re: Alabama academics

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I get it. I was in a fraternity at Bama and would never allow my son to be in one after that experience.

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As someone who was not in a fraternity at UA, I would warn you that it really affects your social experience. So much of the social life on that campus runs through Greek Life that I really found non membership to be very isolating. Many may disagree if they attended earlier, but trust me when I say this was not a niche opinion. Everyone I talked to about it when I was there felt the same way. Social media and dating apps have made people more isolated, as we all know, and the Greek system at UA is so insular that it amplifies that.

Plenty of reason to not go Greek, but I'd definitely make sure your kid has some other club to be part of.

The one factor no one has mentioned is location, as to why many kids are going out of state

Where you attend college dramatically impacts your exit options in terms of state. I went to USC for grad school after UA because I couldn’t get a slot in the LA market at anywhere decent for my degree. I was getting a slew of Nashville opportunities but I dislike Nashville coming from a large metro as a kid.

I didn’t understand as a high schooler how your degree didn’t necessarily cross state borders, in terms of having weight