Which university should I choose?

[Heimdall]

Originally Posted by triwing

You don't have a clue, Heimdall.

I just know what a BA in Psychology worth these days. There really isn't much difference whether you get your BA from Texas Tech or AA from Coastal Bend College, basically anything below MA in Social Sciences from non-Ivy League schools will be as useless as Whitney Houston's sponsor.

Unless of course the OP plans to get into graduate school, so in this case:

Originally Posted by Alphalogica

IMHO, to me it's best to go to a smaller teaching-oriented school for your undergrad, bust your ass, and later go to a more research-intensive school for the grad. level. Going to Tx St. for your BA, and going to A&M for your MA (just saying, for instance), looks a lot better than the other way around.

I agree.

[lperin]

I am a transfer student, so I only need two more years. The location really doesn't matter to me, I just want to get done. So either Lubbock or San Marcos is fine with me. I was just wondering if a degree from Texas Tech or Texas State would have more value(same grades, same major.) The only thing with Texas State I am concerned with is that is labeled as a party school.

[Heimdall]

Originally Posted by lperin

I was just wondering if a degree from Texas Tech or Texas State would have more value(same grades, same major.)

As I've already said, not in Psychology it wouldn't. Unless of course you're aiming at graduate school.

Originally Posted by lperin

The only thing with Texas State I am concerned with is that is labeled as a party school.

And that's a bad thing?

[loves2read]

if you get a degree in Psy what is your end game==
what type of job would you like to have not just out of college but 5--10--20 yrs down the road

that makes a tremendous difference on your educational choices

getting a degree in Psy is not really an end in itself...AND if you make the wrong decision out of the gate, you can set a chain of bad choices that affect your progress for years...

my son--wanted to be writer--started out in Journalism/advertising at UNT--had a crappy teacher for his first journalism class who was totally fixated on selling space in UNT yearbook and newspaper--my son got lots of cold calls with people who bought ads year before and were VERY unhappy with that experience--did not want to buy another ad
he was not allowed to develop new sources of revenue--his grade was based on converting those customers to happy campers--was not going to happen--
terribly frustated him -- so he changed his major to English with secondary education--
wrong decision--he would have been better off to have just taken a crappy job and tried to write for year on his own--or maybe gone into the TV/radio program at UNT for something in screen writing or video production--still terribly competitive fields with no guarantee that you are going to be successful

we should just have told him to get a straight English degree and spent the money on having his get his PhD after that so he could go into college teaching...but it is competitive market as well--
he would have had to make excellent grades at UNT and then try for more prestigeous program at another college--maybe out of state

we did not know that was the better path to end career--for teaching on college level a PhD degree is what they care about ( or MFA in some fields) and you don't need a MA to get into a PhD program...
he was not cut out for teaching in public education--too impatient--and too labor intensive

he went back to get MA in creative writing thinking he would go for his PhD after that--but he really did not need to do that to get into PhD programs in some colleges--wasted 3 yrs because he was working as well--
now he is working as editor/writer for company doing web-based tutorials for school systems...
he might have future here but he is starting on base rung--not making any more money than he did when he left public teaching...
and he has debt from college...

so suggest you REALLY think about why you are getting this degree and where you want to be when you are 35 career-wise...
most high school counselors are terrible at offering any real insight into what is a good career path to students with vague idea of what they want to do with their lives...
so get some info from the internet

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by triwing

Besides, with the 180 credit hour (I think it's 180) rule in Texas, it's foolish to go to school and just change your major whenever.

Actually a Bachelors is around 120 hours and with a 5 drop rule (for the freshman class of 2007) and a 30 excessive hour allowance, its actually 150 hours for undergraduate work. (Of course 120 hours is actually abnormally high for a bachelors so UH Victoria bills its fourth-year bridge MBA as "Designed to meet the needs of international students whose baccalaureate degrees were completed in three years (the equivalent of fewer than 120 semester credit hours) rather than four years".)

[ElectroPlumber]

You will get more mileage out of Texas Tech's reputation. It's the best choice for name recognition outside of Texas.

It's also a pretty good state school. I think it's the third best state school in Texas behind UT and A&M. Fortunately you said that you weren't concerned about location because Lubbock is not the garden spot of the state (IMHO).