<p>Which is better the University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M for electrical/computer engineering? What are the pros and cons of each for electrical/computer engineering?</p>
<p>You have to watch out for Texas A&M graduates - most of them will tell you that TAMU is a better school than MIT. Whatever they put in the Kool-Aid in College Station seems to work.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter (from someone who never attended college in Texas) is that UT-Austin is the better school for engineering and overall. It graduates just as many engineers, is as heavily or more heavily recruited, and is a more prestigious college.</p>
<p>I wouldnt necissarly say UT is prestigous. Im sure if they would let some out of staters into thier college then they could get some desirable talent, unlike the top 10% kids who automatically get in. I think the class of '13 is 85% auto admit and the class itself is 90% in-state students. It isn’t the cream of the crop for engineering or business either and I would say both schools are equally recruited. Its just A&M has a stronger network. </p>
<p>But, UT is better for electrical engineer/computer engineering.</p>
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<p>That’s a very idiotic thing to say. You know, in some areas A&M is a better school (ie. their vet school). If you were going to use that analogy, you should have referred to the engineering department of the two schools. And even then, A&M offers better programs in Industrial/Manufacturing and Petroleum Engineering simply because MIT does not offer them (and b/c they are t10). So if you are a vet or PetroE grad from A&M for instance, yeah I’d say A&M was the better school to go to.</p>
<p>I realize that’s an extreme example, and that MIT is a much better overall school than A&M, but “most A&M grads” don’t think their school is better than MIT. And I know that because I’ve spoken with more than just a few A&M grads such as yourself (or if any)… not to mention I go to A&M.</p>
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<p>Who cares about out of state students? UT is a top quality school. Don’t insult top 10% kids and assume that all of them are not just as qualified if not more so than the out of staters. And yes it is the cream of the crop in both engineering and business in texas and law and medical school (southwestern) as well. </p>
<p>I strongly disagree. UT is definitely prestigious especially in engineering. Ask around for the top 10 public engineering schools and I betch you half a dollar UT will come up. In fact I was looking at the faculty at the UT and you would be surprised how many come from top notch programs. And especially in engineering the research is strong, active, and high quality bringing in 144.5 million or so research dollars last year alone. </p>
<p>Have you (the OP) every been to College Station? Because I have and it is not somewhere that I would want to spend four years. UT Austin on the other hand is just right for me.</p>
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Whether or not it’s actually a better school, A&M must be doing something right if their students think so highly of their school.</p>
<p>Yes I’ve visited A&M once and it seemed like a huge campus. I didn’t get to see the city of College Station because I went with my school but I’ve been to CS for tennis tournaments and it seems alright because I come from a small city of 50,000. I’m sure Austin has way more stuff including a bollywood movie theatre. I am visiting UT Austin sometime soon.</p>
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<p>lol. Case in point. </p>
<p>Just watch out for the 2%ers.</p>
<p>I am sad to say, as a UT alumnus, that the engineering school is out of date and based on a “beat them until they fail” model. </p>
<p>Check the ASEE stats: UT takes the best of Texas, and then crushes 30% in the first year. They are following the killer classes in freshman year with NO hands on, a model that has been shed by the better engineering schools. They are not discarding underperformers, they are mangling large numbers of the top 10% of Texas graduates. </p>
<p>Until they update their curriculum, I would not recommend UT engineering as an educational experience. Prestige is irrelevant if you are part of the 30% that has its soul crushed by the process.</p>
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<p>Actually, I like that model. If you “beat” students in their first year, it raises the expectation of their performance in subsequent semesters, and scares off the slackers. </p>
<p>In an ideal world, UT would increase their admissions standards, but with that 10% law (which is ridiculous), they don’t really have the option.</p>
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<p>A lot of OOS’ers are very bright. Your telling me that a top 10%er from some rural D1 school is as bright as a top 10%'er from a D5 school like cinco ranch? The system is unfair. It has been published by the Dean of UT that the top 10% law is actually hurting UT. If you call UT the cream of the crop in engineering, so is A&M. A&M graduates are just as prepared for the workforce.</p>
<p>To many prestige can only be used to describe a school that is respected throughout the United States as a whole. If you travel to Wisconsin, you never hear of UT. UT is a great school however, but I wouldnt put it in the same sentence as prestigeous.</p>
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<p>lol, that’s your rebuttal? You don’t even have a point. Furthermore, I’m not an A&M grad. So I will try to ignore your dumbass comments from now on, as it’s obvious you have built up some biased hatred and jealously for the school.</p>
<p>What did you want me to say? You’re trying to build an argument regarding the superiority of A&M over MIT by pointing out that A&M has programs that MIT does not (one of which MIT does have as a subset of another engineering, no less).</p>
<p>I’ve worked with dozens of A&M grads and UT grads. I’ve seen the performance difference (frequently chalked up to fundamental education vs. applied education). I’ve hired from the two schools. I’ve seen the A&M “cult” in action (e.g. one Aggie not hiring another Aggie just because the interviewee didn’t wear his class ring to the interview, regardless of the guy’s qualifications - I could go on with all the stories I’ve seen). </p>
<p>The fact remains, Austin is the more prestigious school, overall and in engineering.</p>
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<p>It’s hardly a fact. I’m a Rice grad and I work with about half A&M grads and half UT grads. Other than rings, I see little difference in the caliber of their work. They both produce talented engineers, and they’re both ranked highly in most fields of engineering.</p>
<p>They have VERY different campus atmospheres. The A&M atmosphere weirds me out a little bit, but for a lot of people, it’s just what they want.</p>
<p>For the love of God, they’re both top notch engineering programs. Either one you choose you will come out a winner. It’s more a matter of personal taste. Visit the school, the engineering building, Austin, College Station, and see which one you’re most comfortable with.</p>
<p>But I will say this, who’s got the better sports teams?</p>
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<p>No lol, now you are putting words in my mouth. I’m saying A&M has programs that MIT doesn’t, so for people majoring in those select programs yes A&M is better for them. This much is obvious. Maybe had you included the second part of what I said when quoting, you could have better understood what I originally meant.</p>
<p>P.S. I never specifically mentioned “superiority”. If I made any reference to it, it was when I said:</p>
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<p>Do you want me to include misleading quotes like these? </p>
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<p>It doesn’t change the point.</p>
<p>haha im trying to make the same decision. leaning towards ut cause i don’t think the location of A&M is good for me. but im also waitlisted at duke. everybody seems to tell me UT but i just don’t know. my dad just lost his job so do i A) go to A&M on full tuition and extra B)go to ut with 3/4 tution or C) wait and hope on duke and graduate in debt? everything seems to say no to duke but it’s my dream. Anybody want to talk me into UT or A&M?</p>
<p>Texas is a wonderful school, and I’m hoping my son is lucky enough to get in, OOS. I got a great engineering education there. It’s highly ranked, and a fun place to go. I don’t think you could go wrong choosing it!</p>
<p>Eh, this is kind of a funny argument. As far as I can tell, the schools aren’t that much different in the quality of engineers they produce. I have visited both, and worked with people from both, and the difference isn’t that staggering. Go where you feel comfortable.</p>
<p>Personally, I am deciding between grad schools right now and A&M made the short list while UT did not, mainly because in their ME departments, UT doesn’t really do much of anything with thermal fluid sciences and TAMU does. Had I wanted to work on materials, I would have definitely gone to UT.</p>
<p>And G P, you seem to have met a LOT of people from different schools considering you don’t actually exist… ;-)</p>