2022 Enrollment

[Turbine]

Uh, they have 135 Valedictorians in this year's class. Did you read the article!??

Obviously I didn't.

[CajunVic]

ACT should be at least 25
3.2 high school GPA at least.

Even some of the graduate admissions are very low.

Example: MBA program only requires 2.5 GPA for the GMAT to be waived. So if you’re a ‘C’ student, we’ll waive your GMAT and let you in. This should not be a ‘C’ student University.

Specifics of other schools that have higher admission standards than Louisiana and how much higher?

[ZoomZoom]

Statewide universities

https://www.uno.edu/admissions/apply...n/requirements

https://www.latech.edu/admissions/apply/requirements/

https://www.subr.edu/page/2047

Regional:

https://ulm.edu/admissions/highschool.html

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/...html#firstyear

https://www.mcneese.edu/admissions/requirements/

https://www.nicholls.edu/admissions/

https://www.southeastern.edu/news_me...20Fast%20Track.

[cajunfan96]

Statewide universities

https://www.uno.edu/admissions/apply...n/requirements

https://www.latech.edu/admissions/apply/requirements/

https://www.subr.edu/page/2047

Regional:

https://ulm.edu/admissions/highschool.html

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/...html#firstyear

https://www.mcneese.edu/admissions/requirements/

https://www.nicholls.edu/admissions/

https://www.southeastern.edu/news_me...20Fast%20Track.

Based on Student Homecoming attendance, this is the least of our problems. We need engaged students that become future fans and supporters of our university.

[Gris-Gris]

Specifics of other schools that have higher admission standards than Louisiana and how much higher?

UCF
U of Houston
LSU
North Texas
Arkansas

Just to name a few

[Gris-Gris]

Based on Student Homecoming attendance, this is the least of our problems. We need engaged students that become future fans and supporters of our university.

Another issue. Our alumni don’t go for high earning jobs after graduating unless they majored in comp science or petroleum.

[CajunVic]

UCF
U of Houston
LSU
North Texas
Arkansas

Just to name a few

Where are the numbers? I think the one you cite smack dab in the middle is wrong . . .

[zephyr]

Don't kid yourself, Covid aside, Louisiana has always shown an attendance bump after a successful football season.

These incoming freshmen couldn't care less about football, but they are not immune to the advertising effects of hearing the school mentioned over and over (in a good light) their senior year of high school.

I'm just telling you from a parent who's kid is in his freshman year at UL and with all the kids he associated with, UL is typically down the list of their top options. Most of the kids locally are obsessed with LSU and that's where they're looking to go. And if you were correct, we'd have a bustling student section at football games in a year where we saw a bump in attendance. Generally speaking, we often have fairly poor student attendance at most athletic events.

[CajunVic]

Maybe it’s a parent issue . . . maybe get a couple of pointers from KK

[zephyr]

Maybe it’s a parent issue . . .

That plays a large role. As I've said before, this town is still very much a purple and gold town, even from many of our alumni. I don't know about you but I know so many people that graduated from UL but their time and money are spent at LSU on saturday nights and the kids are following suit.

[CajunVic]

One of my kids graduated from Louisiana a couple years ago. I encouraged him to attend and support his school’s sporting events. He did. He could give a rats ass about the university across the pond.

It all served him right as he was able to land his dream job by searching university records for alumni in high positions in the field he wanted to work on. He finished in ME and is now in the Engineering and Design division of a great company soon to be run by the Louisiana alumni he made contact with and who hired him.

[Turbine]

I'm just telling you from a parent who's kid is in his freshman year at UL and with all the kids he associated with, UL is typically down the list of their top options. Most of the kids locally are obsessed with LSU and that's where they're looking to go. And if you were correct, we'd have a bustling student section at football games in a year where we saw a bump in attendance. Generally speaking, we often have fairly poor student attendance at most athletic events.

I track with everthing you said except your glossing over where I said "These incoming freshmen couldn't care less about football" nor do they need to care one iota.

Kids that are succepable to peer pressure are also susseptable to advertising.

No school benifits more from organic advertising than LSU so everthing you said makes sense.

It makes sense but ignoring that it makes sense for Louisiana to benifit from subliminal advertising is ludicrous.

Louisiana has always benifited academically from successful Athletics. It is their #1 student generator.

Athletics is why UL has been the #2 public academic institution in the state since 1939.