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re: Which school in the SEC would you send your children?
Posted on 7/5/12 at 11:54 am to bpfergu
Posted on 7/5/12 at 11:54 am to bpfergu
All of them could provide quality educations. It should not surprise anyone that the better schools are A&M, Florida, Mizzou, and Vandy. That being said I would say Vandy for undergraduate and A&M for graduate. To know why this is, people need to understand things like the AAU, NSF, and research productivity.
I am from Arkansas attended UArk for undergraduate and it was great. I loved being there and think I received a quality education. I am now at A&M for graduate school and it is so much better of an academic university it is not even comparable. I do not say this lightly. The level of faculty salaries, teaching loads, graduate funding, and research funding is ridiculous here. A&M wants to be a top public university and has made amazing strides in recent years. Our graduate program in ranked 19th in the country and there are numerous others at that level here as well. Most SEC schools simply are not on that level.
I like to make fun of Aggies, and I certainly do not get Aggieland or support the athletic program. As far as academics go though, it is tough not to be impressed.
I am from Arkansas attended UArk for undergraduate and it was great. I loved being there and think I received a quality education. I am now at A&M for graduate school and it is so much better of an academic university it is not even comparable. I do not say this lightly. The level of faculty salaries, teaching loads, graduate funding, and research funding is ridiculous here. A&M wants to be a top public university and has made amazing strides in recent years. Our graduate program in ranked 19th in the country and there are numerous others at that level here as well. Most SEC schools simply are not on that level.
I like to make fun of Aggies, and I certainly do not get Aggieland or support the athletic program. As far as academics go though, it is tough not to be impressed.
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Posted on 7/5/12 at 11:59 am to Pigimus Prime
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All of them could provide quality educations. It should not surprise anyone that the better schools are A&M, Florida, Mizzou, and Vandy. That being said I would say Vandy for undergraduate and A&M for graduate. To know why this is, people need to understand things like the AAU, NSF, and research productivity.
I am from Arkansas attended UArk for undergraduate and it was great. I loved being there and think I received a quality education. I am now at A&M for graduate school and it is so much better of an academic university it is not even comparable. I do not say this lightly. The level of faculty salaries, teaching loads, graduate funding, and research funding is ridiculous here. A&M wants to be a top public university and has made amazing strides in recent years. Our graduate program in ranked 19th in the country and there are numerous others at that level here as well. Most SEC schools simply are not on that level.
I like to make fun of Aggies, and I certainly do not get Aggieland or support the athletic program. As far as academics go though, it is tough not to be impressed.
I respectfully disagree, and I'm coming from an Arky undergrad and I go to a "better" grad school than A&M. I feel they are extremely similar, with the only noticeable difference being the networking that exists. However, this has nothing to do with the education you receive there, but rather how easy it may be to get a job afterwards.
Posted on 7/5/12 at 12:03 pm to Pigimus Prime
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All of them could provide quality educations. It should not surprise anyone that the better schools are A&M, Florida, Mizzou, and Vandy. That being said I would say Vandy for undergraduate and A&M for graduate. To know why this is, people need to understand things like the AAU, NSF, and research productivity.
Solid.
For most, to choose based on educational rankings alone would not necessarily give the whole "college" experience. It's not just "Timmy will make $xxx,xxx a year after he graduates" - but will be a combination of after graduation opportunities, and "college" experience opportunities.
Posted on 7/5/12 at 12:06 pm to Pigimus Prime
Several factors to consider, such as what major your kid plans to study, what kind of social scense would be best for him/her, where you live and thus would be in-state, any scholarship offers, how far away it would be, etc.
Trying to speak generally, I'd be happy to send my kid to Vandy, Auburn, or Georgia. Vandy obviously has the best academics. Auburn's academics are decent and I think it is a great environment (third generation Auburn grad-I'd be proud to send a fourth). Georgia has good academics and a good environment.
Florida and Texas A&M have good academics, though I am not as sold on the environment. If that is what they wanted, that would be fine.
I'd really hate to send a kid to Bama, though I admit it is a decent university. Missouri is an okay university, but not really Southern, so I would be a bit hesitant.
The others are all a bit lower on academics (again, depending on specific major there could be an exception).
Trying to speak generally, I'd be happy to send my kid to Vandy, Auburn, or Georgia. Vandy obviously has the best academics. Auburn's academics are decent and I think it is a great environment (third generation Auburn grad-I'd be proud to send a fourth). Georgia has good academics and a good environment.
Florida and Texas A&M have good academics, though I am not as sold on the environment. If that is what they wanted, that would be fine.
I'd really hate to send a kid to Bama, though I admit it is a decent university. Missouri is an okay university, but not really Southern, so I would be a bit hesitant.
The others are all a bit lower on academics (again, depending on specific major there could be an exception).
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