re: Note to Out of State Alums

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

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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.