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re: With the 2 new schools, whats the academic order in the SEC
Posted on 8/7/21 at 10:54 am to VolsUberAlles
Posted on 8/7/21 at 10:54 am to VolsUberAlles
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Rest assured, no one north of the Mason-Dixon/west of the Mississippi is gleefully hiring a Tennessee or Alabama graduate but tossing an otherwise-identical resume from Kentucky or Auburn.
I somewhat disagree with your statement; it depends on the field of study. Alabama's Culverhouse School of Business and Law School can go toe to toe with anyone. If I need a veterinarian, Auburn, MSU, and A&M produce some of the best in the country. Georgia and MSU have two of the best turfgrass programs in the country. I'm sure each school has other programs that they can boast of. We all have them.
I don't mind it when we poke fun at each other about academics as long as it's in good fun, but I'll be damned if I'll let some snot nosed Big 10 or ACC or Pac12 grad act like they are intellectually superior to the schools in the SEC. We all have our strengths and not-so-strong areas, but overall, I think the schools that make up the conference do a pretty good job turning out some world class leaders in areas other than athletics, being large, state institutions (except Vandy). I wonder how many Fortune 500 companies are ran by SEC grads? Auburn can claim Tim Cook of Apple, and Alabama claimed Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin until she stepped down in March. A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas and Kentucky all have Fortune 500 CEO's among their alumni. I'm sure some of the other schools do too.
We may all talk a little slow, but that doesn't mean we are slow.
This post was edited on 8/7/21 at 11:03 am
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Posted on 8/7/21 at 12:52 pm to phil4bama
Agree with your post. Essentially what I said in an earlier post of mine.
Different schools excel at different things.
Different schools excel at different things.
Posted on 8/7/21 at 6:56 pm to phil4bama
Doesn’t matter. Most rankings are simply based on research output and endowment $. It has nothing to do with undergraduate education.
LSU has a Nobel prize winner on its faculty (Physics). I don’t care about Harvard &co , just imagine going to school with Olympic gold medal winners, Heisman candidates, and Nobel prize winners, only some SEC schools and a number of PAC12 schools can offer this. I know some people who now “regret” graduating from national liberal arts schools and even Ivy League universities because of their dull alumni lives…
LSU has a Nobel prize winner on its faculty (Physics). I don’t care about Harvard &co , just imagine going to school with Olympic gold medal winners, Heisman candidates, and Nobel prize winners, only some SEC schools and a number of PAC12 schools can offer this. I know some people who now “regret” graduating from national liberal arts schools and even Ivy League universities because of their dull alumni lives…
This post was edited on 8/7/21 at 6:59 pm
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