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College football in the South is what universities/colleges are to New England.
Education is a serious income stream for New England. Internet is actually starting to flourish now in Boston, but without the universities, the Northeast would take a hit.
No one goes to Auburn, LSU or Alabama for an education. Georgia is decent and Florida is still a good school, though its decline since 1995 has been marked.
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College football in the South is what universities/colleges are to New England.
Education is a serious income stream for New England. Internet is actually starting to flourish now in Boston, but without the universities, the Northeast would take a hit.
No one goes to Auburn, LSU or Alabama for an education. Georgia is decent and Florida is still a good school, though its decline since 1995 has been marked.
These foundations are untouchable for now. IRS cannot attack them.....
University of Georgia is a better school than Miami. It’s ranked higher. No knock against Cane alums but Just sayin’
Rankings don't mean ****. UGA is not a better school. You have 0 chance of landing any good Investment Banking, Private Equity, etc. jobs straight out of college if you go to UGA. 0 chance. Those rankings factor in BS majors like teaching, communications, philosophy, etc. UGA may be better at those majors, but majors that actually will get you far in the real world UM has them beat.
Very close to true but not entirely. Don't discount nepotism and relationships. I spent years at a very large global asset management firm and some of the people I was recruited alongside had zero business being there.
We hired a kid that went to Arkansas because he was a friend of the market manager's son. It didn't pan out well for him.
As for the rankings, they're largely are based on graduate schools, in particular, medicine and law. There are weird factors like freshmen retention and alumni giving rates that have next to nothing to do with quality of education.
But no, in no world is Georgia a better school than Miami.
Rankings don't mean ****. UGA is not a better school. You have 0 chance of landing any good Investment Banking, Private Equity, etc. jobs straight out of college if you go to UGA. 0 chance. Those rankings factor in BS majors like teaching, communications, philosophy, etc. UGA may be better at those majors, but majors that actually will get you far in the real world UM has them beat.
UM is a decent, nothing special school that desperately tries to be something it can never be; the duke of the further south. We will never even be remotely close to that type of academic school.
They spent 2 billion dollars, inflated grades, made entrance requirements tougher, and destroyed the football program to try to be a top academic institution and guess what? We are back where we started, out of the top 50.
My old roommate is a Georgia business grad and MBA and he has killed it in the finance world. No knock on Miami but Georgia is a very good school and hard as **** to get into.
Very close to true but not entirely. Don't discount nepotism and relationships. I spent years at a very large global asset management firm and some of the people I was recruited alongside had zero business being there.
We hired a kid that went to Arkansas because he was a friend of the market manager's son. It didn't pan out well for him.
As for the rankings, they're largely are based on graduate schools, in particular, medicine and law. There are weird factors like freshmen retention and alumni giving rates that have next to nothing to do with quality of education.
But no, in no world is Georgia a better school than Miami.
Obviously we are not on Dukes level, but we are still levels above UGA.
No Miami isn’t. In no known universe does Miami have better academics than Georgia. Georgia is a better school than Miami, top to bottom. Better undergrad, better law school, better MBA program, better international affairs. Miami has a better med school and that’s about it.
My old roommate is a Georgia business grad and MBA and he has killed it in the finance world. No knock on Miami but Georgia is a very good school and hard as **** to get into.