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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know how UVA is Virginia's flagship university where Virginia's top students attend, and VT is the de facto STEM flagship with strong STEM programs where Virginia's top STEM talent attends? Well, can you help me identify some other states' comparable STEM flagship? For instance...

U Michigan/Michigan State U
UT Austin/Texas A&M 
UNC Chapel Hill/NC State 
U Georgia/Georgia Tech
Ohio State/?
Penn State/?
Rutgers/?
Others? 
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This is all wrong.  There are not "STEM Flagships".  STEM is VERY broad and many schools invest significantly and have strong programs in specific areas.  Of the schools you list as STEM Flagships, I don't think the argument holds water very well for VT, Michigan State, Texas A&M, and NC State.   It holds better for Georgia Tech, but there are likely areas where Georgia has strengths.  You would have to make more refined arguments rather than a broad, sweeping statement like "x isbetter for STEM.  An example could be Michigan State or Texas A&M are better for agricultural sciences than Michigan or Texas respectively.

The better question is how schools may compare for specific objectives.  Better pre-med?  I would look at counseling, teaching, class size and availability,  likelihood of getting a good reference from faculty, opportunity for mentored research, apples to apples medical school acceptance rates if available, etc.  Better if an advanced degree in a field is the goal?  I would look at many of the same factors for pre-med would apply and whether there is a strong record of graduate school admissions.[/quote]

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