teach much better at the SEC schools than at the Northeastern privates)

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Anonymous wrote:It is not the bottom 50th percentile going to these schools. Not the top 15%, but certainly not the bottom 50% percent.

+1

It’s the average from UMC NE families. Frozen out of the top schools. We know several from Long Island this year. They didn’t get their early/ea choices so accepted down south. Their state schools aren’t great in NY either- figure they will follow the sun and booze train

At least they’re more fun and will have more friends than you.

Anonymous wrote:The college education cost in NE is ridiculous. $80k+ for schools like Fairfield, Providence, Fordham. As someone who was in that school range, I very heavily considered a SEC school due to price and trying something totally different. Ended up at a private school in the south with decent merit.

Yes, I think my son would have loved Providence. Even he said no way to the price.