$$ at UT Austin or sticker at Penn? Forum

boosk · Post by **boosk** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:24 am

Which would you pick & why?

Thx 4 your help...

ryemanhattan · Post by **ryemanhattan** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:39 am

That depends entirely on how much $$.

bigeast03 · Post by **bigeast03** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:40 am

How much money at Texas? Also, have you been to either school/state? How debt adverse are you?
For me, having lived in both the Northeast and in Texas, it would take a lot of money at Texas to make it worthwhile. That's personal preference obviously, but I think that will probably be the most common response to this questions.

fanmingrui · Post by **fanmingrui** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:42 am

Also, where do you want to end up? This is impossible to answer without more information.

Gecko of Doom · Post by **Gecko of Doom** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:43 am

Do you want to end up in Texas? Pick UT.

Do you want to end up anywhere else? Pick Penn.

horrorbusiness · Post by **horrorbusiness** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:13 am

did you get in at Penn yet or is this hypothetical?

fwiw, i'd do penn.

edit: didn't you ED Penn?

boosk · Post by **boosk** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:33 pm

10k/yr for 3 yrs, is the degree portability/job prospects of Penn worth the trade off?

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:44 pm

boosk wrote:10k/yr for 3 yrs, is the degree portability/job prospects of Penn worth the trade off?

where do you want to work? If you want to work in Texas, go to UT. If not, the portability from Penn is probably worth it.

BruceWayne · Post by **BruceWayne** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:48 pm

Where are you from and where do you want to work? If you're from Texas go to Penn (whether you want to work there or not). If you're not from Texas and want to work there go to UT. If you're not from Texas and don't want to work there go to Penn.

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:09 pm

BruceWayne wrote:Where are you from and where do you want to work? If you're from Texas go to Penn (whether you want to work there or not). If you're not from Texas and want to work there go to UT. If you're not from Texas and don't want to work there go to Penn.

Don't agree with the bolded. I think there are arguments either way, though, so it's definitely not an off-base comment.

paul34 · Post by **paul34** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:12 pm

boosk · Post by **boosk** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:36 pm

Phoenix, NY, LA...

bigeast03 · Post by **bigeast03** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:41 pm

boosk wrote:Phoenix, NY, LA...

Seems like Penn is the way to go between these two options. Penn places 40% of grads in NY and 9% in CA, while only 30% of UT grads make it out of Texas.

lovejopd · Post by **lovejopd** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:50 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvTJc1a ... r_embedded
Since I saw the graphic video, I literally have freaked out whenever I hear the word of "Texas"

paul34 · Post by **paul34** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:38 am

Kabuo · Post by **Kabuo** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:41 am

lovejopd wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvTJc1a ... r_embedded
Since I saw the graphic video, I literally have freaked out whenever I hear the word of "Texas"

Your 'tar is of Ladybird. Surely you can think of something else to do with Texas?

Gecko of Doom · Post by **Gecko of Doom** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:59 am

BruceWayne wrote:Where are you from and where do you want to work? If you're from Texas go to Penn (whether you want to work there or not)

I can see the logic behind this, but I don't think it works unequivocally. A strong case can be made for Penn. However, if OP is from Texas and definitely wants to work there, the $30k scholarship plus the $20k per year difference in tuition puts OP $90k less in debt from UT than from Penn. To a lot of people, that would make up for the decrease in job prospects. Additionally, going to UT would provide much better networking opportunities for in-state employment.

Edit: Cost of living will also be cheaper at UT than at Penn, which will tilt the financial calculation even more in favor of UT.

JamMasterJ · Post by **JamMasterJ** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:00 am

I would never live in Texas, so Penn

lovejopd · Post by **lovejopd** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:11 am

Kabuo wrote:
lovejopd wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvTJc1a ... r_embedded
Since I saw the graphic video, I literally have freaked out whenever I hear the word of "Texas"
Your 'tar is of Ladybird. Surely you can think of something else to do with Texas?

lol, you hit the nail on the head! King of the Hill rocks!!

flcath · Post by **flcath** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:13 am

JamMasterJ wrote:I would never live in Texas, so Penn

I don't have any opinion on the overall thread (how can anyone? OP hasn't said how much $$$, right?), but saying that Penn > UT on the location factor is ludicrous.

HeavenWood · Post by **HeavenWood** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:17 pm

Gecko of Doom wrote:Do you want to end up in Texas? Pick UT.

Do you want to end up anywhere else? Pick Penn.

crit_racer · Post by **crit_racer** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:58 pm

Big 12>>>>>Big 10

HTH

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:05 pm

crit_racer wrote:Big 12>>>>>Big 10

HTH

lulz

The obvious exception would be when discussing the quantity of schools. In that case, Big 10 > Big 12...

blink · Post by **blink** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:06 pm

Penn = Ivy League

Penn St. = Big 10

HTH

D-ROCCA · Post by **D-ROCCA** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:07 pm

crit_racer wrote:Big 12>>>>>Big 10

HTH

wtf is this?

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