I have searched the USG website and spent a decent bit of time searching for this supposed law, and nothing has come up. The only thing I've found so far related to the topic is this excerpt from an article about UGA's in-state student rates from 2016:
"UGA has no formal policy on in-state vs. out-of-state enrollment"
If such a law existed 30+ years ago, it doesn't appear to anymore.
The article also discussed UGA's enrollment #s, which we can look at and compare to Tech to see if the campus makeup is similar - unsurprisingly (to most of us), it is not. Spring 2016, UGA had 1,882 non-US citizen students and 4,344 from out of state. Students from Georgia numbered 28,630.
Fall of 2016, GT had 5,959 international students, 9,632 out of state students, and 11,248 in state students.
So we have a non-existent law, a significant international student population, a student body that does not resemble that of our peers,
Whole lotta wrong in this quote, and there is something ironic about dismissing others' arguments for not providing factual evidence while providing nothing but anecdotes yourself.
Well, just because you can't find it, doesn't mean it's not there. I'm not saying it is anymore, but it definitely was 30 years ago. My recollection is not anecdotal, it was factual.
Are your enrollment numbers accurate? Does Georgia Tech have 22,000 undergraduates now? When I was there, we had 12,000 undergrads. I know it increased, but I didn't think it was that much. If that includes grad students, then those numbers are meaningless to the discussion. Edit: Actually, looking at total undergraduate enrollment in 2020, we had 16,562 students.
Looking at the numbers, ~10% (9.2%) of GT's undergraduate population is International. In 2020, of 16,562 undergraduates 1,523 were International
reference. That means that there are about 15,000 undergraduates on campus from the US. Of those approximately 15,000 undergraduates, 10,322 are from Georgia (>60%). "Undergraduate enrollment also climbed slightly to 16,562 students. The Fall 2020 class includes 10,322 undergraduate students from Georgia, which is more than 60% of the undergraduate population.
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That 90% US population is pretty much consistent with most of our peers. But, even if it were 95% for our peers, the small difference in numbers is irrelevant. I disagree with your premise that we don't resemble our peers. Of those approximately 15,000 undergraduates, 10,322 are from Georgia (>60%)
International undergraduate students as part of the undergraduate population (% of undergraduate population considered international)
Duke: 664 of 6,682 (9.9)
UVA: 775 of 16,777 (4.6)
Wake Forest: 521 of 5,225 (10.0)
Stanford: 739 of 7,087 (10.4)
UCLA: 3,654 of 31,577 (11.6)
Vanderbilt: 607 of 6,861 (8.8)
NW: 841 of 8,194 (10.3)
Cal-Berkeley: 4,001 of 30,853 (13.2)
Michigan: 2,244 of 30,318 (7.4)
ND: 590 of 8,617 (6.8)
Texas: 2,248 of 40,804 (5.5)
USCw: 2,664 of 19,907 (13.4)
Purdue: 4,651 of 33,702 (13.8)
And to your final comment, it's ironic that we're talking about the student body coming to football games and you're touting numbers including graduate students. That alone weakens the credibility of your argument. The comment about others' arguments was directed to the assumption that someone identifying as "Asian" wouldn't be interested in football. That's a statement that has a very questionable basis. I believe upon reflection
@RamblinRed would have made that statement in a very different way. I have great respect for that particular font.
Anecdotally, I had friends at Tech from all over the world, of every ethnicity you could imagine go to games and become total Tech fans as undergraduates. I also spent plenty of time on the campuses at uga, Clemson, USCe, and Auburn when I was an undergraduate. There were tons of average joe Americans that wanted nothing to do with the school sports. What someone looks like or where they're from doesn't relate to whether someone is a sports fan or not.
