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College "goodness" perceptions

mephiston5

mephiston5

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I am trying to go back to school to earn my PhD in business. I will likely find out what schools take/reject me in the next month or two.

I have applied to more than a few schools since the admission chances are in the 5%-20% range for the programs I am interested in.

I only applied to schools I would be pleased to go to if I was given the chance, which is going to make picking a school kind of tough (if I am lucky to get into more than one).

I think I have a good chance of both the University of Central Florida and Texas Tech accepting me. Which school is better "overall" in terms of general perceptions of academic quality?
 
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for post grad stuff it really depends on the field. Most fields have a handful of schools that lead that particular field or tend to have research resolve around its grad programs.

What is your field? Which type of commercial tie-ins do these schools have? Some fields (such as business) a school isnt worth its salt unless it has some prety serious cooperation going on with real world uses of what your studying.
 
You are going back to pick up a PhD and you are not even sure on the quality of the programs to which you are applying?
 
Babbles said:
You are going back to pick up a PhD and you are not even sure on the quality of the programs to which you are applying?
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I have a good idea as to how they are perceived in my intended field. But I am interested in learning how the general population (which I am using this forum as a poor substitute) views each school.
 
mephiston5 said:
I have a good idea as to how they are perceived in my intended field. But I am interested in learning how the general population (which I am using this forum as a poor substitute) views each school.
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Since this is ATOT most certainly trash. 😛
 
mephiston5 said:
I have a good idea as to how they are perceived in my intended field. But I am interested in learning how the general population (which I am using this forum as a poor substitute) views each school.
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Never really heard of/thought about either of them. Perception from your field of business would make more sense to focus on.
 
mephiston5 said:
I have a good idea as to how they are perceived in my intended field. But I am interested in learning how the general population (which I am using this forum as a poor substitute) views each school.
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Oh, you mean GENERAL perception?

Well both schools won thier bowl game. However the head scratcher with TT is that they fired a football coach for being mean to his athletes, a few years after hiring a basketball coach known for being mean to his athletes.
 
Texas Tech has a stronger brand, and that's really the only answer you get get here with how vague you are with your question.
 
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