less pnms this year
by: ASo far there seems to be less pnms than previous years there are only a few days left and now recruitment cost $450 and with early move almost $600 so it’s a steep price to pay. It’s not something where you just decide to try it so what do you think the final number will be
Commentby: GuestJul 11, 2018 8:44:37 AM
by: ^^^Jul 9, 2018 1:15:05 PM
Agree about the grades -- for an OOS PNM from a top rated, rigorous high school in MA or NY, a 92.0 GPA is considered very good -- and even though most high schools in Alabama do not compare in terms of state curriculum standards it just doesn't matter. So a 92 GPA in your private, $55K a year MA boarding school with college level rigor is just the same at an Alabama run of the mill high school. Not even worth trying to make that case. It's a shock to these OOS PNMS that no one cares that your high school is nationally ranked, or that your high school routinely sends 15+ grads to the Ivies each year. It's a rude awakening to these girls.
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by: ActJul 9, 2018 1:54:48 PM
As someone who went to a rigorous high school, I don’t think this comes up often. Mainly because having girls rush who went to nationally ranked boarding schools is so rare it’s almost not worth talking about, but also because girls with decent scores from top schools don’t have issues. It’s the girls with mediocre grades, who think they are superior just because their school was hard, who struggle. Involvement also tells a big story in these cases.
A 3.3 or 3.4 from a great school? Super. A 2.9 from a top school? Not so much.
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by: For anyone wondering Jul 9, 2018 8:07:47 PM
by: wtfJul 9, 2018 8:11:56 PM
wtf is a 92 gpa? out of 100? or what? wouldn't that be like a 3.6 on a 4 scale? thats still good
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by: cobJul 10, 2018 3:03:08 PM
#4 by: Yes
Wasn’t there 2,800 last year? This is definitely a lot lower than normal. I think knowing the price makes it harder to justify because before you seriously just couldn’t imagine it would cost that much. Also the cost for recruitment is very high here compared to other schools so it’s not just something to try out.
Should make for smaller classes and it may give the actives an easier time actually getting to know everyone. 700 less girls may be a relief for the actives it’s just so many pnms
by: Pj Jul 9, 2018 5:05:10 PM
by: 2016 had 2800Jul 9, 2018 8:48:17 PM
I think 2017 has 2600 sign up and around 2400 showed up to first round. 2016 was the massive pledge year.
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by: less freshJul 9, 2018 3:24:03 PM
Enrollment of new freshman is down for the first time in years. Why? The school changed the top scholarship $ and raised the cut off scores for OOS. They are focusing more on IS since they are losing so many to Auburn. Next year scholarship $ has already been announced and they are throwing $ at IS to get it back in balance and closer to their mission to educated Alabama kids. It is a balancing act to keep the OOS top kids coming (to keep increasing the # of top scorers - NMF,Presidential scholars) and to keep the full pay OOS kids interested to off set keeping costs down for IS. Our IS tuition is not going up next year but OOS is going up like 5% again. IS scholarhsips for next year will have more $ at the middle and lower? levels but the same for amount for OOS with higher tuition prices.
I know this because I have a sibling going through application/college selection now and this is a big topic. Hope she chooses Bama but she has lots of friends headed to Auburn and some already there.
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by: above Jul 11, 2018 9:30:56 AM
by: ActiveJul 11, 2018 1:18:25 PM
2016 we were supposed to break 3,000 but it came out to be around 2,800 and around 2,700 actually showed up for convocation if I remember correctly
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by: YesJul 11, 2018 8:12:12 AM
Only a few days left until we know how many
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