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xiggi · 02-17-2006, 11:57 PM

Hmmm, why thumbing your nose at a free ride at a full ride at a Tier 4 school? Schools listed in that category are not exactly community or junior colleges!
Why criticizing momfromtexas for solving her admissions puzzle in a way that fits her budget and seems to make her children happy? Is she handicapping her children for life by sending them to a finishing school? Hardly!

Do we look down at athletes who PICK a Tier 4 school because the school are powerhouses in specific sports. One such school -also named in this thread- is UT at El Paso (UTEP.) Yes, the school that is shown in the latest feel-good basketball movie. While attending a school in that forgotten little tip of Texas is not for everyone, there are thousands of students who enjoy the school and the possibility to stay closer to their families. What might be less known is that such Tier 4 school DOES have a number of very solid departments that send hundreds of very well prepared students to graduate schools or well paying jobs. For the record, one of my uncles went straight from UTEP to Harvard Medical School.

There are different ways to climb a mountain, even the highest ones!

02-17-2006, 11:57 PM	#20
xiggi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,790	Hmmm, why thumbing your nose at a free ride at a full ride at a Tier 4 school? Schools listed in that category are not exactly community or junior colleges! Why criticizing momfromtexas for solving her admissions puzzle in a way that fits her budget and seems to make her children happy? Is she handicapping her children for life by sending them to a finishing school? Hardly! Do we look down at athletes who PICK a Tier 4 school because the school are powerhouses in specific sports. One such school -also named in this thread- is UT at El Paso (UTEP.) Yes, the school that is shown in the latest feel-good basketball movie. While attending a school in that forgotten little tip of Texas is not for everyone, there are thousands of students who enjoy the school and the possibility to stay closer to their families. What might be less known is that such Tier 4 school DOES have a number of very solid departments that send hundreds of very well prepared students to graduate schools or well paying jobs. For the record, one of my uncles went straight from UTEP to Harvard Medical School. There are different ways to climb a mountain, even the highest ones! Last edited by xiggi; 02-18-2006 at 12:07 AM.