<p>because there arent any people on the aTm board</p>
<p>Doing the CAP program is one of the best decisions I've ever made. Instead of paying upwards of $30,000 to go to a out of state public/private school for a year, I'm going to college this year for more or less nothing. Sure UTA isn't Harvard but I've met some great people, great business connections and I'm going to be exactly where I want to be in a few months. Great things come to those who wait. </p>
<p>You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas
-Davy Crockett</p>
<p>I respect your decision, but I didnt want to wait any longer to get my college life started. Why spend 3 years at a top University when you can spend 4?</p>
<p>Oh, and how is 17,000 (the price of UTA) "almost nothing"?</p>
<p>I'm in-state so UTA doesn't cost close to $17,000. They have also given me a significant amount of money in scholarships. That money + money from outside scholarships have made my first year of college be very affordable. Paying $1,300 for a year of college is yes, next to nothing. I could have attended a better school and paid more, but I decided not to simply settle. I have wanted to attend UT since I was five years old, and that's exactly what I'm going to be doing in a few months. You talk about the CAP program like it's the plague, but the ironic thing is that you were prepared to do it. The only reason you AREN'T at UTSA right now is because the administration there are ***<strong><em>s. You quickly immersed yourself in the *</em></strong> envy that A&M has for UT and now you're trying to put down UT because you figure that if you can't go there, nobody should. Quit making your own insecurity so damn obvious, it's sad.</p>
<p>If you people are speaking of the University of Texas at Arlington, that's fine...but I have a feeling yall aren't. UT isn't UTA, so stop calling it that.</p>
<p>Those stats do not address social and political climate. They couldn't be more different, or so I've heard.</p>
<p>So dan, if you agree with me that UTSA is retarted, why dont you think i made the right decision.</p>
<p>I never said my story was anything more than anecdotal evidence.</p>
<p>And Im not putting down UT, Im putting down CAP. The Dallas representative for UT even told me he "wasn't sure if the CAP program was necessarily designed for students to succeed"</p>
<p>I wanted to go to UT when i was little too. My mom went there, and my uncle lived in austin. I grew up watching Chris, Simms, major Applewhite, Ricky Williams, etc. But the CAP program simply had more flaws than i was willing to accept with such a great offer from A&M on the time. To summarize:</p>
<p>-It only guarantees a liberal arts or natural sciences major
-By the time you sign your CAP contract, the people going to those schools as regular non CAP students have gotten first dibvs at the scholarship and financial aid money
-You spend a year at a 4th tier university</p>
<p>and for me the additional problems were</p>
<p>-My housing was screwed up
-My financial aid was screwed ip
-The people I dealt with at UTSA were utterly unresponsive and incompetent</p>
<p>Even if I had accepted all their bull****, I STILL probably wouldnt have gotten the major I wanted. AT A&M I got great housing, tons of monetary aid, the major I wanted, responsive help that started the summer before, etc. I'm just sharing my experience, people can do what they will with it.</p>
<p>"Those stats do not address social and political climate. They couldn't be more different, or so I've heard."</p>
<p>That's half-true. A&M is more conservative, and more community oriented. Texas is more liberal, less community oriented, and more cosmopolitan. The schools arent as different as mudslingers on each side say though</p>
<p>It takes more money than anything to get into UT or A&M.</p>
<p>"This fall, there was considerable overlap in the lists of the 20 high schools sending the most freshmen to each university. Eleven schools, including the Houston area's Cinco Ranch, Kingwood, The Woodlands and Stephen F. Austin in Sugar Land, appeared on both lists."</p>
<p>I go to one of the schools listed above...it's very true. Last year our school sent 53 kids to Texas and I'm not sure the exact # for A&M but there still was a lot.</p>
<p>I think part of the reason for that libby, especially when it comes to UT, is the fact that a lot of rural students, myself included, would not be interested in living in the middle of Austin. UT Austin really is a city kid school.</p>
<p>Austin isnt your average city though. Im from dallas proper, and Austin 6th street wasnt like anytging i was used to.</p>
<p>When I say "city", Vyse, I'm talking about the traffic and such. Austin isn't your typical city in a variety of ways but I still would never want to live there due to the high traffic.</p>
<p>Sixth Street sucks to me, except maybe in the day it's cool.</p>