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re: What % of your school’s enrollment comes from inside the SEC footprint?
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:52 pm to SCLibertarian
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:52 pm to SCLibertarian
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Absolutely inexcusable. Less than half of the student body of flagship university being in-state should have the General Assembly up in arms.
They're trying to get their AAU Certification ... their standards have gone waaaaaay up in the past ten years.
In actuality the number of in-state students has remained about the same while total enrollment has increased by nearly 20% during the same span of time. They've gone after top students in the midwest and northeast and, judging by the numbers, parts of Europe.
The total enrollment has gone up nearly 300% since I was enrolled there ... but that's been 50 years ago.
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Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:39 pm to Gunga Din
Can confirm a ton of kids from STL are going to Ole Miss. it may be the #2 big school destination for STL behind Mizzou.
But, there are over 17K STL kids at Mizzou.
But, there are over 17K STL kids at Mizzou.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:52 pm to Murph4HOF
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Auburn gets the rep for being a back up school for Georgia kids
Such a stupid take. There are two very simple more reasonable explanations for Auburn having so many Georgia students 1-Distance -Auburn about a two hour drive from Atlanta, and less than an hours drive to the GA state line, 2-Strength of certain areas of study at the schools; Auburn has engineering, architecture, agriculture, pharmacy; Georgia has legal, literature, NASCAR prep program, and advanced hand gestures (how to not call timeout after you called for a timeout).
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:55 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
Every university has certain areas of study where they excel. Auburn's vet school is top notch, one of the best in the nation. They have some other great graduate programs as well, but I also know this:
"Oh, you graduated from Auburn, well step to the front of the line!" said no hiring manager ever. Our HR loves grads from Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss, and says they're generally better prepared to succeed in a team environment. Unless you're building rockets or curing cancer, social skills are every bit as important as ACT scores, and there's not many people building rockets or curing cancer. If that's your bag, Georgia Tech and Emory are probably your best best. That's where the smart kids go.
"Oh, you graduated from Auburn, well step to the front of the line!" said no hiring manager ever. Our HR loves grads from Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss, and says they're generally better prepared to succeed in a team environment. Unless you're building rockets or curing cancer, social skills are every bit as important as ACT scores, and there's not many people building rockets or curing cancer. If that's your bag, Georgia Tech and Emory are probably your best best. That's where the smart kids go.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:55 pm to WRhodesTider
Texas once had a compact with Louisiana to allow Louisiana kids attend the Vet School at A&M with in-state tuition. Almost all of the older Vets in Louisiana went to A&M. That ended when LSU opened its own Vet school.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:03 pm to Taurus 357
Mississippi State produces the most broadcast meteorologists in the country, and has the largest vet school facility in the country.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:25 pm to The Orange Bull
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Texas once had a compact with Louisiana to allow Louisiana kids attend the Vet School at A&M with in-state tuition. Almost all of the older Vets in Louisiana went to A&M. That ended when LSU opened its own Vet school.
FWIW, any kid from a Gulf Coast state and I believe the Carolinas can get in state tuition at the Maritime Academy at Texas A&M Galveston (which is fully part of Texas A&M CS including getting preferential student tickets over CS, the degree is the same, and you get an Aggie Ring). They do that because it is the other Maritime Academies are in the Northeast, California, and one on the Great Lakes. They have about 25% of kids from Louisiana, if you work the ships in the Gulf odds are you went to school there and those guys make bank. It's the best kept secret major around, not many other places you can do something that isn't that hard academically and be virtually guaranteed 6 figures on graduation and often quite a bit more and it only goes up.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:01 pm to Doak Walker
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quote: Auburn is where the intelligent metro Atlanta kids that didn't quite get in to UGA go instead to receive a quality education. This is such a hard NO. Auburn is about a half notch above Mississippi State.
This is inaccurate. Auburn is a peer to Clemson, both are just outside the AAU and are engineering focused schools with a strong Ag and Vet school. UGA is stronger (not AAU because of lack of research spend and the AAU is very biased against the South in general) but a very different mission though they are trying to build up Engineering. The Engineering school in Georgia is obviously GT and it's become truly elite now, if you are OOS it's possible you could get denied from GT and get admitted to MIT. In State is still tough but not nearly that hard, UNC is similar in that regard.
Kids to to Georgia for the Business School mainly if they are OOS. I know several that couldn't get in to either McCombs (Texas) or Mays (A&M) and went there. The Engineering and B Schools at A&M and Texas are not easy to get in even for in state. UGA is a very good school and getting more selective every year.
Mississippi State is just a tier down. It's not a bad school but it simply doesn't have the research spend, facilities, or reputation to compete with the others. Almost universal acceptance as well. Lots of great folks and some good engineers go there but it's generally the lowest rated school in the SEC to go with Ole Miss. Unfortunately there just isn't oil or any significant industry in Mississippi to create revenue, not really their fault.
Tennessee has made a big jump the last few years. The state has grown and the school has become a popular spot for OOS. Used to be a pretty easy admit but now I am seeing some marginal kids get denied and I expect that to only increase.
USC has also done a really good job of rising. They are appealing to OOS kids and are closer to the Mid Atlantic/NE types and they have been investing. Clemson is still the stronger overall school though because they have the engineering there but they are schools with very different missions.
UF has quietly become a really elite public school now, though it still isn't that tough to get in (not easy but not that brutal either). It's getting harder though and they are tightening up on OOS scholarship money. UF is no lower than 6th or 7th among Publics though and probably Top 5.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:06 pm to aggressor
Just stop it, FOLKS!
Lets get serious, here.
We will each take an IQ test and post the number for all to see.
We will then play Trivial Pursuit to determine the true Champion of the SEC
Ok. Who's with me?!?
Lets get serious, here.
We will each take an IQ test and post the number for all to see.
We will then play Trivial Pursuit to determine the true Champion of the SEC
Ok. Who's with me?!?
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:15 pm to AUTiger789
Don't have exact numbers, but generally I think this is accurate in terms of ranking:
Missouri
Texas
Florida
Arkansas
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Florida
Arkansas
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:42 pm to AUTiger789
Prob pretty low...we are in a State quite a few youngsters want to go college.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:01 pm to dallastiger55
Why my kids (would have been 4th generation Longhorns) are at LSU, both have a shitload of friends at UGA, Bama, Arky, Auburn, Ole Miss, TN as well. When I grew up, the only current out of state SEC schools with a lot of DFW kids were OU (obviously still a ton of TX kids there), Ole Miss (always been a big destination for Highland Park), and Vandy.
I will always be a Longhorns sports fan but in particular when my daughter didn’t get in (IB high school, good grades, 35 ACT) I will NEVER give the school money again. I have a shitload of horror stories about how Texas (didn’t) “helped” alumni from my generation then came hands out begging for money when they made it.
Low key, OU the best school we dealt with for either kid and I am hardwired to hate them. Neither of mine went because they were too brainwashed by me growing up. Can’t speak for other SEC schools, but while UT is a phenomenal academic school, compared to ATM, OU, and LSU they do a piss poor job of helping their alumni. Literally just a number to them.
If I were a betting man, UGA is gonna be the next UT/ATM with entrance challenges. You have to be in the top 2% today to get into McCombs or Engineering at UT, and have virtually no chance of getting in as a sophomore no matter what I you do (not an option for CAP program admissions and bar is unbelievably high for those admitted off the bat but not to those schools).
I applaud the SEC for leveraging their football success to improve academics, virtually across the board. I also know kids from CA, AZ, NY, NJ, IL, IN, PA and many other states at SEC schools and loving it.
I will always be a Longhorns sports fan but in particular when my daughter didn’t get in (IB high school, good grades, 35 ACT) I will NEVER give the school money again. I have a shitload of horror stories about how Texas (didn’t) “helped” alumni from my generation then came hands out begging for money when they made it.
Low key, OU the best school we dealt with for either kid and I am hardwired to hate them. Neither of mine went because they were too brainwashed by me growing up. Can’t speak for other SEC schools, but while UT is a phenomenal academic school, compared to ATM, OU, and LSU they do a piss poor job of helping their alumni. Literally just a number to them.
If I were a betting man, UGA is gonna be the next UT/ATM with entrance challenges. You have to be in the top 2% today to get into McCombs or Engineering at UT, and have virtually no chance of getting in as a sophomore no matter what I you do (not an option for CAP program admissions and bar is unbelievably high for those admitted off the bat but not to those schools).
I applaud the SEC for leveraging their football success to improve academics, virtually across the board. I also know kids from CA, AZ, NY, NJ, IL, IN, PA and many other states at SEC schools and loving it.
This post was edited on 12/11/25 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:08 pm to skrayper
A&M’s vet program and the work their alumni have done for my pets has significantly softened my feelings about the school. And honestly - I’ve had great ATM co-workers, employees, and the 2%s are great people. I still hate the potbangers (much more represented on this board than at the school overall).
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:14 pm to scrooster
I was accepted to SCar Honors College many years ago coming out of a North Jersey high school. I chose to go to UF because college in Florida seemed like a fun thing to do for an 18 year old. Now that I've lived in Cackalacky for 12 years sometimes I wonder if I should have gone to SCar. That's because I like living in SC and because I like colonial American history. Learning how SC's mascot is named after the Fighting Gamecock himself Thomas Sumter due to his exploits in the Revolutionary War makes me think how cool it is for those to root for a school and team named after that.
With all that said, since I'm not a native Floridian, nor a Spaniard, I've rationalized my Gators ties via my Scottish and Irish ancestry. UF's locale and founding involved Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish settlers so the shades of blue (Scotland), orange (Scots-Irish / Ulster Scots), and green in the Gators head logo (Ireland) reflect my ancestral lands.
With all that said, since I'm not a native Floridian, nor a Spaniard, I've rationalized my Gators ties via my Scottish and Irish ancestry. UF's locale and founding involved Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish settlers so the shades of blue (Scotland), orange (Scots-Irish / Ulster Scots), and green in the Gators head logo (Ireland) reflect my ancestral lands.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:30 pm to slobhorn
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I still hate the potbangers (much more represented on this board than at the school overall).
Despite what people want to believe or claim, I'm certain that the site is not even remotely close to the average fan. Stories make great headlines about fan X doing whatever, but every SEC fanbase measures in the hundreds of thousands if not in the millions. Single shitty fans do not equal a template for typical behavior.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:35 pm to Buster83
Don’t know the equivalent program at ATM, but the Texas program for provisional admission (spend freshman year at another UT System School or ACC then transfer in sophomore year) is called CAP and it places significant restrictions on major selection for these students. My Longhorn legacy children could have chosen this route, but wouldn’t have been able to ever get into the major of their choice even with a 4.0 coming in so that’s why they’re at LSU.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:39 pm to Doak Walker
I am beyond indifferent to Auburn, but this literally could not be more wrong. Auburn is an excellent academic school.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 11:43 pm to Doak Walker
Dude - I like your username and have zero reason to carry water for Auburn as I could care less about them, but your anecdotal data point from your HR Department is contradicted by a lot of objective data. It’s a good school, period.
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