aggies who chose tamu over ut, why?

It's definitely the better conference, I just like the fact that the Big 12 has all Texas teams and the proximity of them.

I’m from Houston and didn’t find that college station was every lacking in things to do. There’s a lot more than football and class to do here.. you just must not have looked outside of your box.

I mean I’m from Houston too, and while I do love the BCS area, it's way too much to say that anything you can find in a big city you can find here too. That's just simply not true. There's so much food, culture, and diversity that you can't get here. And that's okay! It makes everyone here feel more like they're a part of the Aggie community, which is a plus in my opinion,

Of course big cities have more to offer than college station. What I’m saying is that as a student in a big city like Austin or Houston you doing little to nothing of a noticeable difference in your day to day life than an Aggie is doing in college station. We all do the same things: go to class, eat, go to the bars, go to frat parties, musical festivals (acl/chilliest), coffee shops, library, etc. as an adult, ya there’s a big difference but not as a student.

I wouldn’t argue older money goes to UT. plenty of wealthy kids at A&M who come from deep oil money.

Texas A&M has a bigger endowment than UT.

Texas A&m is wealthier than UT overall- wealthiest public school in the nation to be exact.

UT law is never ranked in the top 10... great school and always top 20 but no one says it’s top 10.

UT is only ranked higher depending on who you ask. Many ranking systems consistently rank A&M higher. If A&M matches UTs auto accept rate we would get ranked higher even more often. UT keeps their auto admit low to appear more prestigious. But that doesn’t mean you won’t get in if you’re out of the top 7%. Infact most top 10% student do get in after review.

In conclusion, get off our Greek rank tsip

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UT is richer than tamu. The little calculation you are talking about compares tamu system to UT Austin. UT System is 20 bil, smoking tamu system.

You're right on UT Law; it's 14. Where is Aggie Law ranked?

There's a reason UT is more pretentious. More moneyed kids. Even your greeks are cheap. Builds, dues, signature parties, etc.

US World always ranks UT higher. every.single.time.

And what did you say about tamu's lack of medical and dental schools?? nothing.

tamu only got into AAU when UT sponsored y'all (way after UT was in). this is hugely significant.

UT gets more nat'l R&D $ than tamu

The auto-admit stuff is just rambling with no support. It's harder to get in UT.

There's a reason UT gets 2/3 of the PUF and tamu...doesn't.

You don't know what my background is so don't assume. Having a medical school (not a vet school) attached is most assuredly a mark of higher achievement. That's why lower ranked schools like UH are trying to get one (to raise their stature). The fact that y'all just purchased a (cut rate) law school speaks to the same. And no, you aren't comparing apples to apples on the endowment. Ours is larger flagship to flagship, system to system. I don't care what coach y'all just hired, tamu has never enjoyed the success that UT has. There is a reason tamu is not lumped in with the other public ivys. There is a reason why UT is a longer-term member of the AAU.I think tamu is a great school, it's just that it's always been 2nd to UT in every measurable way.

In every measurable way.

That statement is laughable at best. Please go back to your Greek rank and worry about your public Ivey.

FYI, public Ivey is not a thing and tamu currently competes with Texas in every way imaginable. Clinging on to history is getting y’all nowhere If you can’t tell. But high schools students can, that’s why more and more students are choosing a&m over ut, myself included.