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30 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

According to the study, here are the top 20 hardest colleges to get into in the state of Texas:

  1. Rice University
  2. University of Texas-Austin
  3. Southern Methodist University
  4. Trinity University
  5. Texas Christian University
  6. Houston Baptist University
  7. Baylor University
  8. LeTourneau University
  9. Southwestern University
  10. University of Texas-Dallas
  11. Austin College
  12. Dallas Baptist University
  13. Abilene Christian University
  14. Texas Wesleyan University
  15. Texas A&M University-Galveston
  16. Texas A&M University
  17. University of Houston
  18. University of Houston-Clear Lake
  19. Hardin-Simmons University
  20. Texas Tech University

 

https://www.click2houston.com/news/hardest-colleges-to-get-into-in-texas

Aggy accepts 66.6% of their applicants.

Texas Tech accepts 64.4%.

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38 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

According to the study, here are the top 20 hardest colleges to get into in the state of Texas:

  1. Rice University
  2. University of Texas-Austin
  3. Southern Methodist University
  4. Trinity University
  5. Texas Christian University
  6. Houston Baptist University
  7. Baylor University
  8. LeTourneau University
  9. Southwestern University
  10. University of Texas-Dallas
  11. Austin College
  12. Dallas Baptist University
  13. Abilene Christian University
  14. Texas Wesleyan University
  15. Texas A&M University-Galveston
  16. Texas A&M University
  17. University of Houston
  18. University of Houston-Clear Lake
  19. Hardin-Simmons University
  20. Texas Tech University

 

https://www.click2houston.com/news/hardest-colleges-to-get-into-in-texas

God bless you. However, the story is from 2017. If you following the link in the story, you can see the updated list:

1. Rice

2. The University of Texas at Austin

3. Trinity

4. TCU

5. Baylor

6. SW Assemblies of God

7. SMU

8. LeTourneau

9. Southwestern

10. DBU

11. Austin College

12. Texas Lutheran

13. Texas Wesleyan

14. Abilene Christian

15. Huston-Tillotson

16. Texas A&M - Galveston

17.Texas A&M - Commerce

18. UH

19. The University of Texas at Dallas

20. McMurry

21. aTm

Aggy behind, among others, two of its system schools. LOL

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BigHorn'13

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On 5/29/2019 at 11:12 PM, atomheartbevo said:

That was not smart.....gotta be trolling his fellow aggy

https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/hardware-in-aggieland/83732180/

edit: its bad when your fellow aggy calls you out with this

kid-gets-pumped-after-lifting-weight-in-

aggy self awareness on full display (picture of LSU concourse)

Tiger-Stadium-Concourse-Walkway-Ramp.jpg

 

Some aggy- "I thought that was a picture of an old Soviet Union soccer stadium. 

That is LSU? Come on, dem cajuns can afford better than that can't they?"

 

Never change aggy

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SubliminalHorn

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5 hours ago, Go Pokes said:

I can’t even imagine being such a fucking loser that I would have to pick apart every word written about OU and try to twist it around to put them in a bad light. It’s one my favorite things about aggy. They so desperately want to be seen as UTs equal.

That’s why the Texas-ou rivalry is so much better. There is a mutual hate/respect. Aggy isn’t respected by anyone. 

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7 hours ago, Jacob McCandles said:

God bless you. However, the story is from 2017. If you following the link in the story, you can see the updated list:

1. Rice

2. The University of Texas at Austin

3. Trinity

4. TCU

5. Baylor

6. SW Assemblies of God

7. SMU

8. LeTourneau

9. Southwestern

10. DBU

11. Austin College

12. Texas Lutheran

13. Texas Wesleyan

14. Abilene Christian

15. Huston-Tillotson

16. Texas A&M - Galveston

17.Texas A&M - Commerce

18. UH

19. The University of Texas at Dallas

20. McMurry

21. aTm

Aggy behind, among others, two of its system schools. LOL

Who knew about the academic powerhouse that is Southwestern Assemblies of God University?

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HtownHorn

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These fuckers are so hilarious when it comes to the TV thing.

Texas averaged a 2.7 share and over 4.2M their 11 non LHN games.

aggy averaged a 1.8 and 3.0M over their 10 non SECN games.

The only times those fuckers beat Texas in the ratings was week 4, when we beat TCU and they lost at Alabama.

Texas also had 3 games rated higher than their peak rated game against Bama. The RRR, Big 12 CG, and Sugar Bowl.

Texas nearly had twice the amount of total viewers in their 3 highest rated games compared to aggy, 29.2M to 15.3M.

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Randolph Duke

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26 years without a win in a CWS game. 

When the ags last won a CWS game, their current head coach was fresh out of college and working as an assistant coach at a small, private school. None of the other members of their baseball coaching staff was even out of junior high school. 

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God bless you. However, the story is from 2017. If you following the link in the story, you can see the updated list:
1. Rice
2. The University of Texas at Austin
3. Trinity
4. TCU
5. Baylor
6. SW Assemblies of God
7. SMU
8. LeTourneau
9. Southwestern
10. DBU
11. Austin College
12. Texas Lutheran
13. Texas Wesleyan
14. Abilene Christian
15. Huston-Tillotson
16. Texas A&M - Galveston
17.Texas A&M - Commerce
18. UH
19. The University of Texas at Dallas
20. McMurry
21. aTm
Aggy behind, among others, two of its system schools. LOL
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8 hours ago, woohorn said:
19 hours ago, Jacob McCandles said:
God bless you. However, the story is from 2017. If you following the link in the story, you can see the updated list:
1. Rice
2. The University of Texas at Austin
3. Trinity
4. TCU
5. Baylor
6. SW Assemblies of God
7. SMU
8. LeTourneau
9. Southwestern
10. DBU
11. Austin College
12. Texas Lutheran
13. Texas Wesleyan
14. Abilene Christian
15. Huston-Tillotson
16. Texas A&M - Galveston
17.Texas A&M - Commerce
18. UH
19. The University of Texas at Dallas
20. McMurry
21. aTm
Aggy behind, among others, two of its system schools. LOL

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8 hours ago, woohorn said:
20 hours ago, Jacob McCandles said:
God bless you. However, the story is from 2017. If you following the link in the story, you can see the updated list:
1. Rice
2. The University of Texas at Austin
3. Trinity
4. TCU
5. Baylor
6. SW Assemblies of God
7. SMU
8. LeTourneau
9. Southwestern
10. DBU
11. Austin College
12. Texas Lutheran
13. Texas Wesleyan
14. Abilene Christian
15. Huston-Tillotson
16. Texas A&M - Galveston
17.Texas A&M - Commerce
18. UH
19. The University of Texas at Dallas
20. McMurry
21. aTm
Aggy behind, among others, two of its system schools. LOL

TT?

What's your problem with titties? Do you hate America or something?

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Valmy77

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23 hours ago, mchookem said:

i guess if you're not really winning anything of note, you have to brag about... something?

A&M always wins. That is the #1 rule of A&M. That establishes a smug sense of success without actually having any success. 

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This is the 2019 Acceptance Rate numbers.  UT and A&M have almost the same percentage  of admission yield, but UT accepts 39.66% and A&M accepts 71.03%.  A&M is 19th behind UT, UTD, Tech.  They do barely edge out Texas State.

UT Dallas is a 61.94% acceptance for 2019 which is better than A&M by about 10% but if you pull a school comparison list UTD's acceptance rate jumps to what was listed above.  I believe that number may be a multi-year blended rate for the school and not a single year (2019) percentage.

This is the website I used:

https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/compare/tables/?state=TX&type=Public&factor=acceptance-rate

 

2019 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Public Colleges in Texas State
 
School Name
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
Acceptance Rate
Admission Yield
  Prairie View A & M UniversityPRAIRIE VIEW, TX  9,850 3,854 1,452 39.13% 37.68%
  The University of Texas at AustinAUSTIN, TX  38,785 15,381 7,285 39.66% 47.36%
  Texas A & M International UniversityLAREDO, TX  6,002 2,803 903 46.70% 32.22%
  Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTEXARKANA, TX  999 475 174 47.55% 36.63%
  Texas A & M University-CommerceCOMMERCE, TX  6,614 3,164 1,015 47.84% 32.08%
  Texas Southern University HOUSTON, TX  10,111 5,250 1,533 51.92% 29.20%
  Tarleton State University STEPHENVILLE, TX 9,591 5,039 2,071 52.54% 41.10%
  University of Houston-Victoria VICTORIA, TX 3,994 2,227 340 55.76% 15.27%
  University of Houston-Clear LakeHOUSTON, TX  1,046 600 234 57.36% 39.00%
  Stephen F Austin State UniversityNACOGDOCHES, TX  10,631 6,220 2,216 58.51% 35.63%
  The University of Texas at ArlingtonARLINGTON, TX  10,245 6,290 2,714 61.40% 43.15%
  Midwestern State UniversityWICHITA FALLS, TX  3,259 2,009 843 61.64% 41.96%
  The University of Texas at DallasRICHARDSON, TX  9,587 5,938 2,520 61.94% 42.44%
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley EDINBURG, TX 10,679 6,706 3,483 62.80% 51.94%
  University of Houston HOUSTON, TX  17,328 10,915 4,048 62.99% 37.09%
  University of North Texas DENTON, TX  16,842 11,012 4,450 65.38% 40.41%
  Texas Tech University LUBBOCK, TX  21,873 14,464 5,619 66.13% 38.85%
  West Texas A & M University CANYON, TX 5,234 3,529 1,350 67.42% 38.25%
  Texas A & M University-College StationCOLLEGE STATION, TX  32,190 22,863 10,835 71.03% 47.39%
  Texas State University SAN MARCOS, TX  18,413 13,423 5,558 72.90% 41.41%
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34 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Aspirations of the applicants. You guys are presuming that the same number of people have an interest in ATM that have an interest in Texas. Wrong. 

No, I was just thinking that because A&M is so easy to get into and its academic reputation hasn't appropriately cratered yet, they'd get more applicants than we would, as a safety school if nothing else.

Foot traffic, for lack of a better word, like the McDonald's of higher education they aspire to be.

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1 hour ago, Johnny Sack said:

Probably the most telling is the average SAT/ACT of admitted students.

If you're going by that metric, UTD is higher than A&M. My sister's kid goes to UTD and loves it apparently. I don't think he's experienced vagina yet but he loves computers.

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On 6/2/2019 at 11:14 AM, Go Pokes said:

I can’t even imagine being such a fucking loser that I would have to pick apart every word written about OU and try to twist it around to put them in a bad light. It’s one my favorite things about aggy. They so desperately want to be seen as UTs equal.

To be fair, you really don't have to twist things around to put OU in a bad light.  The bare truth is quite bad enough.

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1 hour ago, Bigpoppapump said:

They have solid CS and engineering programs.

He's a CS and Economics double major. From what my sister told me, both of those programs are extremely good at UTD. He got scholarships so she and my brother in law aren't complaining.

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I wish I had older data from before the not-so-sharp era, but IPEDS does not have it

but this shows the # of applicants to aggy, the average of applicants to their "peers" and the same for UT and UT peers (I believe the university chooses their peers)

the aggy "peers" are

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (Atlanta, GA)
Indiana University-Bloomington (Richmond, IN)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Ohio State University-Main Campus (Columbus, OH)
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (University Park, PA)
Purdue University-Main Campus (West Lafayette, IN)
The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
University of California-Davis (Davis, CA)
University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
University of California-San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
University of Maryland-College Park (College Park, MD)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
University of Washington-Seattle Campus (Seattle, WA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)


and UT peers

Indiana University-Bloomington (Richmond, IN)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Ohio State University-Main Campus (Columbus, OH)
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (University Park, PA)
Purdue University-Main Campus (West Lafayette, IN)
University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
University of California-San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
University of Washington-Seattle Campus (Seattle, WA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)

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as I said I wish I had older data before the "we gotta grow more good bull ags" era started, but it does seem funny that a university with a goal of growing to "meet the needs of Texans" is getting more applicants and yet more and more students that are admitted are making a CHOICE to go elsewhere after being admitted

over those 4 years they enrolled about 700 more students, but about 2,400 more made a CHOICE to go elsewhere.....strangely total enrollment has grown by about 7,900....I will have to look at the retention numbers, but I doubt the could have moved that much to explain that

that would lead me to believe that it is taking longer for degree completion because of difficulty getting classes and aggy is gaming the system with blinn team and transfers to not totally shit out their admissions

and I know I have stated this before, but acceptance % is a meaningless statistic and that was even discussed in an article about OU cheating the US Snooze (on something pretty minor)....the article specifically mentioned that Clemson and others were improving their acceptance rate by simply opening up applications and lowering the fee (or eliminating it) so they could draw more applicants and specifically unqualified applicants that they could then decline (which is all acceptance rate tells)

still funny to get only 700 new enrolled students over 4 years while getting over 4,500 more applicants and having 2,400 more CHOOSE to go elsewhere after admission over that same period while having the goal to grow enrollment massively to keep more good bull whoop ags in Texas

the stats are not totally damning, but you also have to question the overall enrollment growth and how that happened while the "reported" stats say enrollment should have not grown near that much

 

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2 hours ago, sushihorn said:

To be fair, you really don't have to twist things around to put OU in a bad light.  The bare truth is quite bad enough.

I'm talking TV ratings smack though.  As usual, aggy takes it to a place no other fan base would even think to go.  I suppose 78 years of failure will do that to you.  

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I'm talking TV ratings smack though.  As usual, aggy takes it to a place no other fan base would even think to go.  I suppose 78 years of failure will do that to you.  

I'm sure our ratings are higher not only because we're awesome and they suck, but I'll bet more aggy watch our games than our fans watch their games. 

 

Hell, didn't Looch admit to being at our home game vs USC?

 

 

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1 hour ago, ButtFumble said:

the stats are not totally damning, but you also have to question the overall enrollment growth and how that happened while the "reported" stats say enrollment should have not grown near that much

 

I think the answer to your question is that 33.5% of graduates complete 30 hours or more at 2 year colleges.  That would indicate that a significant number of students are transfers from JUCO or community college and are not included in the admission statistics.  See page 35 of the THECB Report:  http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/10900.PDF?CFID=100201713&CFTOKEN=13270898

That number for UT - Austin is 16.8%.  Most state schools in Texas are roughly in the same range as A&M give or take 5 percentage points.  

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4 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said:

No, I was just thinking that because A&M is so easy to get into and its academic reputation hasn't appropriately cratered yet, they'd get more applicants than we would, as a safety school if nothing else.

Foot traffic, for lack of a better word, like the McDonald's of higher education they aspire to be.

You are giving a lot of credence to the notion that people think ATM has a strong academic rep. People have a high opinion of their engineering and vet programs, and that is it. That’s always been the case. They’ve been viewed on par with Texas by anyone without a dog in the fight - that I’ve ever met, at least. 

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