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re: What college did you almost attend?

Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:25 am to
Posted by Collegedropout
Where Northern Mexico meets Dixie
Member since May 2017
5202 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:25 am to
Glad you chose LSU over Ole Miss?
Posted by YipSkiddlyDooo
Member since Apr 2013
3640 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:25 am to
The air force academy. Was accepted but had better offers to play football which is what mattered to 17 year old me. Life would have been totally different, I doubt different would have been better tho
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:25 am to
i applied to UT, and almost tulane but i fell alseep
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
33625 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:46 am to
Texas A&M

Then I prayed through the gay

Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67144 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:09 am to
nearly picked the Naval Academy and seriously considered Colorado School of Mines before deciding to go to LSU. My life would have been unrecognizable had I done that.
This post was edited on 1/19/18 at 9:14 am
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12751 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:11 am to
I ended up at Troy for both undergrad and grad school. Grew up in a Bama family, and both my sisters went there, so of course I applied there as well. Also applied at FSU, Auburn, and a few others. I sent my ACT scores to several schools within a few hours of home. Troy offered me an academic scholarship, and it was really hard to turn down free tuition. Even when I enrolled, I was thinking I would go there for free for a year, maybe two, knock out my general studies and then transfer to Alabama. Once I got there, I loved it. Small, walkable campus. Most of my classes were going to be in 2-3 buildings. So I ended up graduating there instead of transferring.

The only thing I look back on now, and sort of wish I had done something different, was grad school. We had an MBA program that got you the required hours for the CPA exam, and the professors really pushed public accounting. Most were CPAs that had practiced for a while before becoming a professor. A couple were recent retirees who taught just a couple of classes to have something to pass the time.

When I took the GMAT, I don't really remember there being an option to send scores out to schools. I just knew I had to take it to get accepted into Troy's MBA program. All of a sudden I am getting letters from all over. The three that stick out the most were Notre Dame, Hawaii, and St Louis University, just because I had never heard of it. I had grown up in the South my entire life, and the thought of going somewhere for a year or two was appealing. But I was recently engaged, and knew I would have a job lined up in Birmingham/Montgomery/Dothan after completing the MBA program.

If I could go back, I would have gone to Hawaii. It would have been awesome to live there for a year in my early 20s. My wife, fiancé at the time, could have lived with me and finished her degree online at Troy. We would have been a long way from home, but you don't get opportunities like that often.
Posted by flyAU
Scottsdale
Member since Dec 2010
24853 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:13 am to
Embry Riddle.
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:20 am to
I wish i went somewhere else, my life wouldve been very different. I think growing up in BR and going to LSU is lame


I couldve maybe gotten laid at Tulane and had fun
Posted by Ohiotigerfan
South of I-10
Member since Oct 2004
1271 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:23 am to
Almost went to SMU
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:24 am to
what is the citadel or college of Charleston like
Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
64691 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:26 am to
Roger Williams, Washington University, Florida, and UCF
Posted by TheXman
Middle America
Member since Feb 2017
2976 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:26 am to
Should've technically not gotten accepted to UGA, but found a way around it.

If I hadn't gone there, I would've gone to Indiana.
Posted by Grateful Reb
Member since Apr 2011
8070 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:30 am to
Went to Ole Miss. Almost went to Alabama. So glad I didn't - Tuscaloosa is a shite hole compared to Oxford.
Posted by btnetigers
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2015
2251 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:35 am to
Ole Miss. Was offered a chance to play baseball, but turned it down b/c of a piece of poon tang.
Posted by yellowhammer2098
New Orleans, LA
Member since Mar 2013
3850 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:37 am to
Applied to LSU and Tulane on a whim. Wasn't really considering either until LSU offered me basically a free ride. I already had my mind set on Alabama though and it wasn't enough to change my mind. Definitely would've had a much different life.
Posted by ElDawgHawg
L.A. (lower Arkansas)
Member since Nov 2012
2984 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:41 am to
had my choices narrowed down to Arkansas, Harding, Louisiana Tech, and Southern Arkansas. Ended up at SAU because it was close to home and the best option for the money and degree field I wanted. Really wish I had gone to U of A but I don't know if my life would have been drastically different.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166400 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:42 am to
i liked auburn a good bit, not sure why. with lsu and tops, there was really no traction with auburn and never was a serious option.
Posted by usc6158
Member since Feb 2008
35380 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:43 am to
Was deciding between USC, Occidental, UCSD, and Wisconsin

Got rejected by Northwestern which was my first choice
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
31925 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:46 am to
Bama
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37559 posts
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:47 am to
University of Miami
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