2012s SATs

[jonriv]

Klegg- I don't know you, but I sure like the way you think!

[Joe]

Live in Oklahoma. My DD is an honor student and scored high on her ACT. She's getting offers from TONS of schools in the midwest. In fact, NOT A KID on her team has taken the SAT. NO ONE around here takes the SAT.

BTW, Texas sucks!!!

The standards in OK are fairly weak...and you're shouting that from what state?

Now...let me pat you on your head and let's see if we can round up a dentist for ya....

[Klegg]

Too bad much of the mail and the offers she's getting are from your great state of Texas...where apparently the standards are sooooo much greater.

Back to the topic though. I've seen a TON of profile sheets over the past 3 years and the score that is USUALLY on display is the ACT. That's not to say schools don't take the SAT, but NOT ONE coach has asked us to take the SAT.

[Joe]

Ok Joe? What is your idea of a good school?

Any school located in downtown Austin...and bleeds orange.

Lets see- Harvard accepts 7% of applicants, Texas accepts 43% -Which is the better school??????

"Better"? You'll need to define "better". The eyes of Texas have never turned their backs on their men and women in uniform, so I'll take patriotic, honest, loyal...over Chuck Schumer, Al Gore and Barack Obama...

[Joe]

Too bad much of the mail and the offers she's getting are from your great state of Texas...where apparently the standards are sooooo much greater.

Why "too bad"? Unless she has an offer from OK State or Zero U...she should be running and not looking back...

[Klegg]

Too bad much of the mail and the offers she's getting are from your great state of Texas...where apparently the standards are sooooo much greater.

Why "too bad"? Unless she has an offer from OK State or Zero U...she should be running and not looking back...

Tulsa is an exceptional private school, as is OCU (OK City U)...not to mention several of the other smaller universities in our great state. She has ZERO desire to head south of the border.

Just as you are proud of your home state, we are proud of ours...

[jonriv]

Ok Joe? What is your idea of a good school?

Any school located in downtown Austin...and bleeds orange.

Lets see- Harvard accepts 7% of applicants, Texas accepts 43% -Which is the better school??????

"Better"? You'll need to define "better". The eyes of Texas have never turned their backs on their men and women in uniform, so I'll take patriotic, honest, loyal...over Chuck Schumer, Al Gore and Barack Obama...

Better-

Higher ranked
better name recognition
Higher avg salary upon graduation
Much Higher salary 20 yrs after graduation

Texas never turned it's back?? 2002 the Student Government passed a resolution condemning the invasion of Iraq- does that make them Liberal?

[Joe]

Just as you are proud of your home state, we are proud of ours...

Fair enough...but when you enter the conversation with a "Texas sucks", you'd better be ready to defend your glass house...

Good luck to your daughter...

[Joe]

Ok Joe? What is your idea of a good school?

Any school located in downtown Austin...and bleeds orange.

Lets see- Harvard accepts 7% of applicants, Texas accepts 43% -Which is the better school??????

"Better"? You'll need to define "better". The eyes of Texas have never turned their backs on their men and women in uniform, so I'll take patriotic, honest, loyal...over Chuck Schumer, Al Gore and Barack Obama...

Better-

Higher ranked
better name recognition
Higher avg salary upon graduation
Much Higher salary 20 yrs after graduation

Texas never turned it's back?? 2002 the Student Government passed a resolution condemning the invasion of Iraq- does that make them Liberal?

Now...you've gone and done it. I listed "patriotic, honest and loyal" as the virtues that I consider important in defining a better school.

What say you? "Better" means higher salary... a fatter wallet!!! Did they teach that at Airborne school?

I'll say a prayer for you tonight... jonbovi

[jonriv]

Problem with a fatter wallet- don't tell me your a communist?

plus define patriotic, honest and loyal??? There have been more Presidents from Harvard than from University of Texas??? You have a strange sense of logic Joe. Someone does not agree with you they are not patriotic???? Look- I do not agree with Harvard on their past ROTC stance-they certainly were not alone.-but it was decided by a VOTE- their decision

Saying someone is more patriotic because they go to texas instead of Harvard- lower SATs maybe?? Lower patriotism is just silly

My guess i given the choice- the US Army would take a Harvard grad over a Texas grad

BTW- the Harvard guy was number 1 in our ROTC advance course class