Texas Christian University

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Anonymous wrote:I was a Californian who attended TCU -- there were tons of us there -- and never really intended to stay in TX after graduation. Finding a good job outside of Texas is just not an issue, why would it be? It's a nationally ranked/known school with great career services office.

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For what it is worth, TCU is ranked #80 for in the national universities category by US News & World Reports. It's hardly some fringe conservative Christian school.

Fort Worth, Texas is a really cool city. The vibe is much more laid back than Dallas.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t your mother ever teach you to not speak at all if you couldn’t say anything nice? Hate much?

And my daughter got a 33 on the ACT so she’s not a dumb girl. She went through 4 very stressful years of high school academics and didn’t want a repeat of that. College should be a good balance of academics and fun and the four years where you mature emotionally and socially. Obviously that was lost on the elitist snob who posted above me.

While I somewhat agree with you would you say the same about Liberty University? I would not.

Colleges are a business now a days. Is TCU going to get a student a good job any job outside of Texas?

College is like a hospital stay the goal is to get out and get a job.

it'll help as much as an equivalently ranked school- maybe more because it has a wealthy student body

seems counter to R philosophy of pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps. You are relying heavily on a friend or someone you know to get you a job. I get that most colleges rely on the alumni network, but for a conservative college to do that seems just counter to their philosophy.

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You guys are way overthinking this

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Anonymous wrote:I was a Californian who attended TCU -- there were tons of us there -- and never really intended to stay in TX after graduation. Finding a good job outside of Texas is just not an issue, why would it be? It's a nationally ranked/known school with great career services office.

? so if you want to work for the government, it's a good place? That seems counter to what TX and Rs are about since they want to shrink the government payroll.

I lived in CA for 40 yrs and never heard of TCU. Maybe it's only popular in certain circles.

What the hell are you talking about? Are you under the impression that only republicans attend TCU? Or that it is populated solely by Texas Republicans? What the hell does what Republicans want have to do with anything? Man, some of y’all are real dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t your mother ever teach you to not speak at all if you couldn’t say anything nice? Hate much?

And my daughter got a 33 on the ACT so she’s not a dumb girl. She went through 4 very stressful years of high school academics and didn’t want a repeat of that. College should be a good balance of academics and fun and the four years where you mature emotionally and socially. Obviously that was lost on the elitist snob who posted above me.

While I somewhat agree with you would you say the same about Liberty University? I would not.

Colleges are a business now a days. Is TCU going to get a student a good job any job outside of Texas?

College is like a hospital stay the goal is to get out and get a job.

it'll help as much as an equivalently ranked school- maybe more because it has a wealthy student body

seems counter to R philosophy of pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps. You are relying heavily on a friend or someone you know to get you a job. I get that most colleges rely on the alumni network, but for a conservative college to do that seems just counter to their philosophy.

I can tell you think that was a VERY smart and witty “gotcha.” But that’s …not how it works.

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Anonymous wrote:TCU is definitely a rich, preppy, conservative Texas school. I'm a UT-ATX grad myself and never thought highly of it. Have some friends who both went to and have kids at TCU and it's fine. Just fine. Nothing stellar. It is not my vibe or environment but it could definitely be someone else's. It does not have a "stellar" reputation in TX as another person alluded to. It is not a high academic achievement school. But it's fine. Depends what you're looking for. If you like the conservative, Greek-life type schools, this may be your bag

I’m a Texan. Agree nothing stellar about TCU. TCU is comparable to SMU or Baylor. If you can’t get into UT or Rice then most kids go there. Or Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t your mother ever teach you to not speak at all if you couldn’t say anything nice? Hate much?

And my daughter got a 33 on the ACT so she’s not a dumb girl. She went through 4 very stressful years of high school academics and didn’t want a repeat of that. College should be a good balance of academics and fun and the four years where you mature emotionally and socially. Obviously that was lost on the elitist snob who posted above me.

While I somewhat agree with you would you say the same about Liberty University? I would not.

Colleges are a business now a days. Is TCU going to get a student a good job any job outside of Texas?

College is like a hospital stay the goal is to get out and get a job.

it'll help as much as an equivalently ranked school- maybe more because it has a wealthy student body

seems counter to R philosophy of pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps. You are relying heavily on a friend or someone you know to get you a job. I get that most colleges rely on the alumni network, but for a conservative college to do that seems just counter to their philosophy.

I can tell you think that was a VERY smart and witty “gotcha.” But that’s …not how it works.

+1

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It’s times like this that I realize that, despite their pretensions to sophistication, many of the people in DC are among the most parochial people in America.

Why would anyone think admitting that they’d never heard of one of the top 80 colleges in the US would reflect badly on anyone but themselves?

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My experiences is dated - but I am a non-religious, somewhat liberal, west-coaster who went to TCU. It is definitely not an overly religious school and it wasn't too conservative for me. My issues were the weather (who knew that Texas is hot in August?), fire ants, and my generally not fitting in with Texas and the wealth at TCU. I remember greek life being big there. I ended up transferring, but met some very nice people during my time there and really liked the campus.

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https://www.instagram.com/tcustudentsforlife/?hl=en

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/tcustudentsforlife/?hl=en

How DARE a university allow a pro-life student group to exist! All viewpoints out of line with progressive thought must be ABOLISHED and those who promote them must be PUNISHED SEVERELY!

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/tcustudentsforlife/?hl=en

How DARE a university allow a pro-life student group to exist! All viewpoints out of line with progressive thought must be ABOLISHED and those who promote them must be PUNISHED SEVERELY!

Just showing that there’s a pro life club (and no pro choice club)

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/tcustudentsforlife/?hl=en

How DARE a university allow a pro-life student group to exist! All viewpoints out of line with progressive thought must be ABOLISHED and those who promote them must be PUNISHED SEVERELY!

Just showing that there’s a pro life club (and no pro choice club)

I don't think pro-choice clubs at universities are really a thing, although perhaps they will become so. Besides, Harvard has a pro-life student organization -- does that make it a conservative school?

https://harvardrighttolife.org/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Dallas, so decently familiar with it.

Stellar reputation in Texas (esp DFW area), good reputation in the south/southwest/California, not as represented in the North (not that its reputation is BAD, per se, just seems like vast majority of grads end up in TX/ATL/FL/CA/AZ/CO, not so much DC/NY/Boston/Chicago)

Definitely has a "privileged" vibe, pretty conservative -- not in the social way necessarily but in a "country club Republican" kind of way -- lots of Paul Ryan Brett Kavanaugh types

Amazingly beautiful campus in a suburban area

Actually not that religious despite the Christian in its name

Students very outgoing, generally smart but not in a "life of the mind" type of way (more focused on pre-professional endeavors)

Great business, journalism, nursing programs.

IIRC most students are not from Texas, but it definitely has a "Texas" vibe

Nice size- not too big, not too small

Big 12 athletics

Big Greek life

Grew up in DFW and would +1 everything here except "stellar." I feel like it has a good in-state reputation. It's not treated as a safety but I've also never heard someone be wowed to find out a high school student got in there or anything. Also important to realize that TCU has the best mascot in the state.

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Very Greek. My nephew is having the time of his life down there.

Very humid.