<p>hey guys whats engineering like in UT austin. I know its in top ten according to usnews .whats so good about it that it is so famous. i mean it is better than princeton in engineering .</p>
<p>whats life like in austin . i mean parties n anything that gives excitement .
what about the workload . is it very hard to get a high gpa. obviously it is always hard but is it that it is next to impossible like that of Uchicago ....</p>
<p>thanx for your help guys</p>
<p>UT austin is one of the biggest party schools; the campus is huge (about 50,000), but all the engineers I've met say their classes are also really hard. It has a lot of things to offer</p>
<p>I think that since UT is the flagstaff university in Texas that it receives a ton of funding from the state/federal government. Honestly, UT-Austin is a damn good deal for In-state Texas engineers-- it's pretty cheap, a fun campus and a top engineering program.</p>
<p>I didn't really like it when I visited it. Sure it would have been a very well regarded and affordable school for me (I'm an instate student), but I did not really like the campus or the feel of the place. Part of this could have been that I really wanted to get away and experience a completely different lifestyle in college. One of the things that I really did not like was that you can't really tell whats the campus and what isn't. It is well mixed in with city buildings and the sort. I wanted a campus where I knew exactly where the campus started and ended. It felt like the campus was too integrated into the city and for me that was a turn off. Sure its nice to have a big city nearby, but I didn't want one right on top of the campus. I ended up choosing University of Michigan instead of UT - Austin. The down side is out of state tuition compared to instate tuition, but grants and scholarships help to even out the playing field. As to the funding that UT receives, yes it is a lot because it is the flagship school, but A&M and Tech are also flagship universities that receive hefty funding as well. Plus, the Texas legislature has passed some kind of bill that reduces spending on education. This can be see within the last year. Tuition has jumped drastically and I can only imagine that it will continue to do so in the future. That being said, there is something else that you have to think about. Texas football. Don't get me wrong I love football, as do almost all Texans but what ends up happening is that a lot of funding gets put towards football (and even baseball at that). You'd be surprised to find out how much money the athletic program receives at UT, but then again it seems to be put to good use as UT athletics can be considered one of the best in the country.</p>
<p>I completely agree with midnightsun...i visited UT Austin and had the same feeling when I was on the campus. Good city, great academics, but i didn't really like the campus itself. I liked A&M a little more even though their academics aren't as highly regarded. I've heard the camraderie at A&M is better, and it seems as though the academics are improving.</p>
<p>guys i really appreciate ur replies.</p>
<p>I'm an out-of-stater going to UT-Austin, and I've gotta tell you, I flippin love it. The campus isn't that pretty and the size can be overwhelming... but I love it. Austin is such a fantastic place to live. </p>
<p>As far as engineering, I couldn't tell you too much, being a liberal arts major, so I'm rarely even on that side of campus. However, my boyfriend is in biomedical engineering at UT and my best friend is in petroleum engineering, and they both say that it is very hard but worth it. Plus, because it's so well accredited, there are lots of jobs/internship opportunities.</p>
<p>Midnight,</p>
<p>I am a bit confused by your statement concerning funds being funneled from academics and used for football. Texas football generated over 47 million in revenue in 2003-2004 and had expenses of 13 million.</p>
<p>I remember when I visited, some tour guide said an oil businessman died and donated a HUGE amount of money to the petroleum engineering department. I can't remember exactly, but it was over 50 million and i want to say 100.</p>
<p>I know a few lets say not so bright people who received quite handsome scholarship offers from UT and some extraordinairily brillant people who did not receive any scholarship offers at all. I don't have any hard evidence to back up my statement, so I could be wrong. Was just my way of justifying UT's actions to give money to (who I think) are less deserving people. I should have looked for hard evidence before I spoke. My bad.</p>
<p>Midnight,</p>
<p>Why did the not so bright people recieve scholarships? Because they were athletes? If so, we know that happens at every Division I school.</p>
<p>Yeah, it does and its a shame. One kid at my school received over $2 mill in scholarship offers from schools because he was an athlete. He was by no means smart in any sense of the word. I think that is crazy, but it happens. For his sake I just hope he doesn't blow out a knee or anything.</p>
<p>Mionight, is that a total of twelve "full ride" scholarships each from a different school?</p>
<p>Not sure. All I know is that when we had our scholarship awards banquet they said he reveived just over $2 mill in scholarships. They listed the schools, but I was so disgusted at that number and who it was so I didn't pay attention to the schools.</p>
<p>Well what happened is he got full rides to many schools because of his football. They don't try to hide that, they give athletic scholarships. Why are you so disgusted? They don't pretend that he is smart. He brings a lot to the University, so they want him and they will pay for him. A D-I college simply would never get any good athletes if everyone else was giving him a full ride and they weren't.</p>
<p>Are you upset because they give out athletic scholarships in general? You can say athletes aren't smart, but the ones getting scholarships are extremely elite, just not at academics.</p>
<p>Not upset that they give out athletic scholarship in general just that kids like him that really don't have a chance at passing in college get all this money when I see kids who are very bright and intelligent get none and they are the kids that really need it. I know many kids who have to go to community colleges or smaller less respected in state schools because they could not afford the bigger or more prestiguous schools that they got accepted to. I wouldn't care so much that athletic scholarships were given out as long as more was set aside for student who really excell in academics and really need the money. I don't like the fact that if a student does go to these school he/she will graduate with over $25,000 in student loans and often times with his/her parents having to take out PLUS loans. You know if they have to tap all these resources that they are in financial strain as it is and this by no means helps any. What happened to the days of an inexpensive yet very valuable in state education. It would also make it better if these schools that give out these athletic scholarships would focus more on academics and make sure that the athletes that they recrute could hold their own in school. I read an article from Sports Illustrated I think that addressed this issue with Ohio State. It quite frankly disgusted me. Let me see if I can find the site.</p>
<p>Sorry it was ESPN, here it is
<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1919246%5B/url%5D">http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1919246</a></p>