Auburn has to have a higher admittance rate than Alabama (70% vs 44%) because Auburn enrolls a much lower percentage of those admitted than Bama (42% vs 87%). If you know that less than half of the students admitted will actually enroll, then you'd damn well better admit a lot of them.

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And their nationally recruiting of scholastic standouts does not hold water either, Auburn had more NMS last year than bama.

Actually, Alabama and Auburn both claim to have been ranked 2nd nationally in number of NMS in 2011 with 181 each

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The numbers fudging is a factor of parents and students looking at these guides to select their future schools.

Alleged numbers fudging. Yet to see any evidence other than what you claim you were told. Just like sammy claimed that the average freshman ACT score at Alabama was 22 and TiM claimed that Alabama hid the average freshmen ACT scores.

Again, the dramatic increase in applicants has allowed Alabama to be more selective which has corresponded to an increase in average ACT score.

I do find it interesting that 2 different Auburn fans report having "heard" that Alabama's increase in enrollment has led to watered down academic qualifications of the student body. This despite actual reports that Alabama has increased minimum acceptance qualifications, average freshman GPA, average freshman ACT scores, and number of NMS. So forgive me if, absent any actual evidence, I continue to be skeptical of what you heard.

This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 9:10 pm