re: LSU Academic Recruiting - Credit where credit is due

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My take is unless your kid is going to a top tier targeted program (Georgia Tech for engineering, UPenn for business etc.), go to the cheapest school possible that is at least somewhat reputable (not Devry etc.) for undergrad. A lot of kids have no idea what they want to do as undergraduates, they can spend money on a good grad program or go to grad school for free with assistantships by the time they figure out what they want to do.

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Yup. If they choose the college route this is the way.

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then had to choose between going to a top law school for a hefty price or going to a state grad school in an area of interest for pretty much nothing. I got my undergraduate and grad degree with zero debt.

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Lucky I was in a natural science field though so tougher to get the free regional grad school. I mean I got LSU but still went into debt about 20K

TA'ing my arse off only got me enough for bare living expenses (payed once a month).

Still paid it off in about 6 years post grad so the income from the grad degree definitely paid off sooner rather than later.

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but by age 30 nobody cares where you went if you prove to be a competent employee.

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Unless you are in the New Orleans area, then its where you went to high school.

son had 36 on ACT

Not so subtle brag.

Send them to West Point!

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Frankly, he will more than likely go out of state but they have certainly piqued his interest.

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tigerbait can sttdb

LSU does a good job selling LSU with the spring on-campus visits. The campus looks great with so much in bloom.

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My son has been offered admission to almost all of the flagship state universities in the Southeast as well as many private colleges

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Why would you apply to them all? Have things changed and schools reach out with certain test scores? It’s costs a frick ton of money to apply to tons of schools.