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re: Which SEC school would you send your son to play at....
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:29 pm to blackoutdore
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:29 pm to blackoutdore
It's your son's choice, not your choice. 
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Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:34 pm to FortWorthTide
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people like to hire their grads and their grads make more money. These things are true
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:41 pm to Gradual_Stroke
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people like to hire their grads and their grads make more money. These things are true
But this is because the O&G industry pays more than most others at the moment. That hasn't always been the case and it won't be forever. Don't get me wrong, A&M is a great school. I've got family who went there as well as friends. I respect it. But just don't get confused and try to claim that the academic reputation is something it's not.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:46 pm to CHSgc
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:53 pm to FortWorthTide
Look man, in the state of Texas (the world's 14th largest economy) there isn't a better degree to hold than a Texas A&M degree, especially with our cult-like almuni network. We offer the best degree in the state of Texas (other than Rice). That is all that matters.
ETA: bringing up the teasips in this thread is off-topic ("Which SEC school woul you...") and thus you have been RA'd.
ETA: bringing up the teasips in this thread is off-topic ("Which SEC school woul you...") and thus you have been RA'd.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:53 pm to Gradual_Stroke
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:28 pm to Gradual_Stroke
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Look man, in the state of Texas (the world's 14th largest economy) there isn't a better degree to hold than a Texas A&M degree, especially with our cult-like almuni network. We offer the best degree in the state of Texas (other than Rice). That is all that matters.
Best degree in Texas other than Rice? You've got to be kidding me man. I know y'all have a little brother complex, but I didn't think it was this bad.
And don't get me wrong, I think y'all's big brother offers an overrated degree as well - I'm hardly a believer in their b.s.
But you've got to admit that a UT degree is better than one from A&M.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:31 pm to FortWorthTide
You'd think their salaries would reflect how much "better" a cowhead degree is worth when you compare it to a Texas Aggie degree.
I guess most people don't value an overhyped liberal arts degree as you seem to
I guess most people don't value an overhyped liberal arts degree as you seem to
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:31 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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Should have added "besides the school you pull for".
Vanderbilt
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:40 pm to blackoutdore
The one that doesn't end in a sentence in a preposition!
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:43 pm to Gradual_Stroke
Again, I don't like their arrogance either and think that liberal arts degrees are crap also. But for business, law, and other "professional" occupations, Texas offers a better degree. A&M owns the engineering (which is where the high salaries out of school come from - but there is a ceiling in engineering that isn't found in business). The other areas they dominate (such as agriculture and veterinary) don't do much for that.
I've got no problem with getting an A&M degree, moving to Houston, and making 6 figures with an O&G outfit. It's a great living. But there are other ways to make a living. Aside from that, academic reputation (my original point) is a different conversation. I'd rather have a Georgia Tech degree than one from Berkley because of the engineering angle, but that doesn't make GT a better school than Cal. It's not like I compared y'all to Tech or anything. It's a great degree, just quit trying to sell these people (many of whom haven't known A&M very long and don't know any better) on the idea that A&M is in the elite category.
I've got no problem with getting an A&M degree, moving to Houston, and making 6 figures with an O&G outfit. It's a great living. But there are other ways to make a living. Aside from that, academic reputation (my original point) is a different conversation. I'd rather have a Georgia Tech degree than one from Berkley because of the engineering angle, but that doesn't make GT a better school than Cal. It's not like I compared y'all to Tech or anything. It's a great degree, just quit trying to sell these people (many of whom haven't known A&M very long and don't know any better) on the idea that A&M is in the elite category.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:56 pm to FortWorthTide
You are setting up a strawman and then losing a slap-fight with it. I never said our degree is "elite" (despite the salary and alumni network), but it is probably the most lucrative in the SEC, which is what this thread is about. Quit trying to flame by bringing up the goddamn teasips.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 7:28 pm to FortWorthTide
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The other areas they dominate (such as agriculture and veterinary) don't do much for that.
Our business school is ridonkulous as well. Haters gonna hate.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 7:29 pm to FortWorthTide
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But you've got to admit that a UT degree is better than one from A&M.
My petroleum engineering degree is better than the one offered on the forty acres. I don't know what you mean?
Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:25 pm to TeLeFaWx
Son of a bitch! Haha!
Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:34 pm to blackoutdore
Vanderbilt. No other college degree is worth the free ride for amount of time you have to put in, given that my son (unless adopted from a family who isn't all short) would never play in the NFL
Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:38 pm to TeLeFaWx
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petroleum engineering degree
BP Deep Horizons? With the plethora of aTm engineering degrees flooding the Gulf of Mexico's oil exploration field (no pun intended), you gotta wonder if an Aggie was at the switch during the frick up. Probably not you, though.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:51 pm to TeLeFaWx
Petroleum engineering degree? That's the point. Yes, y'all dominate in that area. But there is more to a school than a few core competencies. And as far as your business school, it's good, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 9:24 pm to blackoutdore
Vandy or LSU.
I would never discourage a kid of mine from taking a free ride at Vanderbilt, it's simply too good of a school, plus Nashville's a pretty fun town.
I would never discourage a kid of mine from taking a free ride at Vanderbilt, it's simply too good of a school, plus Nashville's a pretty fun town.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 9:24 pm to FortWorthTide
It is out of the ordinary for the SEC, and as a result, my kid would go to A&M. Texas is also a fine school for education. I'd have no problems with my kid going to either to be honest, but I'd push for A&M because our cult network is vastly superior after graduation.
Then Vandy
Mizzou
Florida
Georgia
Then Vandy
Mizzou
Florida
Georgia
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