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re: Over 62,000 students applied to LSU this school year.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:31 am to baldona
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:31 am to baldona
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It still costs money right?
I think there is something called Common App. This was after my time but I believe you can send your application to multiple schools at the same time for a flat fee. Someone with kids that age can correct me. In saying that, that is why these schools are getting so many applications.
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Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:32 am to baldona
quote:why do Citys need to be responsible for like roads.
Why do the schools need to be responsible for housing?
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:32 am to PSS101
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62,000
LSU has very little incentive to not accept as many of them as they can. For out of state students, it's around $30k/year in tuition alone. Let them figure out where to live.
No one actually cares about education any more. It's about earning credentials to obtain employment in the future. LSU should take advantage by bringing in as much money as physically possible, especially when the government is willing to hand it out to anyone.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:34 am to TTU97NI
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From what I see, Texas kids either stay local. OR they go north, Oklahoma, Arkansas. And the frat/sorority ($$) types love to go to Ole Miss.
My demographic includes Midland and North Texas
Texas is a big State, Houston/East Texas sends a ton of kids to LSU
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:36 am to baldona
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Why do the schools need to be responsible for housing? Won't the free market 3rd party Apartments take care of it? Now, sure, if you vastly increase enrollment without a plan, that's an issue.
But my point is the government has NEVER been good at housing. Modern dorms are expensive. I certainly understand being on campus has a major advantage, but most SEC schools have off campus apartments available with very good transportation or within walking distance of campus.
part of the reason LSU surronded by ghetto apartments is because Todays college apartment is tomorrow's section 8
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:36 am to PSS101
Like many schools, LSU promotes itself in a variety of ways, and is very liberal with application fee wavers, because they want as many students as possible applying. Why? So they can reject more students.
This gives the appearance of the school being more selective and this drives up the median standardized test scores.
Like many schools, LSU is gaming the rankings. Every instituion does it in some way and every institution denies it.
This gives the appearance of the school being more selective and this drives up the median standardized test scores.
Like many schools, LSU is gaming the rankings. Every instituion does it in some way and every institution denies it.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:36 am to La Place Mike
quote:Apparently not you...
How many were excepted?
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:37 am to Dire Wolf
The clown from Dallas who claimed that Texas kids with money don’t go to LSU will be here shortly…
He’s still researching who Tilman Fertitta and Jim Flores are.
He’s still researching who Tilman Fertitta and Jim Flores are.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:40 am to StringedInstruments
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LSU has very little incentive to not accept as many of them as they can. For out of state students, it's around $30k/year in tuition alone. Let them figure out where to live. No one actually cares about education any more. It's about earning credentials to obtain employment in the future. LSU should take advantage by bringing in as much money as physically possible, especially when the government is willing to hand it out to anyone.
The purpose of the university isn’t to make as much money as possible.
And the purpose of a state university should not include crowding out local kids in favor of kids from out of state.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:40 am to Shexter
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Kids these days use their number of scholarships/acceptances as bragging rights. My kid had some classmates bragging about getting into 10+ universities.
Yep. Went to a high school graduation last year and a bunch of students were announced as having 30+ acceptances and offers of millions in scholarships.
The valedictorian applied to like 3 places. I talked to his dad and he said he didn’t realize that it was a competition to apply and get accepted to so many places and get approved for scholarships from schools you have no intention of ever attending.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:47 am to LSUfan4444
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unless they drop the on campus living requirement for freshman
If your student lives within 50 miles of campus, they aren't required to live on campus.
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Interested to see how adding standardized test scores back into acceptance criteria changes the application numbers…
I have no issues per se with a ton of kids from out of state coming to LSU for college. Bama did similar and the university really benefited from it.
My fear is demographics are going to shite
Once accepted, they have to take the ALEKS Math Placement Test which puts many of them into remedial math classes. (read more money)
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something called Common App
Common App doesn't auto send applications, but it does store transcripts, etc. Then, a student can simply click on a university and send an application.
FAFSA is what auto applies the students for federal grants and scholarships.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:47 am to baldona
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Why do the schools need to be responsible for housing?
Because they require it so they can jack up the rates and essentially just launder state money at an increased rate to pay themselves with their own money.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:47 am to NFLSU
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The clown from Dallas who claimed that Texas kids with money don’t go to LSU will be here shortly…
some of my best friends at LSU were highland park grads
There will always be the handful of Episcopal, Kinkaid, Highland Park, memorial, Lamar, westlake, ect grads that don't get into UT and don't want to stay in the exact same social circle as highschool by going to TCU.
Dallas to Baton rouge is a ~1 hour longer drive than Dallas to Lubbock.
Yes, Dallas kids also go to OU, Arkansas, ole miss as well
This post was edited on 4/2/26 at 9:48 am
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:47 am to Shexter
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If your student lives within 50 miles of campus,
She doesn't
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:49 am to Earnest_P
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And the purpose of a state university should not include crowding out local kids in favor of kids from out of state.
It also shouldn’t award mediocrity just because a student is from in-state.
Out of state students bring in money and the majority of them do well in school.
Everyone I knew at LSU who rarely went to class and made shitty grades were all raised within 80 miles of Baton Rouge.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:52 am to BigBinBR
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competition to apply and get accepted to so many places and get approved for scholarships from schools you have no intention of ever attending.
It's a competition for bragging rights that seems to be HUGE with the poorer class kids. I just hope the selfishness doesn't prevent other students from getting those declined scholarships.
This post was edited on 4/2/26 at 9:54 am
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:55 am to Dire Wolf
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Yes, Dallas kids also go to OU, Arkansas, ole miss as well
A lot of LSU graduates I know in the Dallas area kids go to Arkansas because LSU doesn't waive out of state tuition for kids of graduates. At least that's the reason I was told.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:57 am to La Place Mike
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because LSU doesn't waive out of state tuition for kids of graduates.
LSU has tightened up on that and scholarships. Several professors and other faculty I spoke with at orientation repeated that LSU doesn't hand out many scholarships to incoming freshmen due to the high number of dropouts. They like to wait until the second year to give grants/scholarships.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 9:57 am to Shexter
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Shexter
Is sarcasm not your area of expertise?
Posted on 4/2/26 at 10:08 am to La Place Mike
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A lot of LSU graduates I know in the Dallas area kids go to Arkansas because LSU doesn't waive out of state tuition for kids of graduates. At least that's the reason I was told.
That and the Jerry Jones effect in Dallas.
LSU is all over Houston and the surrounding areas that produce highly qualified students who may not be Top 10 at a highly competitive HS but don’t want any part of going through CAP or Blinndergarten just to eventually receive a Liberal Arts degree in Austin or College Station.
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