Applications are up at many of them.
It sounds like Mark’s kid’s best option is a junior college, then a transfer. It is an underrated way to save money and still get a great education.
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Replies to: "The big southern state schools are very hot right now"
- Harman, an idea for your son. '94 can advise better on value of a Bama degree [LINK]
- LanceManion - 8:56am 12/6/25
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- The big southern state schools are very hot right now - Chris94 - 4:15pm 12/6/25
- Some areas give free community college if high school grades are high enough. - NedoftheHill - 6:56pm 12/7/25
- I second this...but with a caveat..... - BaronVonZemo - 5:56pm 12/7/25
- Paying for the 4-year school for two years is the problem. We just don't have the money [NT]
- MarkHarman - 7:31pm 12/6/25
- Also Ole Miss and MSU give away a lot of money to out of state students [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 12:22pm 12/7/25
- Are you in Georgia? Hope Scholarship? Does he have the grades/SAT/ACT scores? [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 12:20pm 12/7/25
- NROTC? [NT]
- conorlarkin - 6:07am 12/7/25
- GI Bill is still a thing, I assume. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:54pm 12/7/25
- You probably would qualify for a lot more aid than you think - Chris94 - 7:36pm 12/6/25
- I have further insight on Northerners going to Alabama (nephew) and it isn't good. - BaronVonZemo - 3:30pm 12/6/25
- Btw, Baron...Mark lives in the South...so try to focus on his situation. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 1:17pm 12/7/25
- Not my experience - Nigel Tufnel - 10:32am 12/7/25
- By "using", I mean not giving them access to the same postgraduate connection opportunities. - BaronVonZemo - 5:51pm 12/7/25
- Thanks, I'll explore this (although he's not a sports fan at all...) [NT]
- MarkHarman - 12:52pm 12/6/25
- Sports fandom is not a requirement for an education, even in the South. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:55pm 12/7/25
- The big southern state schools are very hot right now - Chris94 - 4:15pm 12/6/25
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