My brother can't choose between aggy and Texas

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My brother is a senior in high school right now, and this week they did the "college tour" stuff. He's narrowed it down to A&M and Texas (I don't understand it either). Even after the tours he still can't decide. I don't get it because the towns and the schools could not be more opposite. I figure if he still likes both at this point he might as well flip a coin.

But anyway, what struck him most is how different the attitude was toward visiting prospective students at UT vs. aggy. At UT the tour guide and other people were pretty much like "yep, here it is, these are some buildings" and at aggy they had some really cute enthusiastic girl basically recruiting him, taking him everywhere, telling him all these neat stories, letting him go stand in the middle of Kyle Field. I figured at that point we were screwed because he is BIG into sports and school spirit and all that.

My problem is I don't know how to explain to him why the people he met at UT are not enthusiastic and excited about being there. I think he's probably just eating up all the "spirit" (ie gayness) they showed him at aggy and visiting UT really did nothing to add to the equation.

So I'm rambling. But here is my question:

How do we keep him from going to aggy? We have already threatened to disown him, as we have never had an aggy in the family and we intend to keep it that way. This does not seem to be a very powerful deterrent. I need things to tell him about UT that will make him realize it's better, while appearing to remain objective and like I have his best interest at heart.
 
Show him the pictures of the real spirit of aggyland. Most of them involve duct tape, half-full jars of jizz, water torture, and/or farm animals.
 
We don't have to get excited about the buildings on campus because Austin is a city rather than a farm town.
 
I am bored at work right now, so here's a lot of ideas:

Have him talk to alumni on both sides and ask this question:

"Are you glad you went to _____?"

Texas grads will start rambling about how awesome it was and how it was the best decision they ever made.

Most "normal" aggies will just say "Yeah" or shrug and nod.

This is true with every single one of my friends who went to A&M. They never tell any good stories from college, never say anything good about College Station, and never brag about how hot the girls were.

After he does that, rattle off why UT is better than A&M, point by point. Here are some ones that come to mind:

UT's athletics are better (football, basketball, baseball)
UT's academics are better
Austin is 100x more fun than College Station
There are more/better bars, restaurants, and live music venues in Austin
Austin and UT's campus are much prettier than College Station/A&M
Austin gets better concerts
UT has hotter girls
The hill country is great for outdoor activities
Drinking beer out on Lake Austin on a Sunday afternoon
State capitol offers cool internship opportunities
Austin has an airport
Austin is less homogenous
UT has something for everyone academically and good grad schools
Maroon is ugly
Austin has better barbeque
6th Street
UT has better professors
UT has more money and does cooler things with that money
Mexico is only 4 hours away
 
You can also tell him that when I did my orientation, it was disappointing as well. It was lazy and the guides half-assed it.

But that relates to what an earlier poster said - there's no need to sell it, it sells itself. UT's got so many people trying to get in (who already know what's up), there's no incentive to even bother with last-minute recruiting attempts or trying to make anyone feel welcome or excited.

Also, make him realize that the old flirtatious-cute-girl-sales-pitch is the oldest trick in the book and used by sinister groups like cults and credit card companies.
 
People who go to Texas party in Austin and people who go to A&M travel to Austin to go to Parties and 6th Street.

Have you ever heard of Texas students driving to College Station to go to Northgate? me neither

that is all that needs to be explained
 
Well, he doesn't like to party. Does he like live music? Does he dislike racists? Does he perfer humans to live stock? If he answers yes to all three of these questions then I don't see how he could end up at A&M.
 
Who would your brother rather be with:

A) -- the hot chick who flirts with him a little bit, but isn't desperate for company, or

B) -- the ugly chick who has covered up bad skin and a lousy body with lots of makeup and slutty clothes and who flirts with him like a desperate high-schooler, begging him to take her home?

As far as college experiences go, A&M is nothing more than a slump-buster. Fine if you're in dire straits, but otherwise, best to be avoided.
 
I'm a UT grad and both of my sons went to A & M for their Construction Science program. They had nothing to do with the corps or most of the other "traditions", but were in a frat and made some great friends that they maintain contact with after 10+ years out of school. A & M does a better job of staying in touch with the parents too, for whatever that is worth.

My oldest son even started at UT and transferred for the CS degree, so I have a specific frame of reference from both schools. Your brother should go where he feels most comfortable and where he can get the education that he needs to put himself in a position to suceed after graduation.
Depending upon what he wants to do, either school can offer great help in finding a job in Texas. In the construction industry a graduate from A & M is virtually assured of a good job upon graduation.

Bottom line, ask him where he will be proud to say he graduated from when its all said and done. I think a degree from UT is generally considered to be more prestigious, with a few exceptions.
 
Both of them are great schools and he'll be fine regardless of which he chooses. He should see both apart from their facades and pick the one that he feels will be a good home for four years.
 
Valid points that both schools are fine choices.

However, you might want to show him this...

Reasons to go to A&M?
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You didn't mention what your brother is considering studying. I think that is a pretty important factor. UT is superior to A&M in almost EVERY major that both offer. If he is unsure about what he wants to study, I would point to UT's breadth of top rated programs. I would also tell him to think more about what life would be like in CS v. Austin. I call CS 'hick suburbia' for that is what I think it it like. Austin is a great dynamic midsized city. I don't know where your brother grew up so I don't know what he is used to or would like.
 
A discreet question to your mom is in order to assertain whether you are in fact related to the guy. It's time you found out the truth.
 
ask him to whack of into a jar for you. if he's uncomfortable with it, he's got his answer.

ask him if he's got better things to do on a friday night than head to the football stadium to practice coordinated cheers.

by the way, does anyone know if the whole 'kiss your date when the aggys score' thing started before or after they allowed girls at the school?

does he have and like to use basic common sense? if so, prolly should steer clear of B/CS.

is travel home a consideration at all?

what he should have done is worn an aggy hat to the UT tour and a texas hat to the aggy tour. and see how he was treated at each.
 
I think it all comes down to what he wants to do.

I mean if he wants to be a meteorologist well it's A&M.
etc.
 
I heartily disagre that Aggy is the right choice for anything. Meteorology, Vet science whatever.

First, if Aggy was somehow the best at something I'd go to the number 2 school in a second. Aggy is a stigma, it's Herpes. Once you have it the stench will stick forever.

College isn't about just the best degree program, and how much better is 'the best' from the next best anyway.

If my brother wanted to go to Aggy I'd snort in contempt and disown him.

I wouldn't even try to change his mind.

Also - wheres the economic angle, surely the dad wont pay for Aggy right?
 
my youngest brother was accepted to both aTm and Tech.

the reason he didnt consider Texas was quite simple, he was too stupid to get accepted into Texas- and I mean that in a normal way- the two schools he was accepted too had lower standards.

He wanted to be an engineer, and I flat out told him that if he ever wanted to speak to me again he needed to choose Tech.

Hes the kind of guy that goes with the crowd, isnt a leader as much as a follow and I knew it wasnt a ******* option, he would have been sucked into the pure stupidity that is aggy if he had gone there.
 
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