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<p>No, you just remind a whole heck of a lot of a certain someone.</p>
<p>And please, don’t get me started on Chris Christie, or I will be kicked off here like that certain someone.</p>
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<p>Ahem, I believe the record will reflect he was killed in battle, ma’am, in hand-to-hand combat with Tigers, Gators, Rebels, Bulldogs, Wildcats, and a bunch of ankle-pecking Gamecocks. He died as he wanted, cloaked in houndstooth. He’s rumored to be buried in an unmarked grave somewhere near Cape May. ;)</p>
<p>We have 4 who will be attending from D’s class this year (out of 123 students). That is a high number for us. Since 2007, we have sent 16 students including these 4. Out of these 16 students, there have been 3 in UFE and 3 in CBH (that I know of). I think that is pretty amazing. UA gets pretty good press at our school!</p>
<p>Our county published the “Top 10 Scholar” lists this week for all our HS’s (there are 7) and I counted 4 students going to UA. I’m sure there are a bunch more from the other 2000+ graduates as well.</p>
<p>There are 4 attending from my D’s high school, which is a record and also puts UA in the top-25 destinations. Usually there’s at most 1 student (and usually none) who goes to Bama. And there are more from her school going to UA this year than to Casino’s Bovine U, which is highly unusual. There are 2 students going with the Presidential, which is also a first. I don’t think anyone has previously gone from D’s high school with any merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the rumor was that the incoming class would be 70% OOS students. While this number may be shocking, most of these students are coming without large scholarships.</p>
<p>While Alabama legislators could impose a cap on OOS students, it would be very shortsighted and jeopardize a lot of tax dollars coming from people who don’t vote in Alabama.</p>
<p>The poster child for state schools with a majority OOS student population (65%) is the University of Delaware. Like Alabama, Delaware is a small state population-wise and needs to attract OOS students to keep quality and enrollment up and to get extra tuition revenue. There need be no stigma about state universities having large OOS student populations.</p>