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UT and A&M are more popular in Texas because they are bigger state schools, they automatically accept top 10percent, they are cheaper, and the football is big. I have several friends who go to A&M and have no idea what SMU is, but they also hadnt heard of Vanderbilt, Villanova or Tulane (for example).
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yes i agree with you 100%
SMU isnt in any average student's eyes because it is small and selective. many people in the bush circles attended SMU and it is very well respected among the blue bloods in the bible belt. SMU is a Tier 1 school:
Southern Methodist University - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
it's comparable to baylor and tulane! TAMU is better at the sciences b/c it is a land grant research university but that doesnt mean SMU doesnt do any research.
either choice cant go wrong.