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UT Austin is very much an acclaimed and well known university, but it lacks the "Power House" status, credentials and universal recognition of Ohio State University in Columbus.
O.S.U. is enormous, it also plays a very prominent role in this city, region and indeed the entire state.
UT @ Austin doesn't have the same scope of broad reaching influence.
Also, academically speaking, Ohio State is one of the best universities in the entire country.
Ok I just had to laugh at that. I don't know of a single program that OSU ranks higher than UT Austin for and UT is ranked higher overall by any source. Then again, I've not looked at everything, but that is the case for everything I am familiar with. For example, every business major and the business school overall, computer science, the engineering school, and architecture school are all top top 10 nationally for undergrad. I know other programs are ranked highly that I don't know a number for, such as their communication school and economics program. the MPA program has been #1 for like two decades, and the graduate law and business programs are top 20 at UT. OSU doesn't even come close in any of those rankings, so if you ask anyone besides this OSU grad, UT Austin is a heck of a lot more of a "best university in the entire country" than OSU.
So yes, I would say Austin has that going for them.
However, I still think Charlotte might be the best of these cities. Austin has more tech, but Charlotte has more financial. A big issue is simply that Austin is a couple of hours away from two huge cities, Dallas and Houston, which soak up potential regional or North American corporate branches of national and international companies like sponges.
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^^ I would also like to add that when he says that "OSU has more regional impact" Well 92% of UT's students are in state student's and you'd best believe that MAJORITY of them come from other locations in the state. So both regionally for ATX and Texas overall UT- Austin has more impact than I think OSU does.
Ok I just had to laugh at that. I don't know of a single program that OSU ranks higher than UT Austin for and UT is ranked higher overall by any source. Then again, I've not looked at everything, but that is the case for everything I am familiar with. For example, every business major and the business school overall, computer science, the engineering school, and architecture school are all top top 10 nationally for undergrad. I know other programs are ranked highly that I don't know a number for, such as their communication school and economics program. the MPA program has been #1 for like two decades, and the graduate law and business programs are top 20 at UT. OSU doesn't even come close in any of those rankings, so if you ask anyone besides this OSU grad, UT Austin is a heck of a lot more of a "best university in the entire country" than OSU.
So yes, I would say Austin has that going for them.
However, I still think Charlotte might be the best of these cities. Austin has more tech, but Charlotte has more financial. A big issue is simply that Austin is a couple of hours away from two huge cities, Dallas and Houston, which soak up potential regional or North American corporate branches of national and international companies like sponges.
I wouldn't throw Ohio State under the bus. Obviously you are a UT supporter which is great, but I see a lot of similarities between the two universites. Let alone with Columbus and Austin. Both capital cities that are growing and proving to everyone they can compete on a national level. Although Columbus' economy is more diverse.
I wouldn't throw Ohio State under the bus. Obviously you are a UT supporter which is great, but I see a lot of similarities between the two universites. Let alone with Columbus and Austin. Both capital cities that are growing and proving to everyone they can compete on a national level. Although Columbus' economy is more diverse.
OSU is not some flyover university.
Yeah, OSU is no joke at all. I think the case is being made that UT-Austin may be more higher tier than OSU. I think that is an accurate statement, which does not take away from OSU being a wonderful school.
Yeah, OSU is no joke at all. I think the case is being made that UT-Austin may be more higher tier than OSU. I think that is an accurate statement, which does not take away from OSU being a wonderful school.
Oh yeah, it's a good school for sure. I just thought it was funny how that poster threw UT Austin under the bus while praising how nationally acclaimed he/she thinks OSU is when the academics at UT Austin are actually considered significantly better by other sources.
Oh yeah, it's a good school for sure. I just thought it was funny how that poster threw UT Austin under the bus while praising how nationally acclaimed he/she thinks OSU is when the academics at UT Austin are actually considered significantly better by other sources.
So anyway, how about those cities?
Yeah, back to the cities. I'm actually surprised that Columbus and Indianapolis have as little votes as they have. What's with the anti-Midwest bias?
Yeah, back to the cities. I'm actually surprised that Columbus and Indianapolis have as little votes as they have. What's with the anti-Midwest bias?
People do not know that much about them. I don't mind that either. Both cities keep steady growth. They aren't booming/busting like a lot of steadily growing cities did. They have great, diverse economies, and continue to bring in new forms of urbanitity.
I guess people just don't know anything or a lot about them, so they vote for the ones they do know.
People do not know that much about them. I don't mind that either. Both cities keep steady growth. They aren't booming/busting like a lot of steadily growing cities did. They have great, diverse economies, and continue to bring in new forms of urbanitity.
I guess people just don't know anything or a lot about them, so they vote for the ones they do know.
I guess so. I'm a big homer for Charlotte, but I don't feel that Charlotte is that far ahead of these cities as the poll suggests, if even at all.
Sacramento.
I never been there, but it seems more appealing then the rest of the cities listed. However, Charlotte is a close second...I'll let the other cities be.
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