Texas A&M vs. UT Austin

brand_182
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:51:27 +0000

That’s right misterme…I’m glad you had that epiphany. I only wish my friends that go to A&M could realize that, but everyone is too consumed with the so called “rivalry” between the schools - as if A&M can rival UT.

I thought this was pretty dang funny:

Under the leadership of university president Dr. Robert M. Gates, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the university has continued progress under the “Vision 2020” plan. Vision 2020 serves as an aggressive financial focus on four areas of improvement, namely 1) student diversity, 2) faculty reinvestment, 3) space allocation, and 4) improving the undergraduate and graduate education experience.[8] Vision 2020’s overall goal is to make Texas A&M one of the top 10 public universities in the United States by the year 2020.

Basically to do that they’ll have to overtake UT, which will never happen. Why? Endowment is a pretty big deal. The A&M system has a/b $5 billion statewide. The UT system has a/b $15 billion statewide, with $5 billion at the flagship alone. I just don’t see UT ever being surpassed by A&M…especially not in football .

But I digress…it’s all about fit. Most of my friends went to A&M b/c it was close to home and they ended up not really getting the entire college experience. I even know several ppl that live at home and commute. I just don’t think that’s what the college experience should be about, and it may not be universal, but at UT you’ll generally find the people that wanted to venture out on their own and have freedom. A&M is very homogeneous…