<p>For geology, do you think UT or LSU honors would provide me with better job/ grad school opportunities?</p>
<p>you will be able to get the same job from either school, and as far as Grad school your test scores will probably have more weight then where you graduated from</p>
<p>^ my parents will be pleased at that news, pierrechn, because LSU will be free if I choose to attend. </p>
<p>But I’ve heard UT has a very well respected geosciences program, and I have not heard anything about LSU’s… but ut would get me no edge?</p>
<p>UT has a much better reputation. If you are only getting a bachelor’s, definitely UT. If you are planning on getting a graduate degree, it will be much more important than your bachelor’s, as far as where it is from. Do very well at either school and you can get into the grad school of your choice.</p>
<p>The answer hasn’t changed since the last time you asked. UT is a better school hands down, particularly in scientific fields like geology. However, which school you choose will make little if any impact on grad school placement. If you’re staying in the south I don’t think UT will offer a major advantage for job placement either.</p>
<p>You have a free ride to LSU–I say take it and look at UT for grad school if you end up going that route.</p>
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<p>Ya my bad about that, I just wanted to get a UT perspective on things.</p>
<p>But at this point I’m not certain if I want/need to attend grad school or not, so would ut be better to keep my options open?</p>
<p>Im not sure about how respected it is at UT or LSU, the only true programs i know of at UT that are well respected in Business and Engineering. </p>
<p>and you had to know something about LSU otherwise you wouldnt have applied, take the full ride and come to UT for grad school </p>
<p>now if you have a ton of friends going to UT or something like that just go ahead and go</p>
<p>onthefly, please don’t take as gospel anything that pierrechn says. He likes to post whether he knows what he’s talking about or not.</p>
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<p>For those who are “not sure,” only the slightest effort is required to uncover this information. A 20 second google search reveals a large disparity in the US News ranking of the two schools’ graduate geology programs–#9 (UT) vs. #60 (LSU). On that merit alone we can conclude that there is a perceptible difference in the reputation of the two programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. </p>
<p>Also, there are many more “well respected” programs at UT than just those in business and engineering–to name a few, computer science, chemistry, physics, architecture, and of course, geology. </p>
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<p>Probably, yes…but is UT worth the huge price difference to you?</p>
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<p>Thank you. I wanted to post the same information but didn’t since I was afraid I would be rude. Some posters bring it out of me.</p>
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<p>so your on the same side im on he should just take the free ride and go to UT for GRAD school. (u just supported my claim UT for GRAD school, since their grad program is highly ranked) </p>
<p>lmao what can you do with a degree in geology or physics? teach them in highschool lol</p>
<p>My college roommate’s father was a geology major who made a lot of money working for an oil company.</p>
<p>almost anything oil related will get you rich</p>
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<p>Did you somehow infer that from my last post? I quite plainly and succinctly stated my feelings on the matter in post #5. This last post (#9), on the other hand, argues (if anything) against LSU for undergrad. Regardless, yes, I’m “on your side” as you put it.</p>
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<p>My prior post was not primarily meant to serve as an argument for UT’s grad program; rather, it was meant to inform you and the OP about the difference in reputation of the two schools in response to this:</p>
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<p>However, from my response, one should conclude that there is a large difference in program quality at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and the OP should thus factor that into his/her decision on where to attend as an undergraduate. </p>
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<p>With a BS in physics one generally continues on to grad school for a PhD in physics or engineering, and most end up getting a job doing R&D in industry or for the government. In geology one can take a BS (or MS) and go to work at an O&G or natural gas firm; they’re paying pretty good money these days. Though, I’m sure teaching high school is what the OP had in mind. lmao lol.</p>
<p>@jr imo certain majors just seem useless, engineering is probably the best college major though</p>
<p>ha if UTs Grad program is better, why not go their for grad school?(yea i assumed you would take the free ride and go their for grad aswell)</p>
<p>and i know your post wasnt meant to help me, just saying it kind of did</p>
<p>and honestly what makes programs better than others? most schools teach the exact same stuff so how much better can one of the others be? i think UTs is only so high because its UT</p>
<p>but i guess you would go to UT for undergrad then just go back for Grad</p>
<p>I understand how you would be unaware of the job opportunities for geology majors, many people are, but i dont see how you could think a physics degree is useless. physics majors have a huge range of career options, and geoscience majors have pretty good opportunities as well, just do a little research</p>
<p>when i hear physics major i think physics teacher or maybe professor, nothing else comes to mind. the better jobs are probably alot rarer , but if you could get one im pretty sure it would come with a nice check</p>
<p>Pierrechn, how can you possibly know the pay scales of physics majors when you are a high school senior looking to major in business at UofH? How does your comment help the poster on this thread?</p>
<p>Those are excellent questions, txex86. </p>
<p>There are people who simply do not understand their own limits or that they could possibly have them. I wonder if this comes from always being told how brilliant you are by the people you are closest to. Or perhaps it comes from refusing to listen to them when they tell you that you do not know what you are talking about and should perhaps shut up and listen so that you can learn something?</p>
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<p>There are lots of reasons. Factors like facilities, research opportunities (and research expenditures), prolific faculty, course offerings, and high-quality students all come to mind. These (graduate) rankings are compiled based on faculty and recruiter surveys as well as statistics (e.g., GRE scores, National Academy members, etc.). Of course you’ll learn the basics the same just about anywhere, but when you’re in your junior or senior year taking courses in your major, wouldn’t you rather be taught by leaders in the field and have a wider range of opportunities to get involved in research? Also, when it comes to upper-level and especially grad-level coursework, you’d be surprised how course offerings can vary from university to university–especially when jumping between “tiers” such as with UT and LSU. It’s misleading and wrong to say that “most schools teach the exact same stuff” unless you’re referring exclusively to these lower-division courses. </p>
<p>Bottom line: these rankings are a good and fair measure of program quality, and are heavily used (and trusted) by students and faculty. UT’s name probably carries a little weight but you’re delusional if you don’t think that there’s a concrete difference in the quality of the two programs.</p>