They aren't hard to come by, though, as far as I know, they aren't taking orders for individual game tickets yet (still pushing the season tickets). I think http://www.gofrogs.com has ticket information updates posted when available.
One factor that you might want to think about if you are definitely going to Medical Schol is staying in Texas and getting into an assured acceptance program. With one of these programs you meet certain criteria to get into the program and as long as you keep high enough grades and stay full time you are GUARANTEED a seat in Medical School when you get your bachelors. Do searches on the web for UT Assured Acceptance and JAMP for more info. Oh and uh, good luck in organic chemistry, you'll need it.
mrpaige.. thanks for the link.. I figured they are probably not that hard to come by but wasn't sure with them being ranked pretty high this year etc and all
At one time, the University of Chicago was considered to be better than both Stanford and Harvard for getting a MBA. I don't know if that is still true today, but I would guess U of C is in the top 5 for MBA schools (since Rocket Fan and mrpaige were talking about it).
Here's how I would rank those listed(Considering prestige, education, value...pretty much everything)... 1. Stanford(Good luck on this one...I've never known anyone to get into Stanford undergrad from Texas. I do know a few Harvard's, Yale's, Princeton's, Columbia's, and a handful of Brown's). 2. Duke(Excellent hospital if you can also get into the med school there.) 3. Tulane(If you're considering applying to Stanford/Duke-type schools, you are probably a strong enough student to be accepted into a 8 year program here) 4. ATM(Honestly don't know much about Vanderbilt, but I am sure ATM is a lot cheaper than the 'Harvard of the South') 5. Vanderbilt(Probably isn't too much more expensive than going to a pub. school out of state) 6. U of Miami(Kind of puzzled with this choice...4 top-flight private schools and a guaranteed-admission pub. school in state...this one just doesn't fit with the others. I'm not saying that U of Miami is a bad school, because it certainly isn't...but why not the University of Virginia? Or UNC? Or the University of Michigan?) The University of Chicago is an excellent school, but isn't it notorious for bad grades? No matter how good a school it is, this is not good if you are looking to gain entrance into a med. school later. Manny, according to the usnews rankings(Which I don't put much weight into), U of C is #9.
Everyone has their own opinions but a&m over vandy geez.. (if money is an issue the about the same as out of state tuition thing is way off, it'll cost you about 38k a year) I"m not huge into rankings but because it may be of some help to lnghrn4life here are the latest rankings i've seen: Duke & Stanford tied at 4 Vanderbilt 21 Tulane 43 And A&M no longer listed in the top tier
longtimefan.. no problem... top 30 and a top 5 public school.. pretty hard for public schools to crack the top 30 or so, so thats impressive
I don't put too much faith into those rankings. I did some research on them in the last year or so. The number one criteria for a high ranking is reputation. I read that to mean "The longer you're "thought" to be a good school, the longer you will continue to get a high ranking." Schools like UH have never had a great reputation due to poor athletics, urban atmosphere, and non-traditional student body. How can you build up a reputation without getting some noteriety? My advice is more to go with your instinct. Visit the schools. Talk to students and faculty as much as possible. Look at your financial situation. You'll make the choice that's best for you. Try to relax. You'll probably make the right decision. And unless you really screw up, you won't know it wasn't the best decision. What I mean is that, once you go to one college, you typically don't go to many more for your undergrad. You won't really have anything to compare it to. Therefore, as long as you're doing well and you're happy, who can say you made the wrong decision? And I know 2 people from SugarLand alone who got into Stanford. It's not terribly difficult, but surely not easy either.
Hmm, I should start one of these threads. I guess I will in a couple months. My SAT's are getting lower with each passing time I take it (although PSAT was great). Next I get to decide where to apply (I assumed I would apply to maybe Penn, NYU/Columbia, Rice, Stanford), but then after visiting Rice and Columbia, I found it: a.) harder to get into Rice than Columbia, and b.) I would have to wokr my ass off at either school. Ahhh, you'll here from me soon enough...
L for L, Who is paying for your school? Is money a consideration? You know you are taking about over 100K for the private schools.
princess.. that is true.. but class size, starting salary of grads, quality of faculty, average test scores etc are used by some of the places that rank them (they all use different criteria)...and they are at least good at showing which are the most selective to get into.. reputation does matter during job searches sometimes..i read it to mean reputation among companies etc.. and what the companies think of the school does mean a lot to me obviously you should go by fit and instinct, but the rankings are good for preliminary use as far as seeing what schools your test scores etc line up with.. I know I used them when searching for a school, and reputation of the school I was going to choose came into play.. but like i said when i posted the rankings, I dont put TOO much into them, they arent exactly right but I think they are generally in the right ballpark with their rankings
UT are liberal????? hahahahahahahahahahahah, i've been waiting for a joke for whole day, good one, thanks!
I really don't know if A&M and Tulane are as good of schools as Vanderbilt(Like I said, I don't really know anything about the place), I just know that Tulane has a very solid medical program, and that A&M will save him a lot of money. #21 is very solid. That's higher than a bunch of excellent schools(Two of my favorites...UVA and Georgetown) If money is no issue, and he's not worried about having to make the grades/scores for medical school, then Vanderbilt should definitely be his third choice.
vj23k.. sorry if that came across bad, I wasn't trying to get on to you for your rankings. And Ive heard tulane has a good med program, although I have never heard anything about a&m''s.. Anyways whats important to remember about all of these is that if you need the money most will give financial aid that makes them very affordable.. its possible to get a financial aid package that makes them similiarily priced to a public schoo... going to a lesser school to make the grades for med school really is a consideration that you may have to think about.. like i was told.. sure an A at a top school is better than an A at a public school, but if you are making C's , it's still a C no matter how hard the school is.. l
what grad school you go will have a much greater impact on your career than what university you go to.
I'll be heading to UNC this fall. I have to say one important thing in decision, atleast for me, is the price you pay for your education. RF I have a friend attending Vanderbilt this fall too, but she's paying $40K a year for a #21 school, where as I'll be paying around $10K for a #28 school. Not a bad bargain. But then again, if money's not the issue, go where your most comfortable
