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University of Alabama Ranks Second Among Publics for Enrollment of National Merit Scholars
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:45 am
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Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:45 am to InGAButLoveBama
Considering that Oklahoma held that title for many years...
...congrats....I guess.
...congrats....I guess.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:47 am to InGAButLoveBama
Oklahoma would not shut the frick up about this stat whenever I was applying to schools. It was on every piece of Oklahoma marketing.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:48 am to InGAButLoveBama
Such a meaningless stat
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:49 am to InGAButLoveBama
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Ranks Second
aka last
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:49 am to InGAButLoveBama
Recruiting students from outside the state of Alabama has really helped academics ,it seems. If I recall correctly over half the student body is from out of state.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:51 am to InGAButLoveBama
Sweet, tell that to Goldman Sachs when you give them your resume.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 11:55 am to InGAButLoveBama
This bit of marketing always bothered me. Just because Alabama pays through the nose if you're a National Merit Scholar doesn't mean that everyone else there is smarter, or even that Alabama is teaching those National Merit Scholars either.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:01 pm to InGAButLoveBama
nB4 the UGA retard stinks up this thread...
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:32 pm to InGAButLoveBama
Those 614 students can not overshadow the other 38K students. That is why that stat is just another PR ploy.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:09 pm to Irons Puppet
Here I go again, busting out the facts. Since UA has such a large freshman class, we can look at its top 25th percentile ACT score and see that it enrolls more top students (ACT of 32 or higher) than all other SEC schools, except for Texas A&M (which has by far the largest freshman class). But yeah, that is a meaningless stat. Right.
There is no way so many top students would keep coming to UA year after year if it did not have the programs and facilities to offer these young people a great education. Just because UA also enrolls a lot of lower tier students does not change this fact, especially considering that most top students at UA take many of their classes in the school's Honors Program. Honors classes are much smaller and have much more challenging assignments, the perfect prep for Med School, Law School, or graduate work.
There is no way so many top students would keep coming to UA year after year if it did not have the programs and facilities to offer these young people a great education. Just because UA also enrolls a lot of lower tier students does not change this fact, especially considering that most top students at UA take many of their classes in the school's Honors Program. Honors classes are much smaller and have much more challenging assignments, the perfect prep for Med School, Law School, or graduate work.
This post was edited on 4/23/19 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:28 pm to InGAButLoveBama
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Here I go again, busting out the facts. Since UA has such a large freshman class, we can look at its top 25th percentile ACT score and see that it enrolls more top students (ACT of 32 or higher) than all other SEC schools, except for Texas A&M (which has by far the largest freshman class). But yeah, that is a meaningless stat. Right.
There is no way so many top students would keep coming to UA year after year if it did not have the programs and facilities to offer these young people a great education. Just because UA also enrolls a lot of lower tier students does not change this fact, especially considering that most top students at UA take many of their classes in the school's Honors Program. Honors classes are much smaller and have much more challenging assignments, the perfect prep for Med School, Law School, or graduate work.
UA is essentially paying those high academic students to attend the University. Not just a break even point for the Students, actually an income generating source for those individuals. The University is doing it to skew the overall numbers so they can attract other students to meet their growth plan. The questions are, how does it affect the in-state student and their tuition, does it deprive those same students scholarship potential.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 8:47 am to Irons Puppet
Why did you have to go bringing the truth into this thread?
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:38 am to InGAButLoveBama
Posted on 5/6/19 at 11:07 pm to Irons Puppet
Good questions to raise.
List is also odd in that none of the Ivies are listed. Nor is Stanford or MIT. Duke wasn’t on it but Northwestern and Vanderbilt are, albeit with smaller numbers than UF, A&M, and that third-rate school in Tuscaloosa. So, I’m not sure how to interpret this list...
List is also odd in that none of the Ivies are listed. Nor is Stanford or MIT. Duke wasn’t on it but Northwestern and Vanderbilt are, albeit with smaller numbers than UF, A&M, and that third-rate school in Tuscaloosa. So, I’m not sure how to interpret this list...
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