Hallmars

That says plenty. I'll be sure to keep this in mind if I ever make my way back to this thread. Good luck. For that UH will first need to move out of Darfur- no one in their right mind makes UH their first choice. No one. And I know PLENTY of students from all social circles and echelons [from the classical singers, to engineers. From the architects to law school grads (I think you might have seen his statue around the Law Center ). The sorrorities, frats, etc.] UH is the safety school when even Sam Houston rejects you, and you forget that Texas State has a kick ass river and it's close enough to Austin, San Antonio, and Georgetown. Bauer School of Business, Hilton School of Hotel Management, and the UH Law Center stand by themselves in spite of the rest of UH, not because of it. Lets just be honest and make that distinction. As far as UHD staying as UH-something, or declaring independence via a name: They stand to benefit more than UH ever will, especially once they do away with open admission. Just wait and see. And lets be honest about this as well: The only names that really matter are the Ivy's. If all you have is a BS/BA, zero to nil experience, and you're applying somewhere outside the state of where you got your diploma UT will be the same as UH. And this holds true even at the graduate level: UTLaw/UHLaw vs. a Georgetown, Cornell, Columbia, etc.? Good luck. At least STCL has the best trial advocacy program in the nation. And to anyone that's salivating at the opportunity to tear my post appart: go for it. There are obviously quite a few M.Ed. grads and USN&WR insiders in this thread that know the exact national and international ranking of every school in Texas, so I really don't stand a chance.