Why UT Austin didn't make top 10? (bachelor, cost, high school, career)

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by GoodHombre

MIT, Stanford, Caltech are not Ivy.

Princeton, Cornell and Columbia are.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

Yeah because it's not a strong group and Trinity has biggest endowment. It's not like they are comparing it to Rice, Baylor, TCU.

Wow.

[GoodHombre]

Originally Posted by EDS_

Princeton, Cornell and Columbia are.

I just don't get the Ivy hype.

The best schools for computer science in the world are Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU(in no particular order). None of them is an Ivy.

Most Ivy schools can't even compete with University of Washington.

[Hopeful for Life]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

Apparently UT Austin's acceptance rate is roughly 40%. I didn't know that, I thought auto admit is 10% so probably total rate would be around 15%. Obviously they can't compete with selective public schools like Berkeley where admit rate is 17% and based on merit.

Or LEGACY

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by GoodHombre

I just don't get the Ivy hype.

The best schools for computer science in the world are Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU(in no particular order). None of them is an Ivy.

Most Ivy schools can't even compete with University of Washington.

You're missing my point entirely and I'm not a particular Ivy fan either.

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by Texas Ag 93

I believe it. Now, the other side of this coin is that I believe there is a trickle down effect that benefits all the other state schools that aren't UT or A&M. I am of the opinion that places like Texas Tech, UH, Texas State, for example, have greatly increased the caliber of their student body with well qualified Texas students who didn't get into UT or A&M. Students that a generation ago, would have considered all these other schools only as a back up plan. I know I certainly did.

I think those schools have also increased the caliber of their student bodies with students who were accepted at UT and A&M but chose not to go there for financial reasons. Texas State, UH and UT Dallas offer very generous scholarships to top students. My daughter was an auto-admit at UT, although not into her chosen college. They didn't offer her any money. All three of the other schools offered her academic scholarships and she's attending Texas State on two scholarships that pay all of her for tuition and part of her housing. Assuming no major changes and that she graduates in four years, she'll have paid $60,000 less for her bachelor's degree than she would have at UT. I think it hurts her pride a bit to say she's going to Texas State instead of UT, but the $60,000 makes her feel better.

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...c-universities

If it makes you feel any better, UT Austin would definitely make it into the Top 10 Public Universities in Texas!

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Marlow

I think those schools have also increased the caliber of their student bodies with students who were accepted at UT and A&M but chose not to go there for financial reasons. Texas State, UH and UT Dallas offer very generous scholarships to top students. My daughter was an auto-admit at UT, although not into her chosen college. They didn't offer her any money. All three of the other schools offered her academic scholarships and she's attending Texas State on two scholarships that pay all of her for tuition and part of her housing. Assuming no major changes and that she graduates in four years, she'll have paid $60,000 less for her bachelor's degree than she would have at UT. I think it hurts her pride a bit to say she's going to Texas State instead of UT, but the $60,000 makes her feel better.

A friend's daughter has done the same, dad's a big time tea-sip too. My friend's daughter has been able to save nearly all of her college fund for graduate school. As with your daughter his daughter was a bit upset at first - that lasted about a week. She's enjoyed Texas State very much.

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by EDS_

A friend's daughter has done the same, dad's a big time tea-sip too. My friend's daughter has been able to save nearly all of her college fund for graduate school. As with your daughter his daughter was a bit upset at first - that lasted about a week. She's enjoyed Texas State very much.

Mine is settling in and I think she'll end up liking it as well. I went to UT a million years ago when it was cheap and easy to get into. I had a good experience, but when we visited it for her, I didn't like it at all. It felt crowded and impersonal. Parking and traffic were a nightmare. I would have supported her decision to go there if she had wanted to, but I'm glad she didn't.

[EDS_]

Wow. If a couple of you folks are going to make posts have the courage to leave those posts up.

I'm not sure if a couple of posters ran off to mods for face saving help or if they were able to delete several posts................either way what happened above is really, really weak.