Wells to OSU

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#53
lacrossepro70 said:
and a couple more-

Number 1 for “Value for Money” in the United States and number 7 globally in Value / Return on Investment according to the 2004 Financial Times Business School rankings

24th among all US public universities according to the Financial Times Business School rankings
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UT is an excellent school. For the most part all flagship universities are going to give one a fine education if the individual takes it serious.
Different publications rank us differently (like the recruiting rankings). I am glad to see us as highly ranked as this but I think it really is up to the individual as far as the quality of education.
 
#54
#54
lacrossepro70 said:
is OSU that good of an engineering school? Did anyone tell this guy about Darwin Walker???
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tOSU is a pretty good engineering school - most of the big 10 schools have good engineering schools. tOSU isn't as good as Michigan or Purdue, for example, but has a good overall program.

It is easy to get too hung up in the rankings and not find the place that will ultimately help you be the most successful while in the classroom and afterwards. (Almost) every school has successful alums - even football players who found professional success outside of football.

You won't lose many recruits on this basis - but you will lose some. While the difference really isn't necessarily all that much...they see things like this:

Ohio State's undergraduate engineering program was ranked 22nd in the nation (among schools that offer a PhD in engineering). U.S. News also ranks three other programs: Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering (14),
Materials Science and Engineering (17), and
Mechanical Engineering (20).

Tennessee's undergraduate engineering program was ranked 42nd among national public universities offering doctorate degrees two years ago, but jumped to 34th this year (fueled by construction of the new Electrical Engineering building).

Maybe going to a top-25 vs. top-50 program (in ranking systems that don't clearly translate into success) was a big deal to him...who knows. I list the rankings only because I know that is how many/most high school students decide which schools are better academically. It does appear that UT is gaining ground on tOSU in this area...
 
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lacrossepro70 said:
and a couple more-

Number 1 for “Value for Money” in the United States and number 7 globally in Value / Return on Investment according to the 2004 Financial Times Business School rankings
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I always wondered how they ranked public schools in regards to "value for money". The difference between in-state tuition and out of state tuition is huge. If you are an out-of-state student, then it is not that great of a value. Paying out of state tuition suxx.
 
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#56
KnoxNash said:
I always wondered how they ranked public schools in regards to "value for money". The difference between in-state tuition and out of state tuition is huge. If you are an out-of-state student, then it is not that great of a value. Paying out of state tuition suxx.
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Yeah...he was talking about the MBA program in those rankings - and the in-state total cost if almost exactly half that of the out-of-state total cost. But, that happens in all public schools ... so maybe the "value" averages out. They may also just use in-state values for public schools...that would be interesting to find out.
 
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#57
The reason I bring up Darwin Walker is he graduated with a degree in civil engineering(I think it was civil), and now he has his own engineering company, and he's a beast of an NFL player.
 
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#58
lacrossepro70 said:
The reason I bring up Darwin Walker is he graduated with a degree in civil engineering(I think it was civil), and now he has his own engineering company, and he's a beast of an NFL player.
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I knew what you were referring to....that's why I said that schools (like UT) can certainly produce football players that can find success off the football field...but perhaps I should have said on the field as well :)
 
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