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re: The New Additions - Student Body Size

Posted on 2/26/23 at 10:51 am to
Posted by ThisisAggieland
A&M does not fall far, it rises
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 2/26/23 at 10:51 am to
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When I am taking a road trip, it is to somewhere comparatively-interesting, like Waco.



Waco's not interesting...why'd you have to lie
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 10:52 am to
Apparently the 21k is just undergrads. my bad. still smaller than I had imagined
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 10:53 am to
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Waco's not interesting...why'd you have to lie
No, it is not. Hence the prefix “comparatively“ when discussing Norman, OK.
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 10:55 am to
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including a mid-rise hotel and Wendy’s.
Vandy has a Wendy’s restaurant?

Well, never mind.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54687 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:03 am to
It is about an hour from Greenwich, CT to NYC by train. If you have been there you would understand the comment between Oxford and Memphis. In the age of cars, an hour to 2 hour commute is no longer unusual. Unless things have changed radically in the past decade are you telling me rich folks in Memphis keep their kids home instead of sending them to Oxford?
Posted by cjohn
Georgia
Member since Aug 2014
872 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:11 am to
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Don’t let Vandy’s small numbers fool you. The footprint of the campus is large. It includes 4 on-campus hospitals and several commercial properties adjacent to the campus including a mid-rise hotel and Wendy’s. Vanderbilt also owes many other assets domestic and foreign including an elite golf course and an Observatory. Vandy is one of the largest employers in the State of Tennessee employing 22,000 employees.


Did not know that about Vanderbilt.

A&M is the largest employer in the state of Texas. That is nuts, but true.

Also the A&M campus had two airporst at one point in time. One (still on the main campus) and one in Bryan that was used during WWII to train pilots and that was a reserve air base until the 70s or so. Now that old airport part of campus houses the majority of the nuclear equipment owned by the university.
This post was edited on 2/26/23 at 11:16 am
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:17 am to
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A&M is the largest employer in the state of Texas. That is nuts, but true.
the entire Texas A&M University system has 26,000 employees. Walmart has 176,000 employees in Texas.

but we are wondering far afield with this tangent.
This post was edited on 2/26/23 at 11:18 am
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:21 am to
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Did not know that about Vanderbilt.


Been saying this on here for ages.

If you attend a sporting event it is employees and their families as most VU grads are employed around the globe.
Posted by parrothead
big salty ham
Member since Mar 2010
4446 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:23 am to
Tuscaloosa was more fun back when the student body was < 20k and leaned on the side of more in state students. I know I know get off my lawn.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54687 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:28 am to
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No, it is not. Hence the prefix “comparatively“ when discussing Norman, OK


Give me Norman over

Raping whacko's in Waco
STD's and dust storms in Lubbock
autistic window lickers in austin


Give me a local Waffle House and some fans who share their booze and I am good. Maybe I am just a country mouse at heart.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
8216 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:29 am to
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Apparently the 21k is just undergrads. my bad. still smaller than I had imagined


Its close to 30k when adding health sciences
Posted by morriscat2
tennessee
Member since Jun 2012
1934 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:32 am to
“Nuclear equipment”? A&M does research in this field?
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54687 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:34 am to
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I know I know get off my lawn.


I get it

Same at most ACC and SEC schools historically

What Alabama has been getting this past generation is the kids of politically connected folks from all over the country. Lots of new Bama grads had parents from other schools.

If you are old, at least you know how to make that lawn look good.
I salute you for that.

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90606 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:35 am to
Oklahoma and South Carolina surprise me.

If you look at population of each state OM and MSU are actually impressive because we are the least populated SEC state
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:35 am to
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Tuscaloosa was more fun back when the student body was < 20k and leaned on the side of more in state students. I know I know get off my lawn.
Agreed. TAMU was 36k when I attended in the mid-80s. The campus now just feels cramped.
Posted by AlaCowboy
North Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
6945 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:44 am to
Georgia enrollment is over 40,000. 30,166 undergrads and 9,952 grad students. Almost half the undergrads had a core high school GPA of 4.00 or more.
Posted by Krampus
Member since Nov 2018
5207 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:46 am to
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Give me Norman over

Raping whacko's in Waco
STD's and dust storms in Lubbock
autistic window lickers in austin


This guy knows his Texas geography.
Posted by Krampus
Member since Nov 2018
5207 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:51 am to
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“Nuclear equipment”? A&M does research in this field?


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Our laboratories and facilities are second to none, and we are widely recognized as one of the best-equipped nuclear engineering programs in the country. We are one of only three university nuclear engineering departments in the United States with access to two nuclear reactors for teaching and research: a 1-megawatt reactor operated by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station's  Nuclear Engineering and Science Center and a five-watt AGN-201M reactor operated by our department.


https://engineering.tamu.edu/nuclear/research/facilities/index.html
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54687 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 11:57 am to
I am old and historically I drove or took a train.

Get to see a whole lot more of the reality and a whole lot less of what folks who just have Google get to see.

Humans have 5 basic senses ands they really need to use all 5

Baylor and BYU have similar fans and both have a creepy vibe once you get past the smiling faces. Should have taken TCU or Rice to the B12 before Baylor.
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 2/26/23 at 12:00 pm to
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Should have taken TCU or Rice to the B12 before Baylor.
Too many Baptists in the Ledge. Never would have allowed it.
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