Texas Top 15 Universities (Dallas, Trinity, Rice: credit card, student loan, public schools)

[DanielWayne]

Originally Posted by TXEX06

Incorrect. As a UT grad I met a ton of students from out of state and from other countries. And as someone who has worked in Europe, UT is a very recognized university.

That explains a lot.

Part of UH's original mission statement was to serve the non traditional population so of course there will be a lot of people taking 5+ years to graduate.

You are living in the world of Miami Vice and DOS computers if you haven't noticed the changes going on at UH.

[texex1]

Originally Posted by TXEX06

A lot of students that go to Trinity are from other states, and most leave Texas after graduation. Yes, it's a small school but having a low professor to student ratio is not irrelevant. And I don't see how having a small student body makes a university irrelevant. Living in SA I have met many Trinity students from Washington, Oregon, New Hemisphere, California, Vermont, Wyoming, etc. Needless to say I don't think many bright high school graduates from states across the country are busting down the doors to come to Texas and go to Tech, UH, SMU, etc.

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

Many aren't flocking in from other states to go to UT, A&M either. I don't think it's the same as students moving out of state to go to schools in Cali or Mass.

Here's the reason you think people are not flocking to UT and A&M, it's not because they don't want to; Texas state laws mandates they can't. From the UT admissions website:

"As a state-assisted institution, the University reserves 90% of its spaces for Texas residents per Texas law; 10% of the spaces are reserved for out-of-state and international students."

Freshman Admission < The University of Texas at Austin

Thanks, TEXEX06; I went to Trinity and tried to ignore being called irrelevant

[radiolibre99]

I don't think UH is a consideration because its a city college. It's only now that UH is getting any dues. UT though is way over stated by some of its students. Some of them act as though they're attending Berkeley or UMich. Only Rice grads can be more pompous. Although in their defense the average Texan thinks Rice is an Ivy or like Harvard.

[radiolibre99]

Originally Posted by DanielWayne

That explains a lot.

Part of UH's original mission statement was to serve the non traditional population so of course there will be a lot of people taking 5+ years to graduate.

You are living in the world of Miami Vice and DOS computers if you haven't noticed the changes going on at UH.

LOL, yeah I know. These guys are still stuck in the 90s with images of "Cougar High". UH has moved up along with Houston as a great school in the State.

[Mark Senior]

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

LOL, yeah I know. These guys are still stuck in the 90s with images of "Cougar High". UH has moved up along with Houston as a great school in the State.

Actually stuck in the early 1960's.

[explorer2014]

Why would anyone pay the cost of Trinity or TCU or Baylor to graduate in liberal arts, business, education and the like? You pay a lot less at A&M, Tech, UH or UTSA and you get the same job and salary.

[TXEX06]

Originally Posted by explorer2014

Why would anyone pay the cost of Trinity or TCU or Baylor to graduate in liberal arts, business, education and the like? You pay a lot less at A&M, Tech, UH or UTSA and you get the same job and salary.

Why are you to say they shouldn't? Why go to a private school at all if a public school offers the same major?

[jgn2013]

UT-Dallas!

Great professors, many of whom with industry experience. The student body seemed more mature and focused when compared to kids at other schools. It wasn't the intellectual superiority that young adults are known to have, but rather a certain "grown uppedness" that you don't have at other schools.

Unless you go to Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Caltech etc., the name of the school matters little for most grads after your first job. If you plan on going to grad school, it matters even less. You can probably go to a no-name school in undergrad and a "name" school for your MBA.

[JKAddict]

Originally Posted by TXEX06

Why are you to say they shouldn't? Why go to a private school at all if a public school offers the same major?

Because why pay an extra $20,000+ a year for the same/better quality program?

As for your second question, that varies tremendously among schools.

[explorer2014]

Originally Posted by TXEX06

Why are you to say they shouldn't? Why go to a private school at all if a public school offers the same major?

If your kid wants to be a teacher making 30k per year or an accountant or engineer, why incur the costs of TCU, SMU or Baylor when Texas A&M, Texas Tech or UH would get you the same job and salary? Seems like a poor investment decision to me.

Most private schools are not worth the money and will have a tough time justifying the high tuition in the coming years.