'14 NC RB Derrell Scott (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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UT_Tix79 said:
I thought the issue with Phillips was that he had taken classes at a "Diploma Mill" and Florida was hesitant to clear those classes, even after the NCAA did. He had the grades and the test score, just his transcripts were brutal

But, we took him, and there was never any problem that I know of.
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HialeahGator said:
This. Another reason B1G wans Va and wanter Maryland. iirc every school in B1G out ranks sec schools except Vandy.
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I'm pretty sure B1G settled on Maryland when they couldn't get UVA. UVA and Virginia Tech don't want to split up.
 
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Dust10 said:
Stanford is a private school. You can put Cal-Berkeley up there though.
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North Carolina, Illinois, and Texas are considered pretty highly too but the top 20% at Tennessee can compete with any other top 20% academically and intellectually.
 
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OddFuture said:
UF has decently high academic standards. Omari Phillips was one example. I'm not saying UF is on par with Meeshagin, but the chance of him missing Michigan's mark and making UF's mark isn't a huge possibility IMO. Most public institutions you're in or out, but Omari Phillips was almost a case where that was proven wrong...
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Honestly man if you are going to a Flagship University you are going to get a good education regardless. Other schools may offer a better network but that's about it. The quality of education receive really depends on you and how serious you take academics. UT education is second to none in my own opinion.

Secondly a lot of those rankings take "Campus Beautification" into consideration in their scores and we all know UT is working on aspect of things
 
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Sandvol said:
North Carolina, Illinois, and Texas are considered pretty highly too but the top 20% at Tennessee can compete with any other top 20% academically and intellectually.
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Speaking from personal experience, I was accepted to Tennessee, Michigan State, Iowa, Kentucky, and Illinois State. Then I was denied to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. I probably would have went to Michigan if it was an option, but I feel very blessed my life turned out the way it did.
 
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GBOVOLS said:
Honestly man if you are going to a Flagship University you are going to get a good education regardless. Other schools may offer a better network but that's about it. The quality of education receive really depends on you and how serious you take academics. UT education is second to none in my own opinion.

Secondly a lot of those rankings take "Campus Beautification" into consideration in their scores and we all know UT is working on aspect of things
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Definitely true. Outside of he ivy league schools... it doesn't matter one iota. You are the only one standing in the way of a good education and career. Study hard, do extracurricular work, network, bust your tail, and you'll be just fine. I've done quite well with my bachelor's degree from UT.
 
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Just curious - why did dropping out of college not hurt Gates, Zickerberg, Dell, etc.?

It' a tool, guys. It's not the end all be all.
 
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Vols4us said:
Just curious - why did dropping out of college not hurt Gates, Zickerberg, Dell, etc.?

It' a tool, guys. It's not the end all be all.
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Those are what you call outliers. There are 10,000 basement bums for every entrepreneur billionaire.

College is a tool, but it is an incredible tool that certainly had an impact on all of the guys that you mentioned.
 
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Vols4us said:
Just curious - why did dropping out of college not hurt Gates, Zickerberg, Dell, etc.?

It' a tool, guys. It's not the end all be all.
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I don't have a degree and i make a decent salary as a programmer. Degree just makes it easier to get your foot in the door.
 
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scott, ranked no. 108 in the espn 300, planned to announce his decision in october, but delayed it. According to the havelock coaching staff, scott is scheduled to announce his decision on monday, jan. 27 at the school.

Three sec teams remain in the mix for the 5-foot-11, 184-pound scott. He will make his final official visit this weekend, to florida.

After returning from gainesville, fla., the versatile running back will host tennessee coach butch jones on wednesday, jan. 22, and south carolina coach steve spurrier on thursday, jan. 23.
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engineerVOL said:
Definitely true. Outside of he ivy league schools... it doesn't matter one iota. You are the only one standing in the way of a good education and career. Study hard, do extracurricular work, network, bust your tail, and you'll be just fine. I've done quite well with my bachelor's degree from UT.
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That's just not true. Stanford isn't an ivy league school, nor is MIT, Cal Tech, Michigan, UVA, UNC, Cal, etc. Ivy league schools are great and all, but plenty of non-ivy league schools are much better than much of what is in the Ivy, certainly in today's economy.

Also a degree from a good school is absolutely a leg up on the competition, not to mention the networking opportunities a lot of those schools offer. Of course it doesn't guarantee success, but it's a nice start.

I'm not saying UT is chopped liver (I went there after all and am proud of it), but it's definitely more on the individual person the further you stray from a top school. A motivated, intelligent, and driven person will succeed anywhere they go, but the opportunities are greater at better schools.
 
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SeanJean said:
That's just not true. Stanford isn't an ivy league school, nor is MIT, Cal Tech, Michigan, UVA, UNC, Cal, etc. Ivy league schools are great and all, but plenty of non-ivy league schools are much better than much of what is in the Ivy, certainly in today's economy.

Also a degree from a good school is absolutely a leg up on the competition, not to mention the networking opportunities a lot of those schools offer. Of course it doesn't guarantee success, but it's a nice start.

I'm not saying UT is chopped liver (I went there after all and am proud of it), but it's definitely more on the individual person the further you stray from a top school. A motivated, intelligent, and driven person will succeed anywhere they go, but the opportunities are greater at better schools.
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I just don't agree with that. Note that i am not a hiring manager at all by any means, but i just don't buy that.

Undergrad degrees are hunting licenses... that's all. Obviously if we're talking graduate level stuff... well then i have no idea... didn't make it that far!!! I was ready to make money :)
 
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engineerVOL said:
I just don't agree with that. Note that i am not a hiring manager at all by any means, but i just don't buy that.

Undergrad degrees are hunting licenses... that's all. Obviously if we're talking graduate level stuff... well then i have no idea... didn't make it that far!!! I was ready to make money :)
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I hear you. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree, you're right, but one from Stanford or UVA vs. somewhere else depending on the degree, it's a leg up. It's not all about the resume, but those schools offer a lot of nice opportunities, and if you're talking something like CompSci at Stanford, then yeah, it can matter a whole lot.

For graduate level stuff, it's far more program specific to just generalize from one school to the next. You can very easily get a much better graduate degree in a program that one state school specializes in vs. an ivy league school.
 
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Not sure if spurrier having the last in home is good or not. He comes across as such an arrogant prick it may be a good thing.
 
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