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re: 2012 US News and World Report Top Public Universities-SEC edition
Posted on 9/13/11 at 7:41 am to bona fide
Posted on 9/13/11 at 7:41 am to bona fide
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au - 79%
Didn't realize it was that high... I know the requirements have been going up recently because we're trying to stay around 25,000 students, so this incoming class had the highest average ACT score ever. Makes me wonder what it was before they started upping requirements.
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Posted on 9/13/11 at 7:54 am to TheSandman
Coming out of high school in '08 it was tougher to get in to AU than UA. Auburn you needed around a 3.1 with around an 1100 for acceptance. Alabama it was around a 2.6-7 with a 900-1000. A few kids in my class that didn't get in to Auburn went to Bama and then transferred to Auburn for specialized degrees. I do know the quality of education at Bama is really good though and I would love to go there.
Posted on 9/13/11 at 10:57 am to TheSandman
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Didn't realize it was that high... I know the requirements have been going up recently because we're trying to stay around 25,000 students, so this incoming class had the highest average ACT score ever. Makes me wonder what it was before they started upping requirements.
Auburn and Bama are both excellent universities, period.
As to the acceptance rate, schools that get a ton more apps (as the "state" schools always do) are always gonna have a lower acceptance rate. They can't possibly accept anywhere near 79% because they don't have the facilities to do it.
Also, even though AU's acceptance rate is "79%", enrollment isn't growing. Its remaining steady. Ergo, lots and lots more people apply to the "state" schools (i.e. Bama) than Auburn.
QED.
(Oh, and the "high" 79% acceptance rate doesn't seem to be affecting the average GPA and ACT/SAT scores of Auburn's entering freshmen, which continue to get HIGHER.)
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