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No, just no. Memphis isn't a a good brand. The literally offer nothing, they're a net negative. Not even their basketball programs bring much to the table. Memphis is the school people go to when they couldn't get into UT or Vanderbilt.

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Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice.

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"Texas A&M has a 63.1% acceptance rate…This acceptance rate classifies Texas A&M as a moderately selective institution…."

It's literally got a higher acceptance rate than Baylor. And 68,000k people on campus.

I have never in my life met someone who got rejected for admission by A&M

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Really? If you're not top 10% you won't get into A&M..

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Yes you will…it's laughable you think everyone going to A&M is a top 10% kid. Or that it's very hard to get it

It's literally classified as a "moderately selective" university

It's accepts 63% of all the kids that apply there. And a heck of a lot apply (since it's cheap and in Texas)

It gets 50,000 applications for a freshman class….30,000+ get in easily.

It's not even in the same ball park as Rice or ut-Austin

Increasingly Baylor is solidly beating A&M in that category

Almost 40% of our incoming classes are top 10% kids. And we have a significantly lower admissions rate (aka harder to get in)

[According to acceptancerate.com, 45.3% of applicants from 34,600 cracked Baylor's Fall admissions. These include both state and out-of-state students.

The selectivity for Baylor is generally high with many students scoring high on their SAT or ACT tests.

Major highlights and trends from the Baylor University acceptance rate:

38.7% of freshmen entering in the First Year were in the top 10 per cent of their high school graduating class]

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Lots of Baylor people have somehow convinced themselves we are Vanderbilt. The snobbery is unattractive. If your kid is a little above average and you can write a check, you're in.

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Baylor is probably the LEAST snobby major private school out there right now.

Compared to USC, SMU, TCU, Vandy, Notre Dame, the Ivy leagues, etc.

We have a very down to earth student body and alumni base....and it trends more religious and middle class than those others mentioned.

You would know that if you actually went here or spent time on campus.

We are also pretty reasonable about place in Academia....quality school that is getting better...over priced now in tuition terms.


VS

A&M who has a very similar student achievement profile as Baylor.....yet continues to think its in the same league as Rice or ut-Austin.


Baylor is just not that snobby for a private school.....while A&M has a massively over inflated ego and irrational opinion of itself

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Where did I say that A&M is on the same level as Rice?

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"Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice."- Robert Wilson


You are imply that A&M is as selective and hard to get into as Rice or ut-Austin


Of course in fact its easier to get into A&M than all those schools you mentioned... Rice (7.9% rate), ut-Austin (29% rate), and now Baylor with a 45% acceptance rate.


A more accurate statement for you to make would be: "A&M is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, Baylor, or Rice"

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I still think A&M is a tougher get than Baylor, especially if you are willing to pay full Baylor rate, but let's just call it a draw.

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lol of course you do...you're an aggy

And its an easy thing to prove with actual facts. Lets pull them out and look

Baylor is HARDER to get into than A&M.....by your own schools admitted facts

Baylor: 2025- The acceptance rate of the freshman class was at a record-low 38.9 percent from a total of 37,084 applications

Texas A&M: Class of 2024- Applicants 43,307, admits 27,287, 63% acceptance rate

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/how-to-get-into-texas-am

https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/freshman-class-exceeds-projections-sets-all-time-highs-diversity-selectivity

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You're right. Acceptance rate is the entire analysis. Good work.

You'd make a helluvan aggy.

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You are soooo upset that your big state school is not actually hard to get it.

And no one respects it or thinks its in the same league as the best schools.

Funny you think Baylor people are snobs when its aggy snobbery & a strong inferior complex about other schools that colors all your views.

PS

You are spending your time as an aggy posting on a Baylor sports forum.....talk about obsession

Redbrickbear said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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No, just no. Memphis isn't a a good brand. The literally offer nothing, they're a net negative. Not even their basketball programs bring much to the table. Memphis is the school people go to when they couldn't get into UT or Vanderbilt.

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Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice.

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"Texas A&M has a 63.1% acceptance rate…This acceptance rate classifies Texas A&M as a moderately selective institution…."

It's literally got a higher acceptance rate than Baylor. And 68,000k people on campus.

I have never in my life met someone who got rejected for admission by A&M

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Really? If you're not top 10% you won't get into A&M..

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Yes you will…it's laughable you think everyone going to A&M is a top 10% kid. Or that it's very hard to get it

It's literally classified as a "moderately selective" university

It's accepts 63% of all the kids that apply there. And a heck of a lot apply (since it's cheap and in Texas)

It gets 50,000 applications for a freshman class….30,000+ get in easily.

It's not even in the same ball park as Rice or ut-Austin

Increasingly Baylor is solidly beating A&M in that category

Almost 40% of our incoming classes are top 10% kids. And we have a significantly lower admissions rate (aka harder to get in)

[According to acceptancerate.com, 45.3% of applicants from 34,600 cracked Baylor's Fall admissions. These include both state and out-of-state students.

The selectivity for Baylor is generally high with many students scoring high on their SAT or ACT tests.

Major highlights and trends from the Baylor University acceptance rate:

38.7% of freshmen entering in the First Year were in the top 10 per cent of their high school graduating class]

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Lots of Baylor people have somehow convinced themselves we are Vanderbilt. The snobbery is unattractive. If your kid is a little above average and you can write a check, you're in.

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Baylor is probably the LEAST snobby major private school out there right now.

Compared to USC, SMU, TCU, Vandy, Notre Dame, the Ivy leagues, etc.

We have a very down to earth student body and alumni base....and it trends more religious and middle class than those others mentioned.

You would know that if you actually went here or spent time on campus.

We are also pretty reasonable about place in Academia....quality school that is getting better...over priced now in tuition terms.


VS

A&M who has a very similar student achievement profile as Baylor.....yet continues to think its in the same league as Rice or ut-Austin.


Baylor is just not that snobby for a private school.....while A&M has a massively over inflated ego and irrational opinion of itself

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Where did I say that A&M is on the same level as Rice?

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"Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice."- Robert Wilson


You are imply that A&M is as selective and hard to get into as Rice or ut-Austin


Of course in fact its easier to get into A&M than all those schools you mentioned... Rice (7.9% rate), ut-Austin (29% rate), and now Baylor with a 45% acceptance rate.


A more accurate statement for you to make would be: "A&M is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, Baylor, or Rice"

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I still think A&M is a tougher get than Baylor, especially if you are willing to pay full Baylor rate, but let's just call it a draw.

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lol of course you do...you're an aggy

And its an easy thing to prove with actual facts. Lets pull them out and look

Baylor is HARDER to get into than A&M.....by your own schools admitted facts

Baylor: 2025- The acceptance rate of the freshman class was at a record-low 38.9 percent from a total of 37,084 applications

Texas A&M: Class of 2024- Applicants 43,307, admits 27,287, 63% acceptance rate

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/how-to-get-into-texas-am

https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/freshman-class-exceeds-projections-sets-all-time-highs-diversity-selectivity

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You're right. Acceptance rate is the entire analysis. Good work.

You'd make a helluvan aggy.

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You are soooo upset that your big state school is not actually hard to get it.

And no one respects it or thinks its in the same league as the best schools.

Funny you think Baylor people are snobs when its aggy snobbery & a strong inferior complex about other schools that colors all your views.

PS

You are spending your time as an aggy posting on a Baylor sports forum.....talk about obsession

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I'm a 4th generation Baylor grad, and you're a moron.

It's nice to for you give us all a reminder that Baylor people can be just as bizarrely insecure as aggy.

In the words of the great band, Spoon:

Memphis comes creeping down my back
Somehow this place tastes just like an attack
A hundred-yard-stare of a kiss
Lord, I know I'll never miss it

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No, just no. Memphis isn't a a good brand. The literally offer nothing, they're a net negative. Not even their basketball programs bring much to the table. Memphis is the school people go to when they couldn't get into UT or Vanderbilt.

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Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice.

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"Texas A&M has a 63.1% acceptance rate…This acceptance rate classifies Texas A&M as a moderately selective institution…."

It's literally got a higher acceptance rate than Baylor. And 68,000k people on campus.

I have never in my life met someone who got rejected for admission by A&M

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Really? If you're not top 10% you won't get into A&M..

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Yes you will…it's laughable you think everyone going to A&M is a top 10% kid. Or that it's very hard to get it

It's literally classified as a "moderately selective" university

It's accepts 63% of all the kids that apply there. And a heck of a lot apply (since it's cheap and in Texas)

It gets 50,000 applications for a freshman class….30,000+ get in easily.

It's not even in the same ball park as Rice or ut-Austin

Increasingly Baylor is solidly beating A&M in that category

Almost 40% of our incoming classes are top 10% kids. And we have a significantly lower admissions rate (aka harder to get in)

[According to acceptancerate.com, 45.3% of applicants from 34,600 cracked Baylor's Fall admissions. These include both state and out-of-state students.

The selectivity for Baylor is generally high with many students scoring high on their SAT or ACT tests.

Major highlights and trends from the Baylor University acceptance rate:

38.7% of freshmen entering in the First Year were in the top 10 per cent of their high school graduating class]

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Lots of Baylor people have somehow convinced themselves we are Vanderbilt. The snobbery is unattractive. If your kid is a little above average and you can write a check, you're in.

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Baylor is probably the LEAST snobby major private school out there right now.

Compared to USC, SMU, TCU, Vandy, Notre Dame, the Ivy leagues, etc.

We have a very down to earth student body and alumni base....and it trends more religious and middle class than those others mentioned.

You would know that if you actually went here or spent time on campus.

We are also pretty reasonable about place in Academia....quality school that is getting better...over priced now in tuition terms.


VS

A&M who has a very similar student achievement profile as Baylor.....yet continues to think its in the same league as Rice or ut-Austin.


Baylor is just not that snobby for a private school.....while A&M has a massively over inflated ego and irrational opinion of itself

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Where did I say that A&M is on the same level as Rice?

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"Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice."- Robert Wilson


You are imply that A&M is as selective and hard to get into as Rice or ut-Austin


Of course in fact its easier to get into A&M than all those schools you mentioned... Rice (7.9% rate), ut-Austin (29% rate), and now Baylor with a 45% acceptance rate.


A more accurate statement for you to make would be: "A&M is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, Baylor, or Rice"

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I still think A&M is a tougher get than Baylor, especially if you are willing to pay full Baylor rate, but let's just call it a draw.

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lol of course you do...you're an aggy

And its an easy thing to prove with actual facts. Lets pull them out and look

Baylor is HARDER to get into than A&M.....by your own schools admitted facts

Baylor: 2025- The acceptance rate of the freshman class was at a record-low 38.9 percent from a total of 37,084 applications

Texas A&M: Class of 2024- Applicants 43,307, admits 27,287, 63% acceptance rate

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/how-to-get-into-texas-am

https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/freshman-class-exceeds-projections-sets-all-time-highs-diversity-selectivity

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You're right. Acceptance rate is the entire analysis. Good work.

You'd make a helluvan aggy.

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You are soooo upset that your big state school is not actually hard to get it.

And no one respects it or thinks its in the same league as the best schools.

Funny you think Baylor people are snobs when its aggy snobbery & a strong inferior complex about other schools that colors all your views.

PS

You are spending your time as an aggy posting on a Baylor sports forum.....talk about obsession

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I'm a 4th generation Baylor grad, and you're a moron.

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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No, just no. Memphis isn't a a good brand. The literally offer nothing, they're a net negative. Not even their basketball programs bring much to the table. Memphis is the school people go to when they couldn't get into UT or Vanderbilt.

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Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice.

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"Texas A&M has a 63.1% acceptance rate…This acceptance rate classifies Texas A&M as a moderately selective institution…."

It's literally got a higher acceptance rate than Baylor. And 68,000k people on campus.

I have never in my life met someone who got rejected for admission by A&M

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Really? If you're not top 10% you won't get into A&M..

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Yes you will…it's laughable you think everyone going to A&M is a top 10% kid. Or that it's very hard to get it

It's literally classified as a "moderately selective" university

It's accepts 63% of all the kids that apply there. And a heck of a lot apply (since it's cheap and in Texas)

It gets 50,000 applications for a freshman class….30,000+ get in easily.

It's not even in the same ball park as Rice or ut-Austin

Increasingly Baylor is solidly beating A&M in that category

Almost 40% of our incoming classes are top 10% kids. And we have a significantly lower admissions rate (aka harder to get in)

[According to acceptancerate.com, 45.3% of applicants from 34,600 cracked Baylor's Fall admissions. These include both state and out-of-state students.

The selectivity for Baylor is generally high with many students scoring high on their SAT or ACT tests.

Major highlights and trends from the Baylor University acceptance rate:

38.7% of freshmen entering in the First Year were in the top 10 per cent of their high school graduating class]

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Lots of Baylor people have somehow convinced themselves we are Vanderbilt. The snobbery is unattractive. If your kid is a little above average and you can write a check, you're in.

---

Baylor is probably the LEAST snobby major private school out there right now.

Compared to USC, SMU, TCU, Vandy, Notre Dame, the Ivy leagues, etc.

We have a very down to earth student body and alumni base....and it trends more religious and middle class than those others mentioned.

You would know that if you actually went here or spent time on campus.

We are also pretty reasonable about place in Academia....quality school that is getting better...over priced now in tuition terms.


VS

A&M who has a very similar student achievement profile as Baylor.....yet continues to think its in the same league as Rice or ut-Austin.


Baylor is just not that snobby for a private school.....while A&M has a massively over inflated ego and irrational opinion of itself

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Where did I say that A&M is on the same level as Rice?

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"Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice."- Robert Wilson


You are imply that A&M is as selective and hard to get into as Rice or ut-Austin


Of course in fact its easier to get into A&M than all those schools you mentioned... Rice (7.9% rate), ut-Austin (29% rate), and now Baylor with a 45% acceptance rate.


A more accurate statement for you to make would be: "A&M is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, Baylor, or Rice"

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I still think A&M is a tougher get than Baylor, especially if you are willing to pay full Baylor rate, but let's just call it a draw.

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lol of course you do...you're an aggy

And its an easy thing to prove with actual facts. Lets pull them out and look

Baylor is HARDER to get into than A&M.....by your own schools admitted facts

Baylor: 2025- The acceptance rate of the freshman class was at a record-low 38.9 percent from a total of 37,084 applications

Texas A&M: Class of 2024- Applicants 43,307, admits 27,287, 63% acceptance rate

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/how-to-get-into-texas-am

https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/freshman-class-exceeds-projections-sets-all-time-highs-diversity-selectivity

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You're right. Acceptance rate is the entire analysis. Good work.

You'd make a helluvan aggy.

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You are soooo upset that your big state school is not actually hard to get it.

And no one respects it or thinks its in the same league as the best schools.

Funny you think Baylor people are snobs when its aggy snobbery & a strong inferior complex about other schools that colors all your views.

PS

You are spending your time as an aggy posting on a Baylor sports forum.....talk about obsession

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I'm a 4th generation Baylor grad, and you're a moron.

It's nice to for you give us all a reminder that Baylor people can be just as bizarrely insecure as aggy.

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Please, just stop. You're digging yourself a bigger hole.

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No, just no. Memphis isn't a a good brand. The literally offer nothing, they're a net negative. Not even their basketball programs bring much to the table. Memphis is the school people go to when they couldn't get into UT or Vanderbilt.

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Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice.

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"Texas A&M has a 63.1% acceptance rate…This acceptance rate classifies Texas A&M as a moderately selective institution…."

It's literally got a higher acceptance rate than Baylor. And 68,000k people on campus.

I have never in my life met someone who got rejected for admission by A&M

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Really? If you're not top 10% you won't get into A&M..

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Yes you will…it's laughable you think everyone going to A&M is a top 10% kid. Or that it's very hard to get it

It's literally classified as a "moderately selective" university

It's accepts 63% of all the kids that apply there. And a heck of a lot apply (since it's cheap and in Texas)

It gets 50,000 applications for a freshman class….30,000+ get in easily.

It's not even in the same ball park as Rice or ut-Austin

Increasingly Baylor is solidly beating A&M in that category

Almost 40% of our incoming classes are top 10% kids. And we have a significantly lower admissions rate (aka harder to get in)

[According to acceptancerate.com, 45.3% of applicants from 34,600 cracked Baylor's Fall admissions. These include both state and out-of-state students.

The selectivity for Baylor is generally high with many students scoring high on their SAT or ACT tests.

Major highlights and trends from the Baylor University acceptance rate:

38.7% of freshmen entering in the First Year were in the top 10 per cent of their high school graduating class]

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Lots of Baylor people have somehow convinced themselves we are Vanderbilt. The snobbery is unattractive. If your kid is a little above average and you can write a check, you're in.

---

Baylor is probably the LEAST snobby major private school out there right now.

Compared to USC, SMU, TCU, Vandy, Notre Dame, the Ivy leagues, etc.

We have a very down to earth student body and alumni base....and it trends more religious and middle class than those others mentioned.

You would know that if you actually went here or spent time on campus.

We are also pretty reasonable about place in Academia....quality school that is getting better...over priced now in tuition terms.


VS

A&M who has a very similar student achievement profile as Baylor.....yet continues to think its in the same league as Rice or ut-Austin.


Baylor is just not that snobby for a private school.....while A&M has a massively over inflated ego and irrational opinion of itself

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Where did I say that A&M is on the same level as Rice?

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"Baylor is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, A&M, or Rice."- Robert Wilson


You are imply that A&M is as selective and hard to get into as Rice or ut-Austin


Of course in fact its easier to get into A&M than all those schools you mentioned... Rice (7.9% rate), ut-Austin (29% rate), and now Baylor with a 45% acceptance rate.


A more accurate statement for you to make would be: "A&M is the school people go to when they can't get into Texas, Baylor, or Rice"

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I still think A&M is a tougher get than Baylor, especially if you are willing to pay full Baylor rate, but let's just call it a draw.

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lol of course you do...you're an aggy

And its an easy thing to prove with actual facts. Lets pull them out and look

Baylor is HARDER to get into than A&M.....by your own schools admitted facts

Baylor: 2025- The acceptance rate of the freshman class was at a record-low 38.9 percent from a total of 37,084 applications

Texas A&M: Class of 2024- Applicants 43,307, admits 27,287, 63% acceptance rate

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/how-to-get-into-texas-am

https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/freshman-class-exceeds-projections-sets-all-time-highs-diversity-selectivity

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You're right. Acceptance rate is the entire analysis. Good work.

You'd make a helluvan aggy.

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You are soooo upset that your big state school is not actually hard to get it.

And no one respects it or thinks its in the same league as the best schools.

Funny you think Baylor people are snobs when its aggy snobbery & a strong inferior complex about other schools that colors all your views.

PS

You are spending your time as an aggy posting on a Baylor sports forum.....talk about obsession

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It's nice to for you give us all a reminder that Baylor people can be just as bizarrely insecure as aggy.

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FIFY.

You're just catching some hell because of how broad-brushed the original statement was. No doubt there are plenty of Baylor students who didn't get into Rice or UT. There are also at least some number of UT students who didn't get into Baylor, or Baylor students who got into UT. Some of us could have gone anywhere and chose Baylor (lots of reasons - at least in my time Waco was insanely cheap, which was awesome for someone who had to work to pay rent). This is a Baylor fan board, so I'd bet odds are that there's a higher percentage of hardcore/ "chose Baylor for a reason" people here than there would be in the general student body at Baylor.

All you guys who want to debate acceptance rates, etc., please go get a room.

This thread was interesting while it was still about Memphis. That was eons ago.

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All you guys who want to debate acceptance rates, etc., please go get a room.

This thread was interesting while it was still about Memphis. That was eons ago.

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I don't think Memphis is a good add. Seems a better than even chance the ACC is going to crack open by 2030. Wait and see what the options are from there.

Fin.

You have to add value.

Yormark is waiting for the ACC to implode.

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You have to add value.

Yormark is waiting for the ACC to implode.

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I think the implosion date is 2030, is it not?

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They wind up at a different top 100 university? My, how tragic!

You didn't think this through very well. I'm guessing you went to UTSA.

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I went to Baylor, but I got into all the other three. That makes me quite rare among people who went to Baylor.

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That's not that rare. It applies to me, my best friend, and my brother, just to name a few, and I don't keep a wide social circle.

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I've been told by the Rice alumni engagement folks and their former assistant Dean of admissions that typically about one kid in the entire Waco area is admitted in a given year. Typically a midway or a vanguard.
Don't know whether that's exactly true or not, but it's what I've been told.

And if you look at the larger statistics, there just cannot be very many.

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There is very little correlation between "number of Waco area students admitted to Rice" and "number of Baylor students admitted to [X]." Very few Baylor students come from the Waco area. Your stat on Rice would be true on any other city of Waco's size. Good grief man.

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It's an illustration of a county of about 300,000 people in Texas. You can extrapolate something from that. You can also extrapolate something from the number of people who actually get admitted to or go to school at Rice and the geographic breakdown of their class. Given as smart as you think you are, I think you could probably back your way into some of that.

How about the fact that the average ACT for Rice is a 35? They've only got like 4000 students undergrad, and less than half of those are even from Texas. Your odds of admission are pretty damn low, even if you meet their average standards. Yes, very few Baylor students were admitted to Rice.

Lots of McLennan County kids go to Baylor. Go add up the number just from Midway. Then you start to throw in Live Oak, Vanguard, Lorena, China Spring … yes a large number of McLennan County kids who are college bound, go to Baylor every year.

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One of the big reasons McLennan County students go to Baylor is tuition remission. A 100% tuition scholarship is always nice.

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They wind up at a different top 100 university? My, how tragic!

You didn't think this through very well. I'm guessing you went to UTSA.

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I went to Baylor, but I got into all the other three. That makes me quite rare among people who went to Baylor.

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That's not that rare. It applies to me, my best friend, and my brother, just to name a few, and I don't keep a wide social circle.

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I've been told by the Rice alumni engagement folks and their former assistant Dean of admissions that typically about one kid in the entire Waco area is admitted in a given year. Typically a midway or a vanguard.
Don't know whether that's exactly true or not, but it's what I've been told.

And if you look at the larger statistics, there just cannot be very many.

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There is very little correlation between "number of Waco area students admitted to Rice" and "number of Baylor students admitted to [X]." Very few Baylor students come from the Waco area. Your stat on Rice would be true on any other city of Waco's size. Good grief man.

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It's an illustration of a county of about 300,000 people in Texas. You can extrapolate something from that. You can also extrapolate something from the number of people who actually get admitted to or go to school at Rice and the geographic breakdown of their class. Given as smart as you think you are, I think you could probably back your way into some of that.

How about the fact that the average ACT for Rice is a 35? They've only got like 4000 students undergrad, and less than half of those are even from Texas. Your odds of admission are pretty damn low, even if you meet their average standards. Yes, very few Baylor students were admitted to Rice.

Lots of McLennan County kids go to Baylor. Go add up the number just from Midway. Then you start to throw in Live Oak, Vanguard, Lorena, China Spring … yes a large number of McLennan County kids who are college bound, go to Baylor every year.

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One of the big reasons McLennan County students go to Baylor is tuition remission. A 100% tuition scholarship is always nice.

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Indeed. Also just lots of kids who grew up in Baylor connected families who grew up going to gamers, appreciate what Baylor is, etc and want to stay home. Heck you might do it because so many of your friends from high school already are at Baylor or are planning to go with you. Midway and Live Oak in particular are pipelines for a combination of those reasons, other area schools to lesser extents.

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

ORobert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

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For an Aggie to persevere and interact with us Baylor grads and fans should be respected. Yes I enjoy the fun of stereotyping Aggies but it's done in the spirit of rivalry. I'll add that Reveille is a superb and gorgeous dog and easily among the best mascots. Your band is amazing and always wins admiration from the opposing fans during away games. However, I cannot compliment the strangeness of your yell leaders! Perhaps it's genetic?? Aggies are always gonna be Aggies, right?!

BearlyBeloved said:

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ORobert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

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For an Aggie to persevere and interact with us Baylor grads and fans should be respected. Yes I enjoy the fun of stereotyping Aggies but it's done in the spirit of rivalry. I'll add that Reveille is a superb and gorgeous dog and easily among the best mascots. Your band is amazing and always wins admiration from the opposing fans during away games. However, I cannot compliment the strangeness of your yell leaders! Perhaps it's genetic?? Aggies are always gonna be Aggies, right?!

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Haha all fair. I do enjoy the Chicken, and the band is great even though they've played the same 3 songs for the last century. Most of life is about execution.

I did once suggest the milkmen yell leaders were a little weird, but some dude named Redbrick Aggy called me out as a 2%-er, so I learned to keep that to myself

Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

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You are so concerned about being outed as an aggy you are still posting about it….

If you just let the thread die people might forget

Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

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You are so concerned about being outed as an aggy you are still posting about it….

If you just let the thread die people might forget

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Indeed, it was devastating. But when you're right, you're right. You got me. In retrospect, I had no chance of being able to hide the truth from your penetrating gaze and keen intellect. You're like if a bald eagle and Matlock had a baby.

I'm just glad you've not yet figured out that I'm one of the body snatchers. That would cause me even more trouble.

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You're like if a bald eagle and Matlock had a baby.

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I got a solid chuckle out of this

Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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And you are a aggy pretending to be a Baylor grad....on our sports forum...spending his time lying about admissions rates at A&M to try and make it seem more selective than Baylor

Talk about pathetic

You need to get a life...and educate yourself about how easy A&M is to get into and get a degree from.

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Yes, I've been cleverly undercover, posting on this board for over a decade, waiting for a thread about the merits of Memphis to start sprinkling my aggy propaganda. Columbo ain't got nothing on you.

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We have had aggys posting on this site since the beginning and going all the way back to the old days of Baylorfans.

Aggys are the exact kind of obsessed weirdos who would spend a decade on another schools sports forum.

God you guys are strange.

And you blew your cover by lying that Baylor is not hard to get into (plus pretending that A&M is somehow more selective) while also calling our school snobby.

Real Baylor grads don't lie about that…

Classic aggy…underplaying Baylor while trying to prop up your cow college turned diploma mill state school

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Indeed. You have certainly proven me wrong.

Over 8,000 posts over a decade wasted on my part, just to have my cover blown by Redbrick. I will now tuck tail and slink off in defeat. Maybe some good music and beer can be found at the Dixie Chicken.

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You are so concerned about being outed as an aggy you are still posting about it….

If you just let the thread die people might forget

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Indeed, it was devastating. But when you're right, you're right. You got me….

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Well it certainly triggered you

Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Possibly unpopular(?) opinion, but I think Memphis could have subbed in for Houston.

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TPS_Report said:

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Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Possibly unpopular(?) opinion, but I think Memphis could have subbed in for Houston.

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Other than UofH's brief history in the SWC, they are interchangeable with Memphis, UCF, etc.

TPS_Report said:

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Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Not a chance.

UCF is a major university with 70,000 students in Orlando, a city with a population of 3 million in the metro area.

Memphis is a regional school with 20,000 students in a city with 607,000 that is shrinking about 1% per year.

UCF belongs in the Big 12. Memphis doesn't belong in a P5 conference.

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TPS_Report said:

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Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Not a chance.

UCF is a major university with 70,000 students in Orlando, a city with a population of 3 million in the metro area.

Memphis is a regional school with 20,000 students in a city with 607,000 that is shrinking about 1% per year.

UCF belongs in the Big 12. Memphis doesn't belong in a P5 conference.

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UCF is absolutely massive. We got a gem there.

There's still people who believe it's the P5?

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TPS_Report said:

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Memphis should've been added rather than UCF. The travel burden on WV and Cincy would be eased and it isn't like UCF and Memphis are that different from a cache-standpoint.

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Not a chance.

UCF is a major university with 70,000 students in Orlando, a city with a population of 3 million in the metro area.

Memphis is a regional school with 20,000 students in a city with 607,000 that is shrinking about 1% per year.

UCF belongs in the Big 12. Memphis doesn't belong in a P5 conference.

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Exactly

I agree with UCF over Memphis for the demogrphic purposes listed but we have to compare apples to apples.

Orlando metro vs Memphis city doesn't work.

Orlando metro: 2.9M (+10% vs 2020)
Memphis metro: 1.3M (-.8% vs 2020)

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I agree with UCF over Memphis for the demogrphic purposes listed but we have to compare apples to apples.

Orlando metro vs Memphis city doesn't work.

Orlando metro: 2.9M (+10% vs 2020)
Memphis metro: 1.3M (-.8% vs 2020)

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If metro size and school / alumni base were the primary considerations, Baylor would be hosed.

I think UCF, UH, Cincy, and Memphis are all roughly comparable in a variety of ways - urban "commuter" schools with occasional high level performance in the major sports. All pretty good to very good recruiting bases as far as local talent goes. All competing with SEC or B10 players geographically. Each gives us a foothold in the market of another major conference and lets us at least compete for attention and recruits. UCF has the lead on metro support and alumni base. Houston metro obviously bigger, but UH doesn't command much of the attention there. Mostly A&M and UT. Cincy is kinda in the middle, with similar issues being in B10 territory. Ditto Memphis re: its metro and SEC. I think you could formulate arguments for or against all of them pretty easily.

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BaylorHistory said:

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I agree with UCF over Memphis for the demogrphic purposes listed but we have to compare apples to apples.

Orlando metro vs Memphis city doesn't work.

Orlando metro: 2.9M (+10% vs 2020)
Memphis metro: 1.3M (-.8% vs 2020)

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If metro size and school / alumni base were the primary considerations, Baylor would be hosed.

I think UCF, UH, Cincy, and Memphis are all roughly comparable in a variety of ways - urban "commuter" schools with occasional high level performance in the major sports. All pretty good to very good recruiting bases as far as local talent goes. All competing with SEC or B10 players geographically. Each gives us a foothold in the market of another major conference and lets us at least compete for attention and recruits. UCF has the lead on metro support and alumni base. Houston metro obviously bigger, but UH doesn't command much of the attention there. Mostly A&M and UT. Cincy is kinda in the middle, with similar issues being in B10 territory. Ditto Memphis re: its metro and SEC. I think you could formulate arguments for or against all of them pretty easily.

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Memphis is inarguably the least valuable of those 4 and it's not close.

And even if the AAC might provide us some future options, Wazzu and Oregon State provide better options than Memphis.

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Robert Wilson said:

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BaylorHistory said:

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I agree with UCF over Memphis for the demogrphic purposes listed but we have to compare apples to apples.

Orlando metro vs Memphis city doesn't work.

Orlando metro: 2.9M (+10% vs 2020)
Memphis metro: 1.3M (-.8% vs 2020)

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If metro size and school / alumni base were the primary considerations, Baylor would be hosed.

I think UCF, UH, Cincy, and Memphis are all roughly comparable in a variety of ways - urban "commuter" schools with occasional high level performance in the major sports. All pretty good to very good recruiting bases as far as local talent goes. All competing with SEC or B10 players geographically. Each gives us a foothold in the market of another major conference and lets us at least compete for attention and recruits. UCF has the lead on metro support and alumni base. Houston metro obviously bigger, but UH doesn't command much of the attention there. Mostly A&M and UT. Cincy is kinda in the middle, with similar issues being in B10 territory. Ditto Memphis re: its metro and SEC. I think you could formulate arguments for or against all of them pretty easily.

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Memphis is inarguably the least valuable of those 4 and it's not close.

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Yes, oh ye of blanket prognostications, who said the Pac12 was "inarguably" superior to the B12 and would never fold.

I'm becoming more and more of school of thought of waiting to see what happens with the ACC

Would love our pick of 18 full-time member institutions. These include Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest, according to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Notre Dame is a member in all sports except football.

WAZZOU and Oregon St provide nothing