What ever happens with this game
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Louie&Bouie
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What does it say that this country of ours put monkeys in space but never a Cemson grad?
sufandu
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Did we put monkeys in space? I thought that was just the USSR.
Louie&Bouie
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Lol...let's not get technical here.
Todd Gack
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From the latest U.S. News rankings, for what they're worth:
#62
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Founded in 1889, Clemson University is a public institution. Clemson University follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
#62
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University is a private institution that was founded in 1870. The school has 63 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at Syracuse University is 16:1.
#62
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Founded in 1889, Clemson University is a public institution. Clemson University follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
#62
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University is a private institution that was founded in 1870. The school has 63 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at Syracuse University is 16:1.
690West
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We're tied!! Thats crazy.
alphaorange
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Yeah...but ours is a national ranking..theirs is a state ranking..
CuseCactus
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Wow. We are tied with Clemson. That's unacceptable. What is happening academically up on the Hill? We used to compete with BC/USC/Wake, etc. (Those were the other schools accepting me 25 years ago.) Sorry Clemson fans - I'm being a little douchey here. You have a fine university and a great football team. Just very surprised that my alma mater has slid so far. Haven't really followed the rankings.
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I think that Clemson has done a very good job raising their academic profile. But then again, look at UNC's and what that means for its athletes.
CuseCactus
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So, here's a question. I have a 5 year old son. I want him to do well in life. My degree has served me well. My dad is a '62 SU grad as well. It's not Harvard or Stanford, but I have always been proud of the degree. I'd love to have my boy be a 3rd generation graduate. Is my emotion for the school getting in the way of an objective view? Do I want him to go to Syracuse - in order to best prepare him for life? (Hopefully, this won't be a question in 12 years - and the University is back on the right side of the curve.)
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The proof is in the pudding. I've met SU alums all over the place in NASA, we have 3 or 4 others on this board alone. I work with a couple - the guy in the office next to mine went to SU.
I've met hundreds of people around NASA. Never met a Clemson grad.
I don't care about any rankings, the respect for Clemson as an institution of higher learning is somewhere around Ole Miss.
I've met hundreds of people around NASA. Never met a Clemson grad.
I don't care about any rankings, the respect for Clemson as an institution of higher learning is somewhere around Ole Miss.
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There is a Le Moyne grad at NASA though! Actually 2 I believe.
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Wow. I know you guys think that Syracuse is a great academic institution and all that but why rip Clemson. We are trying to elevate our academic profile and I happen to think its pretty good. You may think Syracuse is a better school and that's fine but to say Clemson is on level with Ole Miss is just ridiculous.
690West
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#phins4eva
Todd Gack
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Stay classy. Do you get to eat in the same cafeteria as the MIT grads? If so, what are really smart people like in person?
Tied? Is this Auburn or Clemson?
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They're like me, but with less respect for public universities in the crappy Carolina.
Congrats on working at nasa...you seem very proud.
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Harsh TigerTown. Harsh.
Todd Gack
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There are a lot of places that will prepare him -- math is math, etc. -- Syracuse included. People with drive find a way -- former NASA Administrator (and Maxwell School graduate) Sean O'Keefe got his undergraduate degree from Loyola University New Orleans, an institution which I'd bet you've never heard of (and whose 2010 acceptance rate is seven points higher (i.e., it's less selective) than Clemson's).
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I agree - and University of Arizona costs a tad bit less than $60K per year.
Have you been to South Carolina? Being a government employee I am sure you have ample vacation time, next year may I suggest...
Try out Charleston for a few days and be sure to enjoy the best beaches around and great nightlife whether young or old, then check out the best small city in the country in Greenville for a night (thursday evening bar scene for 20 somethings is quite good, guessing you hit that criteria), then head to the lakes and mountains in the the upstate before landing in the college town of Clemson.
May open your eyes a bit...
