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re: Auburn or Alabama?
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:22 pm to attheua
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:22 pm to attheua
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Is it the large number of trailers or the catfish ponds and chicken houses scattered around campus that give you that feeling?
I just love when people of the great "Metropolis" that is Tuscaloosa, AL make fun of that small farm town of Auburn, AL
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:24 pm to parks
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Isn't Auburn a better school than Alabama?
AU has a higher acceptance rate, for what it matters. If I was interested in engineering or agriculture or veterinary medicine, AU is definitely the best school in the state.
Law, nursing, business, liberal arts, probably no.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:24 pm to Auburntiger
I'll never understand why Alabama fans think Tuscaloosa is superior to Auburn.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:24 pm to Sir Barkevious
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I'll never understand why Alabama fans think Tuscaloosa is superior to Auburn
Its not
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:25 pm to Auburntiger
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I just love when people of the great "Metropolis" that is Tuscaloosa, AL make fun of that small farm town of Auburn, AL
I keep waiting to see that shithole of a town pop up on one of these, but it never seems to happen...
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:25 pm to Sir Barkevious
What he said
just because they're closer to bham maybe? Don't know
just because they're closer to bham maybe? Don't know
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:26 pm to Sir Barkevious
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I'll never understand why Alabama fans think Tuscaloosa is superior to Auburn.
Did I say that? Of course not. I think AU is a nice place.
It is ridiculous to say it doesn't feel like greater Alabama though. That place is a hick town.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:26 pm to beaver
what the frick is so great about birmingham?
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:27 pm to attheua
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It is ridiculous to say it doesn't feel like greater Alabama though
explain what "greater Alabama" is....
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:28 pm to JoLeUGA
It's where majority of their students come from probably...i don't know...just trying to think of their reasons...Tuscaloosa is mediocre as is Auburn
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:28 pm to JoLeUGA
Auburn
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:29 pm to Auburntiger
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explain what "greater Alabama" is....
Wasn't it you that said you didn't feel like AU was a part of Alabama? That's laughable, and I pointed out why.
It is the prototypical Alabama town.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:30 pm to attheua
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Wasn't it you that said you didn't feel like AU was a part of Alabama?
no..wasn't me
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That's laughable
I agree with you there
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:30 pm to JoLeUGA
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what the frick is so great about birmingham?
As a guy that's lived there, nothing.
As for the higher exceptance rate, when you're attracting engineering students and pulling more students nationally, you're gonna have a higher rate.
Also, on average, auburn grads have higher salaries... part of the reason is we tend to spread out across the country than bama grads (and also the engineering).
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:37 pm to lowspark12
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As for the higher exceptance rate, when you're attracting engineering students and pulling more students nationally, you're gonna have a higher rate.
That makes no sense, but then again I didn't go to Auburn.
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Also, on average, auburn grads have higher salaries... part of the reason is we tend to spread out across the country than bama grads (and also the engineering).
It has nothing to do with your spreading out. AU graduates a large number of engineers, who typically make more than other graduates, regardless of school. The only 'spreading out' AU grads do en masse is when all the Georgia kids move back to Georgia. Why you people must perpetuate this myth is beyond me... all SEC schools have thousands and thousands of graduates living in other states; AU is not special.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:40 pm to attheua
There's only one city in all of Alabama that's worth mentioning 
thank god for Huntsville 
thank god for Huntsville 
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:41 pm to lowspark12
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engineering students
That alone explains why State's incoming freshmen average ACT score is typically higher than Ole Miss'.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:43 pm to attheua
It was me because everyone I meet at Auburn is from Georgia or Texas
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:58 pm to attheua
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all SEC schools have thousands and thousands of graduates living in other states; AU is not special.
no one's said it was... the original question was regarding national reputation. Auburn attracts more students from outside the state of Alabama than Univ. of Alabama does while have more stringent requirements.... these are facts. That's not to say there aren't a lot of UAT graduates living throughout the country, but that wasn't the question.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 2:58 pm to JoLeUGA
Here are the top 5 states of origin (non Alabama) for UA and AU freshmen for fall of 2009:
UA
Georgia: 472
Florida: 263
Texas: 245
Tennessee: 209
Virginia: 113
AU
Georgia: 671
Florida: 248
Tennessee: 159
Texas: 117
Virginia: 64
The top 5 is the same for each school, and the only state that AU enrolls more from is Georgia, and that has more to do with being right on the line than being 'national'.
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UA
Georgia: 472
Florida: 263
Texas: 245
Tennessee: 209
Virginia: 113
AU
Georgia: 671
Florida: 248
Tennessee: 159
Texas: 117
Virginia: 64
The top 5 is the same for each school, and the only state that AU enrolls more from is Georgia, and that has more to do with being right on the line than being 'national'.
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