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re: Academically speaking, what is your University known for?

Posted on 4/5/16 at 12:45 am to
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 4/5/16 at 12:45 am to
quote:

Beating Arkansas in 2012


Posted by Mister Tee
On the Lake
Member since Jun 2014
2761 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 12:47 am to
Very, very good post! That explanation has been a long time coming, and you worded it perfectly.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
25862 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 12:48 am to
Not sure about its other programs but the Darla Moore School of Business has a top rated international business program. #1 for the past 16 years if you put any weight into those US news rankings.
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9113 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 12:59 am to
I have a new found respect for you knowing what you do for a living and what it took to get that particular degree. My Auburn friend was a very popular guy (as far from a nerd as you could get). He slayed pus## while in college (and STILL does to this day btw...he's single) and was an all around great guy. His chemical engineering degree was demanding to the point where he missed out on some Friday night patries due to studying. My Alabama roommate who eventually became his boss for a couple of years was also a chemical engineering major. He described one of his main classes and it was the most insane over the top kick in the nuts class I had ever heard of. That major is off the charts difficult after watching what they had to do to get their degrees so I have a new respect for what it took for you to get your degree.
Posted by iglass
North Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
2917 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:02 am to
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I have a new found respect for you knowing what you do for a living and what it took to get that particular degree. My Auburn friend was a very popular guy (as far from a nerd as you could get). He slayed pus## while in college (and STILL does to this day btw...he's single) and was an all around great guy. His chemical engineering degree was demanding to the point where he missed out on some Friday night patries due to studying. My Alabama roommate who eventually became his boss for a couple of years was also a chemical engineering major. He described one of his main classes and it was the most insane over the top kick in the nuts class I had ever heard of. That major is off the charts difficult after watching what they had to do to get their degrees so I have a new respect for what it took for you to get your degree.


I was speaking/advising a student recently who is in engineering but considering a change to ChemE.

I asked... what is your goal? "A good career with earning potential."

Then go get your ChemE degree and go into technical sales and solutions. A young lady with an outgoing personality and a technical background... jeez, the sky is the limit and 99.3% of them have no idea of their potential in this area.
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9113 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:16 am to
Exactly!!! My Auburn buddy is one of these guys who has great sovial skills and can build relationships with anyone. He's in chemical sales and does VERY well. I can't imagine what an attractive woman with his product expertise could do. The sky is the limit for an attractive woman who has the product knowledge he does. The ceiling is unlimited for them if they go into that field although it seems like all the really attractive women with sales talent go into either pharmaceutical or real estate sales.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14505 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:47 am to
I always hear that LSU has the #1 Landscape Architecture program in the country.

I'm in the Coastal Environmental Science program at LSU, and I'd say for estuary research and marine biogeochemical research it is towards the top. It helps having the Mississippi Delta in your back yard.

Probably second only to Florida in the SEC. They have by far the top overall oceanography department in the SEC, mainly due to their marine biology program.
This post was edited on 4/5/16 at 1:50 am
Posted by Mister Tee
On the Lake
Member since Jun 2014
2761 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:26 am to
That sounds awesome!
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15512 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:36 am to
1. Journalism
2. Nursing
3. Accounting
Posted by Sykology
Member since Jun 2014
336 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:46 am to
I honestly don't know. We're pretty good at everything but nothing really stands out in particular other than education.
Posted by Mister Tee
On the Lake
Member since Jun 2014
2761 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:02 am to
Connections mostly.

Vandy's Medical Program is mind-blowing.

But, Emory, Duke and The University of Virginia could blow you guys out of the water as far as providing an "upper-level" undergraduate degree.

Vandy is all about financial status.

But, even a small school like Emory is way better in this regard, in my opinion.

Posted by plazadweller
South Georgia
Member since Jul 2011
11442 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:26 am to
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it's funny I know a couple people who did Auburn undergrad Bama Law and a couple others that did Bama undergrad Auburn Pharmacy

btw I should have totally tried to be a pharmacist - money money money


That's bc there are a limited number of professional programs in the state. As far as I know Samford and AU are the only accredited PharmD schools in the state.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55446 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:52 am to
Bama's MIS program (under Culverhouse) is ranked Top 10 nationally, and is either 1st or 2nd among public institutions. Other business degrees (especially accounting) are also very well regarded. The law school is in the top 25 among public schools (top 40 altogether?). PR degree is supposedly one of the better ones to be had in the country, but I'm not too familiar.

The engineering department has made tremendous strides in the past decade, too.

My alma mater is best known for producing Carolinian teachers and wooks, though.
Posted by Gradual_Stroke
Bee Cave, TX
Member since Oct 2012
20917 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:27 am to
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Unfortunately, other than Vandy, Florida and A&M the SEC isn't known for anything academically.

Rodo





Stop being a cunt.


Gradual
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15590 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 5:27 am to
Besides Landscape Architecture, Nursing and Coastal Environmental Science, LSU also has excellent programs in Veterinary Medicine, Petroleum Engineering, Marine Biology, Internal Auditing, Geophysics, Entrepreneurship, Hurricane Meteorogical Engineering, Music & Dramatic Arts, Mass Communications (LSU Press is internationally well regarded),
Design and Law.

The huge new downtown LSU Medical Center NOLA campus, Pennington Biomedical Research Center in BR and the Cox Academic Center For Student Athletes are all world-renowned and add to LSU's Carnegie Institute's Highest Research Ranking.
LSU has also produced more generals and officers in all U.S. conflicts than any university besides the service academies and A&M.
Also, many top oil company CEOs and executives are Tiger alumni.
This post was edited on 4/5/16 at 10:14 am
Posted by Chill98
Member since Aug 2015
2151 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 6:17 am to
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Unfortunately, other than Vandy, Florida and A&M the SEC isn't known for anything academically.



I was wearing my A&M hat while walking near the United States Patent and Trademark office. Everybody knew about A&M.

A&M first and foremost is a "Leadership Laboratory". It at one time had produced more General Officers than all the Service Academies combined.

I believe it produces more CEOs than any other public University. Fortune just did an article last year on how Aggies dominate Fortune 100 companies. It says the current CEOs of Cigna, Phillips 66, and Humana are Aggies.

I know an Aggie used to run Saudi Aramco and Honeywell. I believe there is a very public battle over the ownership of Louisiana professional sports (Saints and Pelicans) with Rita Benson LeBlanc.

LINK /
Posted by beatbammer
Member since Sep 2010
38012 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 7:39 am to
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Auburn:

1. Engineering (Auronautical, Civil, Wireless, Software, and Mechanical are difficult to make it through to say the least...must have the ability to pass Calculus I, II, and III).

2. Pharmacy (We just had a bomb threat from from someone in Mississippi that got rejected into our program. They closed the building and put policeman at the entrances until we could figure things out)...It turned out to just be a threat, but seriously, Why???

3. Veterinary Medicine (we take animals of all sorts...most notably two zebras from Zoo Atlanta. We also place more Vet students at the Georgia Aquarium than any other school in the South East.


Slightly disagree. My list would be:

1. Architecture
2. Veterinary Medicine
3. Engineering

Auburn has a good pharm school. It puts out lots of pharmacists. But "known for"? Nah.
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 7:43 am to
Nice lil bro thread
Posted by CockInYourEar
Charlotte
Member since Sep 2012
22458 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 7:43 am to
South Carolina is the #1:
International Business School - Undergrad
International MBA - Grad
Ph.D Exercise Science
Online Nursing Program
Honors College
https://www.sc.edu/about/south_carolina_at_a_glance/

Really our Business School is what sets us apart.

Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 7:45 am to
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The law school is in the top 25 among public schools (top 40 altogether?). 


I think it's actually top 25 overall fwiw. I guess it's really good.

ETA: looked it up. Bama law is ranked 22 overall in the US. It's second in the SEC only to Vandy. Better than UGA which I would have thought was second.
This post was edited on 4/5/16 at 7:48 am
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