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I certainly have empathy for the budget woes and understand doing away with this program...but the implication that somehow OOS kids of alums are stealing from Louisiana is a bit over the top.

Stealing? Not at all. You can't steal something that's given to you. I think that its not in the University's best position to offer freely OOS Legacy tuition waivers.

I have three friends that graduated with me that had OOS Legacy Tuition waivers. Two from Georgia, one from Tennessee. None live in LA. All moved away. Their parents havent lived in LA since the 70s. No, I don't think they should have received a waiver when that [lost] money could have gone to rewarding scholastic achievement.

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Posted by yungtigr

Dallas, TX

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 7/29/11 at 3:13 pm to Cajun Revolution

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If I could have any stat, I would like to know what other State subsidized schools have these alumni waivers.

Don't know about alumni waivers, but OU has the neighboring state discount. They lower tuition just for being from Texas. They do it for the same reason that LSU used to offer this scholarship. You have to attract qualified students and there are more highly qualified students in the DFW metro, and Houston Metro than probably the entire state of Louisiana.

This isn't just about this particular scholarship. All OOS efforts have decreased. I came to LSU on a full scholarship that I earned academically. My sister is going to a different SEC school because that scholarship no longer exists, even though she's an even better qualified applicant than I was.

The university never made any real effort to recruit her. She has one brother at the school, and two generations of alumni in the family. That's the kind of OOS student that the university needs, and they didn't make an effort. That's pathetic.

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