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2 of my 3 daughters are K-Staters, and the one that didn't parlayed her Army Intelligence training into a rather ridiculous at age 24 135K salary working remote that gives her time and money

An old Buddy his oldest son was the Geek Squad type in HS. Well his father was a Jet Mechanic in the USAF and convinced him to join.He did 6 total yrs in Germany then another stop in the EU then finished up in San Antonio. Got out around 5 yrs back making 95K took another gig making prolly about the same as your kid in Cyber Security. Buddies other son my God Son got a Bachelors in M.E. making 65K he's north of that now but behind his brother the cyber geek who prolly worx 95% from home

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Besides the football stadium, what impressed me most about my trip to College Station/Bryan for a game a few years ago were the A&M undergrads.

They were sober, polite, went to church, dressed modestly, had upstanding plans for their futures when asked, and almost no tattoos. Other than Auburn's undergrads, I can't really say that about other campuses.

For better or worse, most college campuses look like your local dive bar scene, a music festival, or China.

You wanna know which type of campus I'd prefer to go to?  And DID go to? 

That said, I was far more of a conservative straight arrow at the "liberal hippie school" UT-Austin , than my i s c & a aggie wife was at the "uber conservative God-fearing" Texas A&M.  She had a lot of friends that smoked pot and did mushrooms, and she did all that too.  She was in a sorrority and did all of the partying associated with that.

I was never in a frat, never tried pot or mushrooms or any other drugs-- still haven't.

So I'll just say that our two lived experiences don't necessarily match up to your observations, and I'll also say that at schools of 50,000 - 70,000 students each, you can find pretty much every type of student and student group imaginable.

Well I'm happy to say, my daughter has made her final decision about where she wants to go to college.  And her i s c & a aggie mother is REALLY excited about it.

Yes, she has indeed selected Texas A&M University as her college of choice.  She'll be studying animal science/pre-vet there, beginning in the Fall of 2026.

She worked hard and was admitted to several fine schools including the University of Texas, UC-Davis, NC-State, and Auburn.  Unfortunately (for me), Texas doesn't offer her major, so she was highly unlikely ever to enroll there.  She really just applied for me, and maybe also just to prove she could get in.

But ultimately she decided she'd like to stay closer to home, and also save us all a little money, so the Ags it is.

I'm really proud of her, and although it's tough to lose one of my kids to the enemy, I'm still delighted she's making this choice all on her own and is enthusiastic about her future.

So now, all the pressure is on the boy...

Man, Davis would’ve been an interesting (pricy) one, and NC State is an underrated one coming out of state.

That said, from the couple of game days where I wandered College Station, good time down that way. People also probably sleep on how much is there. Congrats to her!

Besides the football stadium, what impressed me most about my trip to College Station/Bryan for a game a few years ago were the A&M undergrads.

They were sober, polite, went to church, dressed modestly, had upstanding plans for their futures when asked, and almost no tattoos. Other than Auburn's undergrads, I can't really say that about other campuses.

For better or worse, most college campuses look like your local dive bar scene, a music festival, or China.

All 70,000 of them?  LOL, just kidding.  

After the derm guy checked me out, we had lunch at Petite Violette, dining al fresco, beautiful day.  My wife is coming around to liking the place "OK".  I think it's fine, but I'm a rube.  I should be outside, but I'm afraid of the UV .... not really.

The Vietnam memorial being built across the street is making progress, still a ways to go.  

I aspire to have a time when we close the VA because there are no veterans needing care.

Maybe?  I mean, it's one of the very top animal science/vet schools in the country, regardless of geography, so the folks that know that field, are well acquainted with it nationally and internationally.

It became tough to justify going to an NC-State or UC-Davis, both of which accepted her, and getting the same tier of education for 3x-4x the cost.

I just meant stuff in the town. 

Did y’all visit Davis? That was the first school I looked at.