re: Clemson vs Auburn - Battle of the Felines

Clemson is Auburn Jr

I know a person is dumb if they start bragging about a university endowment. You aren't getting any of that money. lol

I understand Vanderbilt is small by choice. lol

My point is it is easy for a small college to be more selective than much larger public universities that also have to take a large percentage of in state students.

Vanderbilt's selectivity doesn't mean it is a more difficult college to attend.

does Vanderbilt's 'superior' academics mean you have to capitalize the word university used in an informal sense.

You capitalized university used informally in the middle of a sentence.

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The only real negative about Clemson is that they allegedly have low enough standards to hand you a degree

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don't care what you think about Clemson. You are nobody.

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You care enough to get your jimmies rustled on an online message board

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Clemson grads are not trying to get a job with a nobody. 

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I no shite was part of a recent hiring decision for a Clemson grad

She was a qualified, likable candidate who got the job

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You are only running your mouth about Clemson academics 

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Wouldn't call telling the truth (i.e. that Clemson is another avg state school) as "running your mouth"

... but maybe I was wrong about that Clemson education, it could deserve less credit than I'm giving them if they call you an alumnus

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b/c Clemson's football team beat Auburn's football team 4 years in a row. 

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Another Tillman post, another post with incorrect claims. Clemson has beat AU 4 times in a row, not 4 years in a row. We did not play 2013-2015

I'll give you a pass though, you seem to have a difficult relationship with facts

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The crazy thing is I said that I would would rather have a degree from Auburn

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Then you are a moron, a Vanderbilt degree is significantly more valuable than an Auburn degree

Auburn, like Clemson, is another avg state school where you can get a good education from. Like Clemson, it is not on par with Vanderbilt academically

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you still attack me and trash Clemson academics

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I'm not doing so much as attacking as exposing reality to you

There is nothing wrong with Clemson being another avg major state school. Not sure why you are taking offense

Just wanted to add to the discussion... SAT score is a solid proxy for academic level...

Avg. SAT Score
UGA - 1330
UF - 1330
Clemson - 1310
Auburn - 1250
Alabama - 1190
GT - 1450
Vanderbilt - 1530
USC - 1270
UT - 1220
A&M - 1250

Based on those scores of similar state schools I would say Clemson is an above average state school... Clearly not the best, but solidly on par with schools like UGA and UF. Most state schools have become much more competitive academically over the past 15 years.

Edit: Just to add to that... On the civil engineering side, schools like A&M, UF, GT, NC State, Clemson and Auburn all produce a great crop of grads that are all pretty comparable.

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This thread is proof football schools can't trash talk about basketball very well.

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After reading this sad thread in its entirety, I came to the same conclusion. It's unfortunate really since it started off as a decent basketball discussion.