re: What is up with BR area rich kids going to school at U of Alabama?

I went to a BR high school then LSU. 80 % of my class went to LSU. Looking back , it was a mistake and I should've tried to go somewhere else. A small private school like Hendrix or Tulane. I wouldn't go to Alabama or UGA though

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Good football, big state school, parties, safe, huge alumni base across the south, run the state...

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And they can get in. UGA is the mecca of all SEC schools for kids who want to leave their home SEC state. But most cant get in

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Oxford, MS is incredible. Only ignorant people that have no real Oxford experience don't like it. Its fanfrickingtastic.

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I was denied a table at Boure because I had on an LSU button down

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If Tuscaloosa is a shithole, what's Baton Rouge?

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A shithole too I think his point was why leave one shithole for another

Because the university of Alabama/Tuscaloosa absolutely shits on lsu/Baton Rouge in every way possible

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I think LSU is now at a 3.4 and a 25 on the ACT.

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3.0 and 22 according to this

Cant speak for the BR kids, but as a Bama student from a good New Orleans school, a good deal of kids from my graduating class went to Bama, Georgia, and Ole Miss. I know almost everyone I graduated with got into LSU, but I know the ones that left just didnt want to go to Baton Rouge with 90% of our graduating class, and these other schools are very similar to LSU in terms of football team, greek life, huge campus, pretty women, etc. Gives an SEC school experience without feeling like your just going to high school again an hour down the road

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If by runs Tuscaloosa you mean picks the homecoming queen, I agree.

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Way to kill the lore, buzzkillington.

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I think LSU is now at a 3.4 and a 25 on the ACT. This is simply untrue to say they take anyone

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Huh?

TOPS requirements

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Standard Eligibility Requirements

- Minimum High School GPA of 2.50 (GPA computed on core courses only)
- 19.0 Core Units
- Minimum ACT Score (or SAT Equivalent) of the prior year state average; Currently 20
- Must enroll full time as a first time freshman, by the first semester following the first anniversary of high school graduation
- Be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Meet TOPS Louisiana residency requirements

*BESE-Approved Home Study Eligibility – ACT/SAT Score of 2 points above standard – Currently 22
*Louisiana Residents graduating from an eligible out-of-state/country high school – ACT/SAT Score of 3 points above standard – Currently 23

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This isn't a European foreign exchange program. It's Tuscaloosa ALABAMA and Oxford MISSISSIPPI, and while the name Oxford might give you pause for a second, it's nothing resembling an experience one might find in Oxford England. It's still Mississippi and Alabama.

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Are you referring to uneducated rednecks? Trashy people? Louisiana is no better than Alabama or Mississippi in this regard. You need to realize that.