Thanks for flagging this up. I am very sensitive to how AL locals view OOS students, so I’m looking forward to your subsequent reports on what you find out @UA2009.
At our high school, things most definitely go in cycles, sometimes dramatic ones. A school that was popular last year is not at all popular this year. (And being in IL, our flagship continues to loose appeal, in part to the steady, growing influx of international students which make up 25+% of the freshman class.) My son was the very 1st from his HS to go to 'Bama, and then the following year there were 5; the next year there were none, and this year there are at least 8, possibly more, and many more who were seriously considering it, but backed out for various reasons.