Was a great athletics program a factor in choosing schools?

TristanDSP · #1 09-30-2005, 06:17 PM

It obviously wasn't for me.

But I wonder if certain people cared enough to want to go to a school that was great at *insert sport*.

Betarulz! · #2 09-30-2005, 07:02 PM

Wasn't like I set out saying "I prefer Nebraska over Kansas because they're better at football." However, my parents are UNL alumni, and so I was raised being a Husker fan from birth. It definitely made me rule out some schools like Kansas State.

But there were other reasons too.

#3 09-30-2005, 07:08 PM

Yea, I went to Baylor because I LOVE football.

(actually I do love football and that kind of sucked)

amycat412 · #4 09-30-2005, 07:12 PM

YES.

FIGHT ON!

a.e.B.O.T. · #5 09-30-2005, 07:29 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this is too funny to me... we have the worse sports teams EVER

Kevlar281 · #6 09-30-2005, 07:54 PM

Hmmm number 2 ranked creative writing department in the country vs. number 2 ranked football team. I’m happy with my choice.

KSigkid · #7 09-30-2005, 08:17 PM

Not at all - I wanted a school that had a good academic reputation so my diploma would mean something. With cost constraints what they were, financial aid (grants and scholarships) were also big factors.

I was a big UConn fan growing up, so no matter where I went to school I figured I'd still follow UConn basketball. It just turned out my school's sports program wasn't good enough to even make it an issue.

hoosier · #8 09-30-2005, 08:47 PM

One of my room mates was from Nebraska. They were even worse than Indiana in football.

Things have changed at Nebrsaska football, but Indiana still smells. At least we occasionally have a good basketball team, and men's soccer is top.

Things change, and they stay the same.

tinydancer · #9 09-30-2005, 08:53 PM

Both my parents went to Texas, so I really never knew any other school. There wasn't anywhere else I wanted to go. My grandmother lived right next door to campus and I grew up on the 40 Acres.

Our sports have had good times and bad times. Right now, things are good. But I'm loyal whatever we do.

AchtungBaby80 · #10 09-30-2005, 08:59 PM

I didn't give a damn, but I know a lot of people who went to UK because they liked the basketball team.

Sister Havana · #11 10-01-2005, 12:16 AM

No. I chose Indiana because it has one of the top five journalism schools in the country, and because when I visited the campus I knew that's where I belonged. (At the end it was really between there and American University in DC, not exactly a big sports powerhouse.

)

Being in the Big Ten is just a side benefit.

Had I actually been an athlete I might have had a different answer, depending on what sport I played.

honeychile · #12 10-01-2005, 12:37 AM

Not really - each of my top 3 schools were in a different conference! I did want a school with a soccer program, though.

valkyrie · #13 10-01-2005, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kevlar281
Hmmm number 2 ranked creative writing department in the country vs. number 2 ranked football team. I’m happy with my choice.

I chose my school because of the creative writing program, too.

blueGBI · #14 10-01-2005, 01:01 AM

I applied to a bunch of different schools but the only Div I schools I applied to were Penn State, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Pitt. However, my #1 choice was Carniege Mellon, Div III followed by RPI, Penn State, and VT. I ended up at Penn State.

The common denominator: top engineering programs. Of course, I switched out of engineering as a freshman...

#15 10-01-2005, 01:18 AM

Nope. I didn't know what sports Winthrop even had. I am not much of a sports fanatic. The only sport I knew Winthrop had was basketball because they had won the Big South Conference Title for years. Once I got there, I realized they had a tennis, baseball, track, and softball teams. I did know Winthrop's mascot was an eagle. My mom swears I chose Winthrop because of the mascot (sidenote: my fave band is The Eagles, so I guess it does look a bit suspicious.)