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Poster Message:
Nobody is saying there isn't any academic value at UA, just that it's significantly lower than some like to say it is. UA is not an Ivy League school, UA is not a highly funded top tier research institution with global leaders as professors. As much as I love my professors, I know that Dr. Jim who was an executive at Alabama Tire Corporation isn't going to provide the same quality of education of Dr. Mark, former executive of Goldman Sachs, would at a U-Michigan. Companies do know this, and the academic standing of your institution will matter in certain spheres of the real world. To use US News as a metric, UIUC is a top 50 school, and UA isn't even top 150. UA is widely regarded as a safety school with great scholarships, but the opportunity cost is lower academic prestige.