[fullmetal]

I wouldn't say rare or unusual.  Texas is definitely marketed as a top-tier public university (it pretty much is), but your usual crop of high-achievers knows that the Ivies, Stanford, Rice, USB, etc. all exist.  The football players are aware of the $EC, Pac-12, etc. schools as well.

[fullmetal]

I wouldn't say rare or unusual.  Texas is definitely marketed as a top-tier public university (it pretty much is), but your usual crop of high-achievers knows that the Ivies, Stanford, Rice, USB, etc. all exist.  The football players are aware of the $EC, Pac-12, etc. schools as well.