Sorry, Harvard. Everyone Wants to Go to College in the South Now

[razpsu]

I have a PSU friend who's son opted for Auburn over PSU after his older sister's experience in University Park during covid.

We toured auburn and it was impressive. We were surprised.

 

[TheTwistedFrog]

Just because it wasn’t the times or the post doesn’t mean it wasn’t true. Why bring an agenda into this.

Because this article is part of a much larger narrative that’s being pushed by certain media outlets. It’s been going on for over 20 years now. Music, print, television, etc have been working vigorously to rehabilitate the image and reputation of the Southern US.

There are only a small set of reasons for families from outside the South to send their students down there and, with only a few notable exceptions, it has nothing whatsoever to do with academics. To suggest otherwise is damn ridiculous and makes you look downright foolish.

 

[MtNittany]

Music, print, television, etc have been working vigorously to rehabilitate the image and reputation of the Southern US.

What does the current South have to apologize and be rehabilitated for?

 

[manatree]

What does the current South have to apologize and be rehabilitated for?

Sweet tea. That $#!+'s an abomination.

 

[TheTwistedFrog]

What does the current South have to apologize and be rehabilitated for?

Just off the top of my head, segregation academies, the confederate flag on state house grounds, segregated proms, and Biloxi.

 

[MtNittany]

Sweet tea. That $#!+'s an abomination.

Publix Raspberry Tea (sweet) would change your mind.

 

[Midnighter]

All I know is I’m telling anyone who will listen, especially in my kids’ grades, how hot Southern schools are right now and that Harvard is for knobs.

 

[razpsu]

Just off the top of my head, segregation academies, the confederate flag on state house grounds, segregated proms, and Biloxi.

First off the south was run by Democrati governors for 150-200 years in every state especially during segregation.
Second, for the most part there are more Yankees now down here then there are southerners. So there is that

 

[Bison13]

We toured auburn and it was impressive. We were surprised.

I’ve seen multiple kids from Maryland and Pennsylvania choose Auburn for engineering or their flight program in recent years.

 

[BobPSU92]

I’ve seen multiple kids from Maryland and Pennsylvania choose Auburn for engineering or their flight program in recent years.

But their football sucks.

 

[TheTwistedFrog]

First off the south was run by Democrati governors for 150-200 years in every state especially during segregation.
Second, for the most part there are more Yankees now down here then there are southerners. So there is that

Oh Sweet Lord. Do we have to do remedial history again?

 

[TheTwistedFrog]

All I know is I’m telling anyone who will listen, especially in my kids’ grades, how hot Southern schools are right now and that Harvard is for knobs.

Well played.

 

[BobPSU92]

Maybe this isn’t bullsh|t after all.

Auburn adds to big haul, flips 4-star QB from ND

Four-star quarterback Deuce Knight, ESPN's No. 2 dual-threat passer in the 2025 cycle, flipped his pledge from Notre Dame to Auburn Wednesday night.

www.espn.com

 

[J.E.B]

There has been a trend of students from non-Southern regions finding Southern schools more popular for some time, as is noted in the article. While it's not noted in the excerpts you posted, part of the reason for that has been an aggressive approach, from the financial side, by a number of Southern universities to make themselves more appealing.

That said, the WSJ headline, which you repeated in your Subject line, is not all that accurate. Harvard's popularity with high school seniors remains exceedingly high. For the Class of 2028 (the students that entered college this fall), for Harvard:

Applicants: 54,008
Admitted: 1,970
Enrolled: 1,647

Geographical breakdown of Harvard's class that just started:

New England: 17%
Middle Atlantic: 20%
South: 16%
Midwest: 9%
Central: 2%
Mountain: 2%
Pacific: 15%
Territories: <1%
International: 18%

What is PSUs distribution?

 

[Moogy]

What does the current South have to apologize and be rehabilitated for?

Its existence.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Its existence.

Pretty soon it will happen.......puberty. Good luck.

 

[Moogy]

Pretty soon it will happen.......puberty. Good luck.

Good luck?!?

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

What is PSUs distribution?

You can find information here - https://datadigest.psu.edu/student-enrollment/
Fall 2023 is the most recent available.
As far as non-PA states go, the listed order was:

NJ - 4,836
NY - 4,454
MD - 3,399
VA - 2,271
CA - 1,663
FL - 1,144
TX - 1,074
CT - 960
MA - 945

Here are a couple of screenshots from the demographics tab.

 

[Lion84]

Crazy how many kids are from CA that go to PSU - maybe a lot of second generation PSU’ers?

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

Crazy how many kids are from CA that go to PSU - maybe a lot of second generation PSU’ers?

That's what I was thinking. Penn State legacies.

 

[BobPSU92]

You can find information here - https://datadigest.psu.edu/student-enrollment/
Fall 2023 is the most recent available.
As far as non-PA states go, the listed order was:

NJ - 4,836
NY - 4,454
MD - 3,399
VA - 2,271
CA - 1,663
FL - 1,144
TX - 1,074
CT - 960
MA - 945

Here are a couple of screenshots from the demographics tab.

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That’s a lot of Jersey a$$holes.

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

That’s a lot of Jersey a$$holes.

I guess you Rumson snobs are outliers.

 

[Bison13]

That’s a lot of Jersey a$$holes.

My wife is an alum from NJ. Every year a half dozen kids from her HS attend PSU

 

[BobPSU92]

My wife is an alum from NJ. Every year a half dozen kids from her HS attend PSU

There are exceptions. Not all folks from Jersey are a$$holes. I am one, of course.

 

[Bison13]

There are exceptions. Not all folks from Jersey are a$$holes. I am one, of course.

Nah, they probably are the ********. Just meant that there’s quite a few of the jersey high schools that regularly send kids to Penn State.