<p>Texan good,</p>
<p>You may have a point. There really isn't a well-rounded, nationally known state university in Texas. There isn't a school in Texas like, say, Colorado State. Texas really needs a university with academics between Texas State and the University of Texas.</p>
<p>That said, part of the reason I consider Angelo State to be a better school than Texas Tech is because there's a good portion of Angelo State students who got accepted into A&M or UT but could not afford it. On the other hand, the kids that go to Tech more than likely could also afford to go to A&M or even UT because there's not a huge price difference between those three schools. But there's not very many students at Tech who could have gotten into UT or A&M but chose Tech instead. I was one of them and I was in a very small minority. Tech has more programs than Angelo but those programs you can find at the graduate level of other schools. I can't think of very many programs at Tech that you can't get at UT or A&M.</p>
<p>I had a friend at SMU who left after about a year or less. SMU doesn't have strong academics compared to its cost. If you can afford SMU, then you can afford to go to a better school out of state.</p>
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That being said it is common knowledge or perhaps perception, that Tech is the 3rd best public school in texas
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<p>That's something Tech students would like to believe but it's not. Frankly, outside of UT and A&M, there's nothing you can do with one degree from a public university that you can't do with a degree from another. So even if Tech is the third best public school in Texas, that's a empty proclamation. Hell, Tech's admissions are no harder than the majority of other public schools in Texas, and I think a few of them are harder than Tech's.</p>
<p>The U of H is starting to give Tech a run for it's money as well as even Texas State. Both of those schools are in way more populated regions of Texas, so they are going grow a lot faster than Tech. I don't like Texas State and I think Tech is a better school, but academically Texas State is growing a lot faster than Tech. Give it another 15 to 20 years and Angelo State will have a population of 10,000 to 15,000 students and it will be a rival school to Tech. UT Dallas has a good MBA program (I think it is the UT Austin MBA), but it's still too much of a satellite campus.</p>
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I didn't even consider A&M much because i was turned off by what i heard about the conservatism & lack of diversity out there.
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<p>Texas A&M has a large Hispanic population so I fail to see how that is not 'diverse.' It's one of the top schools in the nation for Hispanic students to go to. What's funny about 'diversity' is that the ones who complain about are usually minorities, and they only want diversity so they can be with other ethnic groups just like them. So much for diversity.</p>
<p>I have more of a problem with frantic, raving UC Berkeley liberal types than conservatives since conservatives usually don't throw a big ruckus and make themselves look bad.</p>
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REMERMBER THE WHOLE POINT of this THREAD!
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<p>The point of the thread died a long time ago and we have evolved into discussing Tech in general. Tech MIGHT have a better business school than UNT, but because Tech is so overshadowed by the business schools at UT and A&M, there's no real benefit. Tech doesn't have the commuter atmosphere of UNT, though.</p>
<p>If you went to Texas A&M you'd realize that a lot of the students there have a low opinion of Tech, so it would be better to go to a school like Angelo State without the lower reputation that Tech has. The rivalry between the schools goes a little bit further than just sports; calling Tech students "sand fleas" doesn't really have anything to do with their athletic programs.</p>
<p>Then when you have Tech students on here that say crap like "I got an entry-level job just like everyone else even though I could've worked harder in school," I wouldn't want anything to do with alumni like that. Furthermore, for supposedly being the third best public school in Texas, there sure aren't a lot of Tech graduates in grad programs at other schools.</p>
<p>Bottom line is, for $3,200+ a semester (current tuition at Tech last I checked), it doesn't offer much more compared to other public schools in Texas. For $3,600+ a semester, you can go to A&M and there's a big difference.</p>
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Its kinda funny because wherever & whenever Tech gets mentioned it always gets compared to UT or A&M, an indication i'd say that its not it the same category as the other public regional universities.
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<p>The only reason it gets compared to UT and A&M is because Tech TRIES to compare itself to UT and A&M. If you actually think there is some hidden benefit of going to Tech compared to the other public schools which are not UT and A&M, then you're looking towards disappointment. I knew an architect who graduated from Tech, and Tech has a decent architect program. But he worked alongside A&M architects and other alumni and he got beat up on constantly over the most frivolous things. He ended up quitting. </p>
<p>I've read somewhere that UT spends $400 million a year in research. Tech only spends around $50 million. There's no real comparison. Tech is just a large regional university that managed to keep itself out of a niche like Texas State. You might not like the conservatism of A&M but I think it's worth putting up with in order to get a degree there as opposed to Tech, especially if you aren't planning on getting a master's. Which brings up another point, if you get a master's from a better school than Tech, the Tech degree really loses it's luster. I knew a lawyer who also had a BBA from UT and I was impressed with that.</p>
<p>You're right about choosing a school for the particular program that you want, but I don't know of many programs at Tech which rival anyone else in the state, especially not Rawls.</p>