Need help with colleges for my junior liberal daughter (Houston: obgyn, renting)

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by 4Movingeast

Not to derail but I want to chime in to make sure AP classes aren't disparaged too much, and I know particularly EDS is not and I see his point re:rigor at university level. I am thrilled my boys are in AP classes working hard. I would love for some of them to count towards a major but mostly I love that they are finally experiencing some rigor and challenge in humanities. I've said it before but our school district hyper, laser, focuses on Math and Science and humanities are an afterthought. My husband and I were blown away positively by their GT/AP Human Geo class this year (9th), the depth of projects and critical thinking required. They both reported feeling great after they took the test earlier this month.

Thanks for that. For the record I'm a big AP booster, IB less so. My main rub with AP is that some colleges generally don't accept AP hours, a good number of others only with significant restrictions and still more sometimes advise against using AP hours. I wish the AP people were more clear about all that.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Taub201

From my kids and friends' take:
UT is very tough admit, especially for engineering and business
A&M is big engineering focus. Slightly easier admit but it's holistic. Need first quarter and 1350+ with solid course rigor. Other entries through Blinn, Galveston and McAllen.
OU and Auburn are generally similar
Arkansas and Alabama are similar
Tech and Ole Miss are similar

Covid might have changed/delayed this but A&M was planning to morph its auto admit scheme to a top 10% cutoff this coming Fall.

[livinginbuffalo]

Originally Posted by Taub201

From my kids and friends' take:
UT is very tough admit, especially for engineering and business
A&M is big engineering focus. Slightly easier admit but it's holistic. Need first quarter and 1350+ with solid course rigor. Other entries through Blinn, Galveston and McAllen.
OU and Auburn are generally similar
Arkansas and Alabama are similar
Tech and Ole Miss are similar

Yikes. These last two sentences are not exciting me. Thanks for the take on them.

[Andtheblack]

https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2018/09/inclusivity-ranking

[Andtheblack]

Originally Posted by NP78

I know several families that have kids at the University of Oklahoma and Arkansas and they are very happy. They are big state schools, so they would have the pros and cons that come with that, but they both have a number of strong programs and attract a large number of DFW area students.

Those schools aggressively recruit Texas high school students who get squeezed by the two biggest schools in the state. They offer generous tuition breaks and scholarships and sell themselves to interested Texans with the plum of attending the state flagship. They don’t produce enough highly qualified grads to support and grow their universities on their own.

[4Movingeast]

I would be thrilled if either or both of my boys chose Arkansas or OSU. Esp Ark due to the beautiful surroundings! It doesn't seem like either of those schools are as Greek obsessed as the big TX schools, OU, and Bama.

[Andtheblack]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNuIWDdiIHg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3eKTaj7p64

[Bullandram1]

All colleges are liberal in Texas so she shouldn’t have a problem with that.

[20Hope20]

Originally Posted by f4shionablecha0s

Does SHE want to be within driving distance from you? Have you asked her seriously and without any kind of coercion? Why isn't she asking these questions on here? I think you're far too hands on considering that she will be an adult (no longer "your child") when she attends this institution. You say she "will" end up in the medical field... you don't know that. Most college students change their minds.

^This.

[20Hope20]

If you are in healthcare industry than you may’ve noticed a shift from medical graduates to “provider”, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, CNA etc are taking over a log of work load from physicians. With insurance, high cost, AI, computers and data base, healthcare practices are changing.