Local prospective students weigh in on Syracuse’s Final Four run from Atlanta
Question: Has Syracuse’s advance to the Final Four affected your decision to attend Syracuse University?
“I found out around December that I was going, so I was like, ‘Oh, OK, yeah this is my No. 1 school. I love this school, I bleed Orange from now on.’ But seeing that Syracuse was in the Final Four, I was like, ‘Wow, I’m actually going to a school that achieves stuff.’”
-Bilal Vaughn, Atlanta
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“Yeah, absolutely. When you’re going out on a Friday night and you go to Buffalo Wild Wings and you’re sitting there and you’re watching Syracuse on the TV and you know that you’ve been accepted, you kind of start cheering for them, and it kind of feels like you’re already like a part of that community and a part of what they’re going for. So yeah, it definitely kind of helps solidify what’s been so abstract.”
-Brannum Forsythe, Birmingham, Ala.
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“It has widened my decision. I wanted to go to Syracuse since eighth grade, so if I got in, I was going no matter what. But just because they’re in the Final Four, it makes it way better to say that I’m going to Syracuse because we’re actually doing our thing this year.”
-Demarquez Grissom, Atlanta
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“It hasn’t affected it completely, but it has made the decision a lot better because it’s just another good aspect and reason to go to Syracuse. … I just hope that we better win.”
Jackie Prager, Atlanta
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On Thursday night, Syracuse University hosted an event dedicated to accepted students from Atlanta. Panelists, including current students, professors and alumni, were on hand to answer any and all questions about SU. With the Final Four just days away — and just down the street — admitted students were excited to know their possible future school had a shot at a national championship. For some, it even solidified their decision to attend.
Published on April 5, 2013 at 2:28 am Contact Maddy: mjberner@syr.edu
