The middle ACT range at UA keeps getting wider: 23-32!

gusmahler
Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:29:45 +0000

The reason for the scholarship is obvious–they want to attract out of state students and improve their reputation. The ACT range has gone from (I believe) 23-28 to 23-32. Before, if you had a 32 ACT, you wouldn’t even think of Alabama if you weren’t from AL or a neighboring state. But the scholarship money means a lot of people with 32 and above are considering it.

Just 15 years ago, the thought that a high stat student would have a college list of, e.g., Vanderbilt, Duke, Harvard, and Alabama would have been ludicrous. It’s not ludicrous now (even if Bama is just a financial safety).

The problem is that it takes time for a school’s reputation to change. For a long time, Alabama was just a southern in-state school that’s abnormally good at football. Now, it’s a financial safety school for lots of high stats kid (as well as being abnormally good at football).

Once the reputation catches up, they are going to reduce scholarships. Hell, they already have. It’s going to go the way of Oklahoma. OU used to give scholarships just as generous as Bama. OU has recently reduced their scholarship amount. I don’t know all the details. Because they aren’t generous any more, I didn’t even consider them for D19.