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I think of all the southern states NC is the cream of the crop with Duke, Wake Forest, UNC Chapel Hill, NC State. GA also has some amazing universities with Emory, GA Tech (an engineering school that rivals MIT, Stanford, U of M) UGA, GSU, Mercer, and all the HBCUs.
Really? Florida? What about UT Austin, TAMU, GA Tech? I thought Florida's university system was mediocre. My classmate from Miami moved to California because UCs were much better than Florida unis.
Really? Florida? What about UT Austin, TAMU, GA Tech? I thought Florida's university system was mediocre. My classmate from Miami moved to California because UCs were much better than Florida unis.
Texas has some great univerisities. I think FL ranks #1 for Public Univerity system. #27 for K-12. Is funny because MA is #1 for K-12, and #27 for Public uni.
Not saying that the ranking is any official measure, but it gives you an idea FL's is top tier. Alongside NC, GA, TX
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Southerners are sensitive.
I'm not a Southerner, I'm from the Midwest and live here by choice.
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Why would I bother with the fake pleasantries. Obviously the k-12 schoolS in the NE are better. Why do you take that as an affront or personal? I wouldn’t take it personal if you said the COL was better and residential integration and business environment was better in the south. Because those things are true. Why are you even allowing yourself to get upset. Are you a K-13 teacher? I ceded you all have better public universities. Relax.
I'm upset because this goes on all too often with people from your region. Again, what you stated originally that set me off was very presumptive, ignorant and insulting to Southern students.
The state that stands out for public universities is CA. The UC system is incredible, and neither the states in the south nor those in the northeast can compete with that.
The south does have a number of great public universities, though. In Texas I feel like private universities (with the exception of Rice) tend to either be safety schools for rich kids or religious schools, not elite academic institutions. That's definitely a culture difference in comparison to the northeast where private universities are much more common. Still, Texas does offer plenty of opportunities for a high end higher education experience. UT Austin is an elite school in a number of fields, and A&M and UT Dallas have solid STEM programs.
Also, while I agree, many of those private and even state schools get quite a few people from the Northeast or were recent transplants from the Northeast(or Midwest). Private universities in the South like Tulane, Duke, Vanderbilt, Miami, etc. get quite a few Jewish students, with many coming from the Northeast.
We were unindated with Northern students in the South in the late 60's, early 70's. For many, it was college or walk point in Vietnam by August of their high school graduation.
Many were Jewish, if that really mattered. But it appeared at that time that the Northeast really didn't have an overabundance of four year colleges, and the Northeastern students in southern colleges were not exactly the cream of the crop.
I was looking at Duke online the other day, and tuition was $73K, not including housing or food. Private colleges could bring a well to do family to their knees and make the father have to work until his 70's.
My friend's wife got a Masters in Sports Management at SMU, and I imagine it's priced about like Duke. I'd hate to be a parent and be dumb enough to shell out that much money for my daughter's physical education degree.
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