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re: If you were 17 choosing which college:

Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:27 am to
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
62185 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:27 am to
For a good time, Sewanee

For an education, Annapolis
Posted by tigerbaiter
Member since Dec 2006
695 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:28 am to
Louisiana Tech
Posted by Rambler
Coastal Landmass
Member since Jan 2011
1539 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:28 am to
Academically, they are all OK, but some offer majors that others don't, so that should be a consideration. But, being a freshman can be tough. If he has a good group of friends, he might consider going where he can hang with at least one of them. I've seen cases where a freshman knows nobody on campus, finds a new group to hang with, and they aren't who he should be around.
Posted by LSUDUCKMAN67
DTB
Member since Sep 2020
1646 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:31 am to
Would be a toss up between LSU and Ole Miss.
Posted by TNtrash
The Cotton Fields
Member since Jun 2021
378 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:12 am to
Prob Moo State. Good old country boy school would fit me best.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19463 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:27 am to
Arkansas
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19463 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:38 am to
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I’d feel safer with her being 8.5 hrs away, in Arky, compared to only 4 hrs away in BR. I’m die hard LSU, but BR is turning into a cluster frick/crap hole.


Son got accepted at Arkansas, loved the school, town, and surrounding area in NW Arkansas. However, he got full ride to LA Tech in engineering. While not NW Arkansas, Ruston is a great little town, and he loves the engineering dept at Tech. We have no regrets. He never considered LSU b/c of, well Baton Rouge. He said he couldn't have been paid to live there. It's not the same place I lived in 35 years ago.
This post was edited on 2/22/25 at 3:39 pm
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30418 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 1:15 pm to
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Where you go other than an Ivy League doesn't matter.


That is an outdated view, considering that MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech, Duke, Hopkins, Northwestern, and U of Chicago are all non-Ivy schools, and their degrees definitely mean something more than butt frick tech.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59231 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 1:16 pm to
Oxford has grown and changed a ton but it was awesome for college 18 years ago
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33653 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 1:17 pm to
LSU and Arky
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
3132 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 3:52 pm to
It pains me to say this but Texas A&M is the best engineering school in the South.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92117 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 3:52 pm to
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It pains me to say this


glad it pains you
Posted by Stonehenge
Wakulla Springs
Member since Dec 2014
2677 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 3:53 pm to
West Point
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122093 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 4:43 pm to
It would be out of LSU and Ole Miss, Ole Miss does have a pretty good engineering department and I like the "small college town" aspect you have with Ole Miss or Auburn, but because I am too rooted (in terms of sports, etc) into LSU I would go with LSU.. That is the 17 year old me when I was 17, but if I was a 17 year old today, it might be different.
Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
37323 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 4:47 pm to
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I’d say LSU. I wanted to have fun, party, see the teams win.


Yeah, but you gotta live in Baton Rouge
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12295 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:34 pm to
Eh, don't get in a rush, 17 you got plenty of life left to figure things out.
Posted by putt23
Pingree Grove, IL
Member since Oct 2010
5381 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:40 pm to
Tahiti Tech
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24845 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:57 pm to
If I were choosing it would be LSU, if I was considering my children, no one goes to Baton Rouge before their junior year.
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
3933 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:06 pm to
Hawaii. Don’t understand why they don’t get the best athletes.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
68251 posts
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:10 pm to
Go to Michigan State, do the packaging engineer program, bang a dozen hotties, marry one of them, and get a great job at the end of it.
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