<p>So far my classes so far:
Multivariable Calculus: 100 students, mostly in engineering/nat.science
Contemporary Moral Problems: 150 students from all schools
Government: 60 from mostly LA
Psychology: 250 from all schools
Communication Studies: 30 from Business/Communication</p>
<p>That doesn't seem too bad. The psych and calc are big, but overall your classes don't seem too big. What is the level of difficulty? Are things easier or harder than you anticipated? Do you feel like you were well prepared for the rigor?</p>
<p>I was in the IB program in HS so much of the stuff we are doing I could adapt pretty well. For the most part, at least, for these classes, there is not much difficulty than what I experienced during my last four years. However, it also can be said that since I'm trying to aim for BHP sophomore year, I may be studying a bit harder relative to my peers.</p>
<p>I don't think Texas is ranked low. In 2006, The Washington Monthly, using a ranking system which stresses social factors the magazine considers important (such as percentage of students in ROTC and percentage of students on Pell grants) ranked UT Austin 17th among national American universities, higher than prestigious Ivy League universities such as Princeton and Harvard.[23] The Times Higher Education Supplement listed the university as 26th out of the top 200 universities globally.[24] UT is ranked much higher than some Ivies, WUSL, NW, or Emory.</p>
<p>Those rankings aren't taken very seriously. </p>
<p>UT is ranked lower than it should be, but I agree wholeheartedly that it deserves to stay that way if it wants to serve the state. The UC system is lucky in that it has several prime institutions, but there really isn't another state school like UT, other than A&M. After seeing my cousin and the kind of education he's received get his auto-admit to UT this year, I have no pity on the school at all.</p>