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Why does University of Alabama have so many out of state students?
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:07 pm
Here is the enrollment statistics of states represented in the upcoming freshmen at Alabama:
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Looks like close to 43% of undergrads come from out of state. Interestingly there are 1,338 from Florida, 2,048 from Georgia, 1,314 from Texas, and 1,131 from TN.
These students would likely get instate tuition at their own state school, what is the motive of paying out of state tuition to go to Alabama? At Georgia they will get Hope scholarship (basically a free ride), but why pay to go out of state?
I mean in Texas the students can go to A&M or UT-Austin.. but would paying out of state be worth it? O.o
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Looks like close to 43% of undergrads come from out of state. Interestingly there are 1,338 from Florida, 2,048 from Georgia, 1,314 from Texas, and 1,131 from TN.
These students would likely get instate tuition at their own state school, what is the motive of paying out of state tuition to go to Alabama? At Georgia they will get Hope scholarship (basically a free ride), but why pay to go out of state?
I mean in Texas the students can go to A&M or UT-Austin.. but would paying out of state be worth it? O.o
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:08 pm to Dawgnational
Bama has been throwing money at anyone that will consider coming there.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:08 pm to Dawgnational
Their admission standards are too high for their in state students.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:10 pm to Dawgnational
It's a large, 35,000 student campus in a relatively small state. Bama is offering tons of scholarships to out of state students to lure them here.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:10 pm to RebelNutt18
They are actually pretty low and send out pieces that basically indicate a prospective applicant would be able to get tuition/fee waivers assuming they are admitted. So the student who meets their qualifications applies. This includes a bunch of OOS students.
Then they deny them admission. Looks good for the rankings to have diverse-locale student body with a higher rejection ratio. Of course, those that are on the right side of the bell-curve get in and they see a lot of students (just like LSU and other SEC-W schools) from the 11-20% in Texas.
Then they deny them admission. Looks good for the rankings to have diverse-locale student body with a higher rejection ratio. Of course, those that are on the right side of the bell-curve get in and they see a lot of students (just like LSU and other SEC-W schools) from the 11-20% in Texas.
This post was edited on 6/20/14 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:11 pm to Dawgnational
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I mean in Texas the students can go to A&M or UT-Austin.
Not if you don't get accepted
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:11 pm to Golfer
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Bama has been throwing money at anyone that will consider coming there.
At least for grad school, yes. No clue about undergrad.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:12 pm to Golfer
Golfer nailed it.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:13 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
UAB does the same thing.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:14 pm to Dawgnational
They have a shite ton of recruiters & have committed a lot of money in large OOS undergraduate numbers.
LSU is continuing to recruit out of state students too but there's no way in hell our administration would go 50%/50%. We're more focused on increasing our graduate student (research) enrollment.
LSU is continuing to recruit out of state students too but there's no way in hell our administration would go 50%/50%. We're more focused on increasing our graduate student (research) enrollment.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:15 pm to Monticello
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It's a large, 35,000 student campus in a relatively small state. Bama is offering tons of scholarships to out of state students to lure them here.
Huh? Last I checked a 30 on your ACT is required for some scholarship money and a 32 for in-state tuition.
It is a beautiful campus with arguably the best greek life in the country.
The school itself is rated one of the best in the SEC and located in a rather central location of the South.
The football team is THE team right now in college athletics.
It really isn't that hard to understand.
This post was edited on 6/20/14 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:16 pm to GeorgeReymond
their out of state enrollment has gone up with the success of their football team
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:18 pm to Dawgnational
Sidewalkers seeking to up their status
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:19 pm to RTR America
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Huh? Last I checked a 30 on your ACT is required for some scholarship money and a 32 for in-state tuition.
No
I have a friend who scored in the mid 20's but did well on his writing portion & basically got a full ride.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:20 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Golfer nailed it.
Of course he did. Everyone knows everything about everything related to Bama. It always has to be something questionable going on. Always. AU is above the fray and never has any questionable academic practices.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:24 pm to Dawgnational
Not sure how many other SEC schools can claim this but we have representatives from all 50 states 
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:25 pm to Dawgnational
It's a recent change. Success of football. Lots of incentives for oos students and marketing.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:25 pm to bamasgot13
I don't think Bama is doing anything shady, but I think attributing these kind of sustained numbers to the beauty of the campus, the greek life and the football team is a little naive (not saying you did it). I think these numbers show some kind of administrative preference or system that it's in place.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:25 pm to RTR America
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Huh? Last I checked a 30 on your ACT is required for some scholarship money and a 32 for in-state tuition.
It is a beautiful campus with arguably the best greek life in the country.
The school itself is rated one of the best in the SEC and located in a rather central location of the South.
The football team is THE team right now in college athletics.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:25 pm to Dawgnational
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This post was edited on 6/20/14 at 5:28 pm
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