<p>looking into different colleges and UT is one im interested in it would help me out a great if some current students could answers these questions. please and thank you very much</p>
<p>hows the...
academics:
work load:
food:
dorms:
boys/girls:
club scene/night life:
greek scene:
sports:
city:
students in general:
professors:
campus:</p>
<p>and some others...
favorite thing about it ?
biggest downfall ?
stereotypical student ?
overall experience ?</p>
<p>thanks again...</p>
<p>Not a current student, but I’d say I know enough about UT and have been around Austin enough to give you a decent answer. You seem to have just posted a random list, I’ll answer it as best you can, but with a huge school like UT, it’s going to be hard to give a short response to a one word prompt. If you have anything more specific to ask, post and I’m sure myself or someone else would be glad to answer.</p>
<p>hows the…
academics: depends on your department, your major, the classes you have each semester, how bright you are, your professors you get, et al. They are solid across the board, but some departments/colleges are world renowned (McCombs) whereas others are not very different from what you’d get at most large public colleges (Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences)
work load: again, depends on what you are majoring in, what classes you are taking, what your work ethic is, etc. this question is simply too broad to answer without more info.
food: the on-campus food is dorm food, not much more you can say about it. The restaurants around the campus area, particularly the drag, are great and affordable. This applies to the rest of Austin for the most part as well. Austin has a LOT of good, cheap restaurants. It’s especially great if you like southern food, bbq, or tex-mex, but you can find something good of any type. Try Magnolia’s or County Line if you want a broad offering of great food.
dorms: A broad variety. The newest dorms are like hotels, with private bathrooms, but are considered to be socially awkward. There are older dorms with communal baths and showers. Some have party reputations, some don’t. There are private dormitories which vary just as much as the on-campus dorms do, but they are less regulated and slightly more expensive.
boys/girls: If you are asking how attractive they are, then the girls are great. I’m a guy, and generally don’t comment on other guys, but the girls I know say that UT guys are good looking. There are 50,000 kids, so there is a broad variety and something for everyone’s taste.
club scene/night life: If you are 21+ 6th Street is awesome. If you are under 21 it’s mostly fraternity parties and dorm/apartment parties. But people in Austin of all ages know how to have fun.
greek scene: The Greek system is one of the strongest in the country, but is only 10% of students so it is far from dominant. Just like most large schools, there are going to be amazing houses, average houses, and houses you’d not want to set foot in. The Greeks have a LOT of fun, but so does everyone else.
sports: Simply put, the best in the country. SI says so. UT football is all you have to say, but you can look at basketball, who’ve been great since Barnes came in, baseball who’ve won two titles in five years, swimming who are the best program in the country, etc. The games are always packed, and school spirit is high. Club and intramural sports are big, there is a level of competition for anyone and a lot of people participate.
city: Austin is amazing. It’s not
students in general: There are 50,000 kids and it’s really impossible to generalize a group that large. For the most part, they are Texan. That’s about as broad a generalization you can get.
professors: Going to vary widely, from Nobel Laureates to brand new, non-English speaking foreign profs. You will see a lot of TAs, and they will also vary widely. It depends on your program, the courses you take, etc. See above.
campus: What are you asking here? It’s big for an urban campus, but not gigantic like Stanford or Cornell. You can walk anywhere you need. Most people don’t live on campus (except freshmen) but a lot of people live near campus so it’s like a big extended neighborhood. The buildings are nice, it’s not grimy and gross like TAMU or a lot of urban campuses. Parking sucks, don’t try it.</p>
<p>and some others…
favorite thing about it ? Everything to me, it all works together to make a great atmosphere. Not every aspect is the greatest anywhere, but I think the overall combination gives Texas a unique atmosphere that’s perfect for me. It may not be for everyone else though.
biggest downfall ? Not intimate, you won’t know everyone…but that’s not necessarily a downfall to most people, and if you have anyone you’d rather not see, you can do it
stereotypical student ? Really, there is none. You can’t stereotype a group as large and diverse as UT. For the most part, they are Texan and were in the top ten percent of their high school. That’s as big a stereotype you are going to get.
overall experience ? Everyone who I know who has gone there loves it to death. I’ve loved every minute I’ve spent on campus or in Austin, and cannot wait to make it full-time.</p>
<p>I did my best, but your questions really aren’t specific enough to get a great impression of something as diverse as UT. There are a lot of things about UT that can’t be described by those categories, there are things that are going to appeal to some and not to others.</p>
<p>I love it, am counting down the days to my orientation, until I come back over the summer, until I come back again, and then until MOOOV in!</p>
<p>For some reason, the board is blocking what I’m trying to say… so I’ll have to work my way around this..</p>
<p>go to Google, type in “College guidance book” and click on the first link, then search for University of Texas. Those books are very useful and not biased towards one school in a college, etc. If you buy one, it will probably be able to answer a lot of your questions very accurately.</p>