<p>:) thanks for the report! very interesting.</p>
<p>MarinaOne–</p>
<p>Please let us know how things turn out for your daughter. Wishing you the best of luck.</p>
<p>Today my son decided to commit to UA. I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of you whose posts on the Alabama thread and PMs facilitated this decision. Without your input I doubt he’d be heading to Tuscaloosa in August.</p>
<p>Roll Tide!</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your son malanai. I think he’ll have a great college experience at UA.<br>
Roll Tide Roll!</p>
<p>Congrats to your son Malanai. Your son may change his mind about a frat, too, my son did. They don’t all fit the stereotypes.</p>
<p>^^^Thanks for the tip about fraternities. Perhaps our kids will meet and your son can share his insights.</p>
<p>My own kids have all graduated college and I stick around here to help out where I can on other forums…just took a look at the UA one because I am a 3rd generation graduate of UA and my oldest son attended there (and loved it) before transferring back to GA (where we live) to finish up. My father also was a faculty member (psych) and I grew up in Tuscaloosa…</p>
<p>I just wanted to say that I am so happy that “my” school is doing such a great job of attracting gifted and talented students from all over the country! Roll Tide, indeed!!! :)</p>
<p>Marina One</p>
<p>Will you be visting UA? </p>
<p>We are also from California (Southern Cali) and will be visitng UA and Clemson tomorrow through Thursday. D3 got the Presidential scholarship and that’s what drew us in. </p>
<p>Since we have D1 just finishing her studies next month at Baylor and we are also paying full freight for D2, who is a sophomore at UCLA . . having to pay less college tuition for D3 would be a BIG plus – since we also still have S, a high school sophomore.</p>
<p>I am hoping that once D3 sees the campus and goes through the personalized schedule planned just for her on tuesday, that she might strongly consider UA as a choice for this fall if she feels it is a fit. I think her top choices at this point are Clemson and UCLA – with UA a distant third until she sees the campus tomorrow night.</p>
<p>If your D likes Clemson, then I think she’ll like Bama.</p>
<p>We visited Clemson first and we loved it. My son was “sold” on Clemson. Then, a few weeks later we visited Bama and that was it. It had the same “feel” and such as Clemson (which we still super like), and more. </p>
<p>however, you can’t go wrong at either one.</p>
<p>anything you think we should ask Drs Halli and Sharpe to get a better feel for Bama, the Honor College, etc. – will UA have the same budget troubles that the UCs are currently having that will impact Krazie’s next four years there?</p>
<p>If I were to see Dr. Sharpe or Dr. Halli (and I did a year ago), I would ask them: </p>
<p>Why should my child come to your school?</p>
<p>What makes Alabama unique? </p>
<p>Will I walk out of here four years from now with the quality education that will make me marketable to a grad/professional school or the job market? Give me examples of students who did.</p>
<p>In the end, I think my son chose UA because of the reception he got at the Honors College, as well as those honors dorms. You cannot beat having your own bedroom.</p>
<p>WOW- I have been reading thru all of these posts- I am so glad that Alabama is doing so well recruiting students- we live in Birmingham- go to a competetive HS but my D doesn’t want to go b/c so many go from her HS- probably 150 went last year - it definitely has beat Auburn the last 3 years- anyway- she is a bit different and I thought that she wanted to go OOS but now has mentioned Auburn again- We are BIG Bama fans and I am fine with Auburn (I know many folks that have loved it)even though the Honors program and housing isn’t up to par with Bama-I want her to be happy- and then the sorority issue- it’s tough at both schools and I don’t think she cares either way- Congrats to all of you that will be attending next year and ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!</p>
<p>I’d just let the conversation flow. Both are very intelligent and interesting men that you can learn a lot from. Both have very good answers to the questions momreads posted and you should ask them, but let the questions segue into other topics. While the interviews are part of UA encouraging your D to attend, I encourage you both to consider it more of a friendly conversation about the world and your D’s future in it. Even if she doesn’t choose UA, I hope you’ll both have a great visit and maybe catch an insight that will help you sometime later on. Remember too that the meeting dynamic may change when a parent is included in the mix.</p>