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re: Percentage of First Year Enrolled Students
Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:22 pm to gamecockman12
Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:22 pm to gamecockman12
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Alabama with 3% to 26% is a huge increase
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"Flutie Effect"
The Flutie effect is the increase in fame of an American university caused by a successful sports team. This is named for Boston College's Doug Flutie, whose game-winning Hail Mary pass in the 1984 game against the University of Miami purportedly boosted applications to the college the following year.
A Harvard researcher found that a school's football team jumping from mediocre to great can raise applications by nearly 18%.
Saban arrived on campus about two or three years after this data was collected initially.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:27 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
I live in a very high academic area outside of the SEC. There are enough superstar academic kids here to fill the Ivies and the Next (Stanford, Vandy, NW, Duke, UVA etc) but they can’t get in SO….. they have decided that Bama, etc are cool and Bama and others offer free tuition for good grades (benefits the schools too since the incoming student stats are going up) so it is incredibly cheap compared to what they thought they were going to be paying. I have to admit I was shocked to hear that this was a strategy now.And by saying that these are the new hot schools to go to it lessens the sting of not getting into the schools they thought they would get into. I know lots of kids heading to the SEC now.
Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:45 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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Signed,
A Yankee
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