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re: Choosing to avoid LSU?
Posted on 2/8/15 at 8:59 am to RealityTiger
Posted on 2/8/15 at 8:59 am to RealityTiger
Do you disgree?
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Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:00 am to yellowfin
quote:Different situation. If your parents can pay for it comfortably, then go for the best school. But don't make your parents take out a second mortgage for you to get degree from only a slightly better school. I am not talking Stanford vs LSU here. I also wouldn't have 100k in undergrad loans considering many people go to graduate school after.
What if your parents are paying?
I dont want my kids to be limited by what they can afford
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:03 am to SuperSaint
There are good and bad qualities about both. But I don't agree that NOLA is "100 times" better. Marginally better, sure.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:03 am to SuperSaint
Zero, never met one that I'm aware of
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:07 am to Tino
That's insane. Almost impossible. You have met plenty just didn't know it I guess.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:12 am to SuperSaint
I should've stayed home and went to LC.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:21 am to Rebel
quote:
LC
Don't they make church mandatory. I went to catholic schools from K-12 and I had enough of that shite.
I never had a single class at LSU with a major sport athlete. Hell, I rarely had classes with a single girl in them. You can find challenging paths through LSU if that's what you're looking for.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:52 am to double d
quote:
My daughter didn't want to go to LSU because of it's size, party rep, and she wanted to go to a school with a high ranking medical program. Sports teams didn't matter.
LSU med in NO is a very good and respected program.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:00 am to Mastermind
It probably doesn't seem like such of a "sports" school when you are staring down 18 hours and your chem-E class is kicking your arse. The nice thing is after busting your arse in class, you can walk over to a stadium SEVEN nights a year and forget your worries. Or you could go elsewhere and feel really superior to the "sports school" people who like to get lit up, eat delicious food, celebrate their shared culture, and have a bit of fun with 102,000 of their closest friends, 15,000 of whom are ridiculously hot babes.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:12 am to RealityTiger
quote:
LSU has a good med school by the way.
Last rankings they were outside of the top 50 in the country as was Tulane
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:22 am to Gaston
I don't know Gaston. I'm Catholic. They would never take me at LC even if I were from the local town.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:29 am to double d
quote:
Last rankings they were outside of the top 50 in the country as was Tulane
Hard to go by those rankings.
You want to go into research, yeah they are behind many others.
But if you want to go into practical medicine, they are very good. You get a lot of experience with different diseases and afflictions working in NOLA.
Granted, Charity not being able to be used as a training ground anymore does hurt LSU some.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:52 am to magildachunks
30 yrs ago everyone I knew all fought like hell to get into Loyola or Tulane.
Today, My kids won't even entertain the the thought of going to School anywhere in LA.
Texans, what can I say.
Today, My kids won't even entertain the the thought of going to School anywhere in LA.
Texans, what can I say.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:52 am to magildachunks
LSUNO is not a good name med school
Sure they will graduate good doctors
But it's no where near top 50 and isn't doing any significant research or leading the way in any field. All you have to do to see the difference is spend a day at lsu Amd then spend a day at a top medical sxhool. Night and day
There's nothing wrong with that and its not LSUs mission
Lsu mission is to produce doctors who will stay in Louisiana
Sure they will graduate good doctors
But it's no where near top 50 and isn't doing any significant research or leading the way in any field. All you have to do to see the difference is spend a day at lsu Amd then spend a day at a top medical sxhool. Night and day
There's nothing wrong with that and its not LSUs mission
Lsu mission is to produce doctors who will stay in Louisiana
This post was edited on 2/8/15 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/8/15 at 10:58 am to RealityTiger
quote:
But I don't agree that NOLA is "100 times" better. Marginally better, sure.
What NO offers for a college student or recent graduate is exponentially more than what BR offers. Which isn't to say that LSU isn't a blast for college students, but LSU=/= BR. There's a reason LSU students barely ever leave the campus area.
This post was edited on 2/8/15 at 11:00 am
Posted on 2/8/15 at 11:17 am to Mastermind
LSU has some great programs and some great faculty, and students who enter LSU with a willingness to work hard and get the most out of their LSU experience can get a great education in most fields of study. I have watched many serious students do great things with their LSU education and go on to be very successful.
I will admit that there are some departments at LSU that are very weak, and unfortunately there are some departments that are not particularly student friendly and willing to work closely with students. I am a strong advocate of close faculty-student interaction and mentoring, and I know from talking with students that there are some departments that do not give their students enough opportunity for that kind of interaction. Even great students will not get much value-added from those departments compared to what they can get from similar departments at other universities.
But with that caveat, for the most part students who want to can get a great educational experience at LSU, and in most fields of study there is no reason to avoid LSU to go to some other university.
I will admit that there are some departments at LSU that are very weak, and unfortunately there are some departments that are not particularly student friendly and willing to work closely with students. I am a strong advocate of close faculty-student interaction and mentoring, and I know from talking with students that there are some departments that do not give their students enough opportunity for that kind of interaction. Even great students will not get much value-added from those departments compared to what they can get from similar departments at other universities.
But with that caveat, for the most part students who want to can get a great educational experience at LSU, and in most fields of study there is no reason to avoid LSU to go to some other university.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 11:19 am to SuperSaint
quote:Does Tulane still have an engineering department?
A degree that holds more weight at TU. More of the school population isn't louisiananians.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 11:39 am to skinny domino
I'm glad I went there, but the name brand isn't that great. I was able to land a job in finance but it definitely hadn't done me any favors in entering my profession. To that point, LSU needs to do a better job in getting kids to understand what their options are for employment.
But lol at whatever clown in this thread said A&M would be a better optIon.
But lol at whatever clown in this thread said A&M would be a better optIon.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 11:54 am to yellowfin
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A&M, UT and rice eould all be better options not far from home
In fairness, the kid can't just "decide" that they feel like going to either UT or Rice.
Posted on 2/8/15 at 11:55 am to Mastermind
quote:
I've had friends who've picked another school over LSU, since they saw it as a sports based college.
Hopefully they didn't opt for Stanford. That collection of idiot jocks win the Sears Cup every year.
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