I'll just add that I'm so glad I chose Bauer over UT and Rice for my MBA. That school has some world class professors.
I think UH needs more than just money...dont mean to knock it, but I'd come home from college over the summers and take science classes to keep me occupied and fulfill some prerequisites for grad school. Honestly, the science classes were completely subpar compared to what I was used to. Not really much of a challenge...if you go to class and memorize stuff the day before an exam, that pretty much guaranteed a pretty decent grade. I dont feel like I walked away from those classes feeling accomplished, even though they were upper level biology and chemistry courses. That was about 7-8 years ago, so not sure if much has changed. Maybe it was just the science classes too. I dont know. It would be great if Houston could get another university that rises up above the rest...I just think it will take a long time, if it does ever happen.
UH has some pretty strong academic programs (highly ranked). Good luck...higher admissions standards sounds good.
I went to undergrad at UT and law school at UH. Over half of my law class went to either UT or A&M. While most of us where happy with the experience at the law school, trips to central campus were a nightmare compared to our days in undergrad. My personal opinion, UH will eventually be the third best public college in Texas, but right now it isn't even close to seperating itself from the pack the way UT and A&M have. UTSA, UT-Dallas, and Texas State all offer equivalent experiences in my mind, if not superior. People from Houston still send their kids to Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin over UH because they don't want their kids going to school in the Third Ward.
I want the football and basketball glory days to return. Academically, UH has always been undervalued. It is the most "international" university in the State by far. I am a U.H. grad and proud of it. I went on to get master's and doctoral degrees at other universities, and UH was as good as any of them. The "Cougar High" stuff was always about the school not having abundant campus life and being a "drive in" school, not academics.
coog here....was in top 10% of my high school class but i chose UH, the scholarships were good, i got to live at home, am guaranteed an engineering job when i graduate and get to watch the rockets/hang out with my buddies. win, win, win, win situation...austin is too liberal and longhorn arrogance annoys me, college station is too white and tech, well tech is is lubbock..i love it at UH
funny, sounds like the same situation for me except i chose UT. I pretty much realized that it would be a waste of gas and time to drive 120-150 minutes everyday to campus and back... and would be a waste to not enjoy campus life in what is considered the prime of your life. But then again, I guess there are some people who dont mind that Glad with my choice
i dont want to transfer to another school, i love UH. i could have gone to UT or a&m but didnt want to. not enough financial aid or anything there for the work i put in during my high school days. i dont even really like UT's campus or anything, and their dorms are complete trash except the expensive one which is san jacinto i believe. my friends who go to UT complain about them all the time. i am not paying for anything right now at UH, thats everything ffrom the tuition to housing to my meal plan, after my scholarships and grants, and in fact they owe me money to go to school this semester. it feels good to know that ppl who graduated even higher than me are going to be in debt when they come out of high school (thats if they are to pay for college themselves like i am, not my parents, which is why financial aid is so big to me) and i am getting paid to go to school, and getting a great education at the same time the whole point of this thread was to show that UH is stepping their game up, and not a thread to say something negative about. and i will agree with everyone, bauer is a very good school and im very happy to be in it, and just like the rest of UH is very underrated.
yeah, i don't party/drink alcohol, i guess i'm more of a "chill and toke with the homies" kind of dude, although driving to school everyday can sometimes be a pain in the ass, but that's why i drive a stick shift now lol, keeps driving interesting
Well, money is foundational to the other concerns. The more money coming into the University, the more talented their faculty, the more talented their faculty, the more challenged their students will be in the classroom and connected outside of it. I'm a Rice grad and I always thought UH was the sleeping giant of the Texas colleges. To be THE University of the largest city in the state, and one of the largest in the country, it should be able to easily rise to #3 in the state school rankings.
UH will be Texas' next Tier 1 school. Unfortuantely creating another Tier 1 school is about as low on the priority scale as it could possibly be in the UT-A&M dominated legislature. And so the evil empires continue their chokehold on higher education in the state of Texas...
I got my BBA in Accounting from A&M, and then went to UH for law school. I agree about the central campus. I disagree with the law school...it was poorly mismanaged, bled money...and about 2 years after I graduated, the rankings started to fall. Now you go to UH law if you are interested in health law or IP...if you are interested in anything else, you should go elsewhere if you have the choice.
kinda off topic here.. I was looking at the rankings for top master universities in the west and Trinity University in San Antonio is #1. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/masters-west-search does anyone know anything about Trinity? How good of school is it?
i didnt get a full scholarship so in perspective, prices are very similar for tuition and ut has a better prepharmacy program
It's hilarious to me that SuperBeeKay is discussing the merits of various institutions of higher learning, when at the same time he has a third grade spelling error in his signature. hint: It should be spelled "you're"
I graduated there. It's definitely very challenging and kinda mimics a Rice. If you have any questions, let me know.
