EA Class of 2021 Discussion Thread

EarlVanDorn
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 20:51:34 +0000

@miningengineer Anyone with a 32 on the ACT and a 3.5 g.p.a. gets an automatic full-tuition scholarship to Alabama or Ole Miss, among other schools (Ole Miss only requires a 3.0). Alabama gives eight semesters that can be used for graduate or undergraduate work. Given that my son will be entering with 50-60 DE and AP credits, that’s a pretty nifty feature. Alabama also allows OOS students to use their full award toward study abroad, so that comes to around $27,000 per year or $13,500 for a semester. I think my son has a chance at a full or nearly full ride at Ole Miss, but we live here and that’s not a bonus for him.

Georgia is the better school in our opinion, and the accounting program has been ranked very well, although for some reason it is missing from the U.S. News rankings this year. Son got a direct admit to the Terry Business school, which would let him start taking business courses right away. Oh well, we will see what happens. Perhaps a miracle will happen and the Ramsey will come through, although as I said earlier I would think he would have gotten a full OOS waiver if he were in the running for that.