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re: Which SEC school would you send your son to play at....
Posted on 6/8/13 at 3:26 pm to CHSgc
Posted on 6/8/13 at 3:26 pm to CHSgc
as a stud RB, i'd never go to Bama. Won't have any tread on the tires left. I'd play for Miles, with the way he rotates backs is NFL-friendly.
Anything on Defense- Bama all day long with Saban there.
QB/WR - whoever throws the damn ball a lot
Anything on Defense- Bama all day long with Saban there.
QB/WR - whoever throws the damn ball a lot
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Posted on 6/8/13 at 3:29 pm to Gigemaggies123
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This is exactly what I mean. People jus say that Texas is better save the stuff A&M is good at. I can turn around and say that A&M is better save the hippy liberal art crap majors.
And my point about the law school is you can't really fault us for being way behind in that...we just got one
Exactly. Our overall rankings dip because we don't offer a lot of stuff, but that is like dropping a lineman's draft hall of fame ballot because he had frying pan hands. We educate people in things that matter, and our graduates get paid more than tu's do. Just because they have a highly regarded radio/television/film department with job's that pay nothing and don't really contribute anything other than back stage passes to ACL, and A&M is willing to drop it's journalism program because it was a blowoff major, does that make us less of an academic power? I would argue the opposite. I think the fact that our engineering program is so highly regarded is one of the largest testaments to our academic strength, even more so than some bull crap liberal arts degree.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 3:32 pm to CHSgc
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A&M is a great regional school w/ some top notch programs. That's enough to brag a/b in its own right w/out making outrageous claims a/b academic reputation and law school dominance.
If by region, you mean North America, I agree. Our petroleum engineering program, by some accounts, is number one in the world. If by region, you mean the Milky Way Galaxy, I'll also accept that.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 5:31 pm to TeLeFaWx
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Academic parity? I mean my original claim was that we are the only other school to take education seriously....
I would make the claim that Texas A&M is closer to Harvard, than South Carolina is to Texas A&M. Does that make us academic equals?
I can't believe what I just read. You're out of your mind.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 5:34 pm to blackoutdore
Any of them as I wouldn't have to pay.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 7:02 pm to TeLeFaWx
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Academic parity? I mean my original claim was that we are the only other school to take education seriously, and then you made the claim that all state schools are essentially homogeneous. I would make the claim that Texas A&M is closer to Harvard, than South Carolina is to Texas A&M. Does that make us academic equals?
Pro tip: if you have to strive this hard to convince people, you're not there yet.
And yes, the majority of state schools are homogeneous. The purpose of a state funded school is to educate the citizens of that state to take on the tasks the state requires. That's one reason in-state students get a discount. Essentially, there is little variance in attending A&M vs LSU vs USC vs UT vs UGA vs Bama save for the colors.
Let me guess, your core courses had 100+ students? TA's graded some of your papers. Upper level classes were whittled down to a/b 30? In state high school students who earn a certain GPA and score at such and such level on the SAT get a scholarship? Look, if I were to pluck a student from A&M's biz school and drop him into a Terry class he couldn't tell the difference, and that's just fact.
I'm sure your petroleum engineering program is excellent. In fact, it's probably just as good as USC's int'l business school, or UGA's whatever school, and so on. The point is what your OTHER programs provide. And in that respect, no SEC school save Vanderbilt provides you w/ a premium.
Just for fun I txted an old roommate who worked in the admissions department at Emory b/w undergrad and law school. I asked him if, in his estimation, a Texas A&M grad would receive a "bonus" of sorts on their application due to the rigor of their undergraduate courses. He said, emphatically, no, and then said that would generally only be reserved for private schools (he named Furman, Wake as examples) or elite public institutions.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:15 pm to TeLeFaWx
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I would make the claim that Texas A&M is closer to Harvard, than South Carolina is to Texas A&M.
That's cute.
A&M is definitely regional, at least in terms of the type of prestige you're claiming. I guarantee you that people in the NW and NE don't think of A&M when naming the top public universities. The top public universities nationally are Berkeley, UVA, Michigan, etc.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 11:43 am to CHSgc
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Essentially, there is little variance in attending A&M vs LSU vs USC vs UT vs UGA vs Bama save for the colors.
Wrong. No matter how many time you say that, it is simply wrong.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 11:45 am to TeLeFaWx
Yea that certainly isn't true.
ETA: not being sarcastic. Don't jump down my throat
ETA: not being sarcastic. Don't jump down my throat
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Posted on 6/9/13 at 12:31 pm to Patton
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Yea that certainly isn't true.
ETA: not being sarcastic. Don't jump down my throat
I would never!
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