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  1. 3 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    arkie, okie state, and other neighboring schools offer in-state tuition for out of state texas kids.  i know of smart girls who couldn't get into UT, didn't want aggy or rice, who went to mich st and iOSU and got in state tuition at those schools. other schools know that they can get smart texas kids to go to their schools if they offer in state tuition.  outside of texas and rice, the other in state texas schools are prob not getting the best texas kids.

    Wait, what?  A month or two ago I specifically looked up "reciprocity Texas" and found what essentially said there is none.  With what you're saying, maybe that means Texas offers no in-state tuition breaks to any out-of-state kids, but perhaps the converse is not true.  Is there a master list somewhere that details which out-of-state public universities allow Texas kids to attend on in-state tuition rates?  That could be a game-changer.

  2. 7 minutes ago, suddenly shaggy said:

    Dude, seriously? 3 consecutive state championships is a great outcome, but Ced averaged a shit load more than 3 yards a carry.

    I can't find how many carries or yards he had in 1998. According to Dave Campbell's Texas football, in 1999 Benson rushed for 3,526 yards, 8th all time in Texas. You really think he carried the ball 1,175 times that year alone to get those yards? For reference, Jonathan Grey holds the record with 1,225 career carries and Jacquizz Rodgers is second with 1,134 career carries. 

    Ced had under 1000 career carries and under 408 carries in any season, since he doesn't crack the top-10 in either stat. His 1999 stats are at least 8.66 yards per carry. 3,526/407 = 8.66. 

     

    He wasn't referring to Cedric Benson or his HS team.  He was referring to the team that never punts and has great success in doing so.

  3. So, if I try to read between the syphilitic ramblings, I think he's saying France is instituting tariffs on American tech imports, and that's inappropriate, because WE should be taxing those goods?

    Uh . .  . is this just another example of Donald not understanding how tariffs work?  

    The more likely answer is that Donald feels it's perfectly OK for us to apply tariffs on imports but it's totes uncool for other countries to do the same. 

  4. Posting for no reason other than Stan & Red (and it's probably on a big thread somewhere anyway) . . .

    75 YO Luke Appling takes Warren Spahn deep with a home run in an Old Timer game.  Probably a short fence, but who cares?

     

  5. 9 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

    I don't want to fall down a "why financial aid and the cost of higher education in the country is so absurdly fucked up" hole, but this illustrates perfectly why the cost isn't always the cost. A lot of people forswear private school just assuming it's unobtainable.  If you like somewhere and can afford (or get waived) the application fee, you should apply and sweat the financial aid forms.  You might be surprised.

    I completely agree -- it appears that the net cost to attend private school is generally at or below all but in-state public schools.  There are some good public universities where out-of-state tuition isn't close to what most private schools charge, but they're rare.  Minnesota is one -- tuition/fees @ $33.5K.  I have yet to learn how financial aid compares to private institutions, though.

  6. Also, in my personal calculus, I don't count some of the COA because I'm paying the equivalent now.  In other words, I'm already paying "board" (although it's surely higher even in a dorm compared to a kid's fraction of our family meal budget).  Same with "other expenses".  I pay thousands every year for each kid that will go away after HS (band, lessons, select sports teams, etc.). 

    BUT, that has nothing to do with your argument.  Those costs still exist, and as you say, various financial aid calculations account for them.

    Thanks for the info.

  7. 6 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

    I'm not defending Trump.

    Right.  You're just parroting the far right party line.  Ironically, in this case, you're trying to discredit THE GUY WHO DIDN'T CONCLUDE CONSPIRACY AND PUNTED ON OBSTRUCTION.

    For fuck's sake, y'all are just remarkably stupid.

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