<p>These were my top two choices and I was admitted to both. I only visited Bama but absolutely loved it and decided I had wanted to go there before I even found out from Texas. Now I'm accepted at Texas and everyone I know is singing praises for TX and not saying much about Bama. Everything I read labels Texas as one of the best publics. Would it be a mistake to attend a place of less recognition ( Bama) over a more prestigious school (TX)? Would I put myself in a hole in terms of future opportunity?</p>
<p>texas has a better name but go where you would be happy...</p>
<p>Texas is a good school.</p>
<p>Alabama can't even compare academically.</p>
<p>Forget Alabama, Texas is the place to be</p>
<p>If you haven't visited Texas, how do you know you wouldn't love it just as much?</p>
<p>Texas does have the better academic reputation, but I know a number of in-state Texas kids who were admitted to Texas but chose Georgia, Alabama, Indiana and others instead. It really is a matter of individual preference and how the campus and the atmosphere strikes you. Austin is a neat, fun city, but the campus is pretty crowded and it is a quite different feel. Go visit.</p>
<p>You definitely have to visit Austin before you make a decision and see you you feel about the campus. UTexas is the more-highly regarded school (52 US News ranking, 17th among public universities) but i has a huge population (37,000 undergrads). Alabama is not as highly regarded (but at 104th overall and 50th among publics it's not as though it's North South Podunk State). If you don't mind the size, I'd say go for Texas, but if you want a smaller atmosphere and don't mind Tuscaloosa (which isn't Austin, that's for sure), I'd say there's nothing wrong with Alabama.</p>
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<p>feenotype, although the University of Texas-Austin is ranked #17 among publics in the USNWR world, few people would not list in their top 10 list of public schools. Ask any prominent intellectual or major corporate recruiters to list the top 10 public universities, and UTA will make the list. Alabama doesn't come close. This said, if the OP really loves Alabama and somehow hates UTA, he should probably pick Alabama. However, one cannot downplay the difference between those two schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I'm not saying that Texas isn't as worth it as much as I'm saying it Alabama isn't that terrible of a school. There's more to college than rankings. </p>
<p>And y'know, it is certainly not out of the realm of possibility to just not like a school despite reputation.</p>
<p>if ur conservative=bama, ut is a great school but it is the liberal of the known texas publics(ut,a&m,tech)</p>
<p>although remember that liberal for texas is not very liberal at all!!</p>
<p>lets put it this way. austin is so liberal that travis county(where austin is) sued the state for being too conservative/GOP</p>
<p>Austin as a whole is more liberal than UT as a university. UT would be considered moderate by OOS standards, but it is certainly more liberal than Tech and miles more liberal than A&M.</p>
<p>I second the motion by kcirsch that Austin is more liberal than UT and "liberal" by Texas standards may not be quite the same as that of a "blue state" liberal. (And this coming from a born and bred Yankee liberal who loves Texas.) Among 38,000 undergraduates at UT-Austin (and 12-14 thousand additional grad students), you will find thousands with political and social leanings of whatever stripe you like. The UT campus and its environs are in a virtual diverse, moderate sized city of its own with 50,000 residents (in the midst of a mostly liberal and fun half million resident city of Austin) with a red as red state can get governor and state legislature a stone's throw away from UT in the State Capitol buildings. Don't worry about finding a niche at UT, you'll have plenty of company.</p>
<p>man i havent seen liberal i guess. man im afraid of blue states now.</p>
<p>I just can't resist. Guess what is characteristic of most "blue states" such as Pennsylvania. They have genuinely competitive (i.e. a choice is possible) state-wide two party systems; whereas, numerous red states - Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Wyoming, and Utah to name a few - have one party domination. The two U.S. Senators in Pennsylvania are both Republican (Senator Arlen Specter - a moderate - and the infamous (and hopefully soon not to be reelected if the polls hold true) conservative Senator Rick Santorum. The Governor is a liberal Democrat (former mayor of Philly) and the state legislature see-saws between Republican and Democrat depending on the voters' mood. The blue state of Massachusetts has a Republican governor - Mitt Romney - who is a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Another example, the blue state of California has "Ahnold" as the Republican governor and two Democratic U.S. Senators. Cali over the years has produced the two-term Republican governor Ronald Reagan. Give me a genuine two party system with real choices any time.</p>
<p>You've never actually been to Alabama then, and are relying strictly on hearsay.</p>
<p>Texasssssssssss</p>
<p>im thinkin huckabee for either vp or p 2008. ull soon learn about him. gov of ar. leads by example(ar is obese so in order to show support of his get arkansas healthy program, he lost 150 pounds</p>