<p>Everyone says you have to make sure to leave enough scheduling time to get to class but how long does it take to walk it? Is it quicker to walk or take the bus? How long should someone give between classes if A is at one end and B is at the opposite? Can y'all give walking times between several points around campus just to get an idea. Are there short cuts through buildings or whatever?</p>
<p>My D is asking this, too. Her FIG schedule has her in back-to-back classes (10:00 and 11:00.) How would this work? Do profs let students out ten minutes before the next hour?</p>
<p>givings, yes professors do let students out 10 minutes before class ends so they can go to their next classes.</p>
<p>It will work but if the classes are at opposite corners of campus, a bicycle might come in handy. Ten minutes is a fairly tight time for a diagonal cut across campus.</p>
<p>"Ten minutes is a fairly tight time for a diagonal cut across campus. " On the Bike or Foot?</p>
<p>I don’t think a bicyle would become handy… UT has some hills and it’s a pain in the arse to ride a bicyle up a hill</p>
<p>omg a bike is SO HANDY. It gets really tiring walking back and forth across campus (used to have classes in CPE and some other engineering building, lived in Kins best friend lived in Jester).</p>
<p>Just don’t ride it up the steep hills. There are only two maybe three bad ones that I can think of and I wouldnt ride up them ( i would ride down them tho) anyway because it’s too dangerous with the cars that drive on those roads. </p>
<p>Like Dean Keeton, the road in between little-field and the union where the guard post thing is that leads down to engineering, and that really steep hill between business and the classics library that goes in front of the tower. There are a lot of different routes I can think of to take if you really wanted to avoid the hills.</p>
<p>And I wouldnt do back to back if the classes were far away from each other ie a class in Architecture buildings (Sutton, Goldsmith, etc) and your next class is in CPE. </p>
<p>It takes me around 5 minutes maybe less to walk from Kinsolving to Sutton. Like 7ish minutes maybe a bit more if its the middle of the day and there is a ton of people to walk from Sutton to CPE but I walk hella-fast.</p>
<p>What to you mean “across campus?” Do you mean the entirety of campus or from one area to another?</p>
<p>The baseball field is on campus, and it’s on the other side of I-35 and a good 20-30 minute walk from the drag. The nursing school is by the basketball arena and goes as far as 15th Street, which is 12 blocks south of the northmost part of campus. But unless you’re a nursing major, I doubt you’ll be over there ever.</p>
<p>It takes about ten minutes to walk from the Drag to San Jacinto Blvd along Dean Keeton or 21st St.</p>
<p>^Amen. I made that walk from the Drag to Jester in about 8-10 minutes going a steady walking speed. You should be fine no matter where you’re walking. However, if you still think that is a time crunch, I know that a bike is a preferred mode of transportation around campus.</p>
<p>Music building to Dobie = 15-17 minutes.</p>
<p>I meant 10 minutes was tight walking. On a bike, it’s fine. Fall semester last year my daughter had classes at 10 and 11 that could not have been further away from each other and she used her bike. She had heard back to back classes were okay but she didn’t factor in the locations - back to back classes are okay if they are not too far apart. Otherwise, a bike might be handy - or just don’t choose back to back classes!</p>
<p>This spring she didn’t need the bike much. </p>
<p>There is a UT bike auction early in the school year - you can get basic bikes for dirt cheap - it is at Parking and Transportation - watch for see link below - although it might be from last year. On the average one bike is stolen at UT each day, so I think very basic bikes are best for people who are living on campus and not serious bicyclers.</p>
<p><a href=“Bike Auction | Parking & Transportation”>Bike Auction | Parking & Transportation;
<p>would these back to back classes be ok? </p>
<p>I have class is the ART building from 1-2p. then I have class from 2-3p in the WEL building. then I have class from 3-4p in the CMS building. and also this schedule would only occur on fridays.
mondays and wednesdays i would only have to walk from BUR to CMA so that’s not that bad. but i just wanted to know about the friday one.</p>
<p>Loneranger - the area within Dean Keeton, I35, MLK, and Guadalupe should be sufficient.</p>
<p>Are classes 50 minutes or an hour? Profs let you out 10 minutes early - does that mean 10 mins from the official end of class or what? What I’m trying to figure out is if the class ends on the hour but your next one begins at that same time then you’d need to skip out early from the first class, or if class officially ends at the 50 minute mark then you might be ok if you hurried. Also, I’d be concerned the prof would give out important info that the early leaving folks would miss.</p>
<p>Great, I see the class length was answered in the related thread. Thanks.</p>
<p>Edit: i had a typo error on my previous post. it is the CMA building not CMS.</p>
<p>and can anyone help ASAP. i am trying to make the right decision before the classes are closed.</p>
<p>topawala20, the Art building to Welch is a bit of a walk but I think you can make it in 10 minutes. The Art building is at Dean Keeton and San Jac just north of the stadium, and Welch is at Speedway and 24th. You should be able to make this.</p>
<p>CMA is Communication A building, and is at 25th and Whitis. You also should be able to make it from Welch in good time.</p>
<p>You aren’t going to have time to stay and chat with the professor in either class, but you won’t be late daily.</p>
<p>Hmmm… I’m pretty sure the art building is on 23rd and San Jac, stretching north toward 24th.</p>
<p>kkwa You’re right. I had the stadium a few blocks north in my head for some reason.</p>
<p>Just FWI, the 40 Acres bus is almost never the fastest way to get anywhere. Biking always is, and walking is usually faster than waiting at the bus stop. The only time you will be able to save time by getting on a bus is if you are walking by the stop, the bus is already there, and it is going in the direction you want to go. Granted, this does happen more often than you might think. There are plenty of buses. But never count on it.</p>