UL Students Invited To First Ever Student Appreciation Practice On Thursday

[Boomer]

Yeah, I saw this same pic, but with a different amount:

"Congratulations to the 3,200 new Ragin' Cajuns that were welcomed to campus this week. Begin, Believe, Become!!!!"

Funny, when I saw it this morning it was in the UL Alumni or future Alumni FB page, but it seems that it has since been removed from there. I don't know who the guy that posted is....

https://www.facebook.com/drryanteten?pnref=story

----Well from now on we all say20K enrollment----got it???? 20K 20K 20K 20K Cajuns!!! and our stadium now holds 40K 40K 40K got it????40K!!!! Hud math is very close to the real thing!!!

[CajunAmos]

ah, but we will, we will. Now that all the construction is almost done look for our numbers to continue to grow.

With a listed enrollment of about 18,000, and assuming you lose students due to attrition as they progress, I would have thought the freshman class would have had to be about 5,000 already. I just find it curious.

[MelRock]

Although they do lose students over the years, hardly anyone finishes in four years. Plus I can imagine there are also students that transfer in from other universities to be closer to home and those coming from the community college here in town. That would be my guess.

[LaCajunsFan]

Although they do lose students over the years, hardly anyone finishes in four years. Plus I can imagine there are also students that transfer in from other universities to be closer to home and those coming from the community college here in town. That would be my guess.

Just from gathering info from the UL homepage, and a couple of other pages, I think that they track, and are trying to increase the following categories of students: 1st time freshmen, new transfers, out of state and international students. Each of these saw nice growth last year, which led to us having the highest % increase in the state.
Since we were discussing incoming freshmen, here are some facts about them:
In 2014 we increased that bucket from 2,670 to 2,922, which is a good 9.4% increase. If we are indeed now at ~3,200, that is about the same/slightly better than last year.
So if the other categories also improve we should have another over-all good year. And with Hud working his magic on them, lol, that will mean our student-assessed fees will great.

[CajunSaint]

Although they do lose students over the years, hardly anyone finishes in four years. Plus I can imagine there are also students that transfer in from other universities to be closer to home and those coming from the community college here in town. That would be my guess.

have to brag, mel. my daughter did it. in 4 years. and worked part-time to boot. but i know that is unusual. especially for those who work, too.

[moorecajun]

have to brag, mel. my daughter did it. in 4 years. and worked part-time to boot. but i know that is unusual. especially for those who work, too.

That is not the norm; I'm sure you are very proud of someone showing such dedication! It is not easy to carry a job and that class schedule.

Congratulations!

[cajun_lannister]

So How many students showed up

[Clutch0364]

So How many students showed up

From the pics on Twitter, not many.

[cajun_lannister]

looks like a hundred or 2 showed up

[Zeebart21]

Although they do lose students over the years, hardly anyone finishes in four years. Plus I can imagine there are also students that transfer in from other universities to be closer to home and those coming from the community college here in town. That would be my guess.

Heads not big enough for your Bobble Head!

Z