Out of State? You CAN have a successful recruitment at Alabama

[Bamamom16]

As the mom of an OOS Bama student, many of the students I know that end up there are not kids who didn't get into UGA, but are high achieving students who don't want to go to UGA. The scholarships my daughter was given (based on GPA & test scores) made OOS comparable, and as she was raised by Alabama alums, we told her we would rather her be happy with her selection over the fours years, than to settle for UGA (which she visited, but never really liked). There was a recent article about the increase in OOS students (in Forbes, I think) which credited the football program for some of the uptick, but the campus is beautiful, and Dr. Witt certainly increased the focus on academics. The Law School was recently rated as one of the best in the nation and Alabama has many other outstanding programs as well.

[SFDCgirl]

Bamamom16 and Titchou - ugh ugh ugh. I totally did not mean my post to sound that way. This is why I stay away from online communities.

I love Alabama, the state, the school. I was trying to say that out of state students would pay for the SEC and Alabama experience (as in pay out of state tuition) because it was WORTH IT. And the point is, if you have a product/experience that people will pay a premium for, it makes sense to go after that buyer.

But, to what both of you have pointed out to me-- they have also gone to great lengths to retain and recruit top students. I have always been impressed with the students I have interviewed for jobs and internships from Alabama. I just have to tease them about sharing some of the National Championships with the rest of us.

I hope there's no hard feelings--- I didn't intend for my comments to sound the way they were interpreted.