UT Austin vs Georgia Tech vs UIUC

JamesMadison
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:01:46 +0000

Since UIUC and GT are considered academically almost identical, bolstering the status of a large public engineering university like GT reflects better on your college too (vs. the private ones like Stanford, MIT, etc). You have a personal incentive too.

I think arrogant behavior is almost universal. For instance, in the UCLA boards, half the people are trying to convince themselves that UCLA is as prestigious at Berkeley, which is a joke.

And my middle-tier undergraduate state school? Everyone there is convinced that is some kind of international powerhouse, just because we’re the state flagship.