re: Here is the DEAL !!!

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Higher admissions standards tends to lend itself to a more intelligent student body. A more intelligent student body, in turn, tends to lend itself to a more successful student body. A more successful student body tends to result in higher alumni donations.

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I think his point (with which I agree) is that having smarter people in the classroom doesn't necessarily make the level of instruction better.

Where "higher admission standards" can matter is: a) if you want to do research then certain schools will have more renown professors and b) getting jobs.

Nothing wrong with a degree from LSU. Yes better degrees are available. LSU is not Ivy League or Vandy or Stanford, but it is marginally better or worse depending on your major from the schools LSU competes with for recruits.

To be honest, how many of the people LSU recruits is after one of the top educational programs the nation has to offer. Many of them are the first person to attend a major university in their family. Nothing wrong with that and nothing wrong with a LSU degree.

LSU is right there with Kentucky, Arky, Miss State in terms of most current rankings of the schools. Very low Tier 1.
In career earnings averages, LSU does a little better than some other SEC schools.
With the impact of Jindal's magic yet to register, it does not appear we will improve on these rankings.

Wow, who would down vote the OP?


Must be a lot of trolls from the SEC Rant reading this board.

This doesn't get posted annually

Pumpn

But I feel ya

" I have a warm feeling about the assistant coach's wife"

Landon Collins

You can be a tremendous success with an LSU degree, and you can be an abysmal failure with a Harvard degree. LSU fans tend to be such a self- loathing lot.

if u want to study engineering (specifically chemical or petro) then lsu is a solid choice that has good connections in those industries. every thing else (except obscure auditing, etc) is average or bad. you can get a good education anywhere as far as getting an ok day job, but we arent that prominent or connected relative to top flight schools.

tulane really isnt all that either, but their finance dept is connected.

as an example, i wouldnt wanna waste my mba shot on any school in louisiana unless its for promotion within a company i already work for and theyre ok with it.