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Planning college trips this summer..
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:10 am
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:10 am
Only looking to hit a handful, and only those he has a decent shot of getting into.
My son really wants to go to LSU like his big brother. We have NOT been impressed by the availability or quality of housing and counseling. Also VERY put off by the crime. (its not a normal college experience to have two close friends die violent deaths or witness shootings outside of a bar)
I'd like to show my middle son some alternatives.
He's a B student, private catholic school in Houston. Athlete and has a job. Terrible ACT scores, but we are in tutoring for that now to bring them up (think low 20's).
I've got Ole Miss, Miss State, OU, Texas Tech.. What options am I missing?
His ability to get in are absolutely pertinent to the question, but disregard financial considerations.
My son really wants to go to LSU like his big brother. We have NOT been impressed by the availability or quality of housing and counseling. Also VERY put off by the crime. (its not a normal college experience to have two close friends die violent deaths or witness shootings outside of a bar)
I'd like to show my middle son some alternatives.
He's a B student, private catholic school in Houston. Athlete and has a job. Terrible ACT scores, but we are in tutoring for that now to bring them up (think low 20's).
I've got Ole Miss, Miss State, OU, Texas Tech.. What options am I missing?
His ability to get in are absolutely pertinent to the question, but disregard financial considerations.
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:12 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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Miss State
I had a few close friends go to Miss State, it was always fun when I'd visit them. Loved it there.
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Ole Miss
Do you want him to be a douchebag?
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:12 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Lone Star College
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:12 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
LaTech
University of Houston
University of Houston
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:13 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
B student but “terrible” test scores? That looks bad for either his HS or him or both. Your question “what are his options” can’t be answered but the question of “what are not his options” certainly can
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:14 am to BabyTac
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University of Houston
I’d rather go to Texas tech than U of H. At least Texas Tech would have a college feel and not a commuter feel.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:17 am to GeauxTigers123
UH is a good school and can set you up in the 4th largest city in the nation but commuter aspect and location really drag it down.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:17 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
B student and bad test scores?
Sounds like a Red Raider to me
Sounds like a Red Raider to me
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:17 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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OU
OK State if you’re going to visit OU. He will end up going there.
Maybe do a full Ozark Belt swing and check out U Of Tulsa and Arkansas.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:21 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Arkansas
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:23 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:LSU has 40K students, and the event you describe is not a “normal event” for these students.
My son really wants to go to LSU like his big brother. We have NOT been impressed by the availability or quality of housing and counseling. Also VERY put off by the crime. (its not a normal college experience to have two close friends die violent deaths or witness shootings outside of a bar)
If you don’t want to send your kid to LSU that’s fine, but thinking that having a close friend die a violent death and witness a shooting are normal events at LSU is silly.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:32 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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If you don’t want to send your kid to LSU that’s fine, but thinking that having a close friend die a violent death and witness a shooting are normal events at LSU is silly.
You can not possibly be trying to convince me that crime around campus is of an acceptable level.
There was a shooting in front of him at the parking lot of Spruce while his was packing his car to evacuate a hurricane. He saw a 15 year old kid get gunned down outside of Freds. He had a close friend gang-raped and left for dead on the road. Had another acquaintance through a professional club get shot up near Red Stick Social (which is where his fraternity hosts many events) ...
I went to a large university (also 40k students) in the midwest. Craziest thing to happen is if someone passed out in a cornfield and might have to walk home the next day missing a shoe.
LSU campus is surrounded by scary-as-frick areas. I love Louisiana. I really do. But it is totally sketch and gives parents pause when sending their kids there.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:35 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Damn. Your boy was into some heavy drug related stuff or hung out with those types if he saw and knew people involved with all of that.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:35 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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There was a shooting in front of him at the parking lot of Spruce while his was packing his car to evacuate a hurricane. He saw a 15 year old kid get gunned down outside of Freds. He had a close friend gang-raped and left for dead on the road. Had another acquaintance through a professional club get shot up near Red Stick Social (which is where his fraternity hosts many events) ...
If this is true it’s an extraordinary anomaly. The worst thing that happened to anyone I knew at LSU was getting robbed on alvin dark because he was wandering around hammered
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:38 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
App State. If I had really been unbiased about my college options, I definitely would've given App State a look.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:38 am to GeauxTigers123
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I’d rather go to Texas tech than U of H. At least Texas Tech would have a college feel and not a commuter feel
Does U of H really have just a commuter vibe? It has just under 40,000 undergrads. That’s on par with LSU. I assume it’s big enough to give you the big college vibe.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:40 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I did a couple years @ Spring Hill College in Mobile, Al. Needed to grow up, those Jesuit's did all that they could...
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:43 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
In-State: Texas State, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State, Abilene Christian.
Out-of-State: Auburn, New Mexico State, Arizona, Tulsa, Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana, Delta State, Kentucky, Louisville, West Virginia.
Out-of-State: Auburn, New Mexico State, Arizona, Tulsa, Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana, Delta State, Kentucky, Louisville, West Virginia.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:45 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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If this is true it’s an extraordinary anomaly. The worst thing that happened to anyone I knew at LSU was getting robbed on alvin dark because he was wandering around hammered
Yeah, I don’t wanna accuse the guy’s kid of running with a bad crowd, but I went to LSU about 15 years ago (that long already? shite). The Edward Gay apartment murders were at the time, and a terrible incident. THAT was random and can happen to anybody unfortunately. The other incidents are probably the result of hanging out with the wrong people, drugs, etc.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:45 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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B student and bad test scores? Sounds like a Red Raider to me
Southern University Jaguars have entered the picture.
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