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<p>AdmRep26, howdy, welcome, and let’s get down to the brass tacks. What is UTD doing for the long term to address its lack of social life on campus, or perception thereof?</p>
<p>glad to see a utd forum!!! now maybe it will get the credit it deserves. i would like to say that the utd admission process and mcdermott process (even though son made it to semi-finalist but not finalist) was one of the best schools to deal with. kept us well informed throughout the whole thing.</p>
<p>I’m going to risk expulsion, and ask a question: For academic year 2010 UT Austin cut its ties with the National Merit, meaning all related scholarships vanished too. UT Dallas, on the other hand, has a fantastic deal for NMSC finalists.</p>
<p>Since I am not from Texas, I am at a loss to understand how two state schools act so differently. I suppose the answer is along the lines of local autonomy, but any further insights would be most welcome.</p>
<p>EricLG: because UT Austin and UTD, while related, are not at the same tier. UT Austin is notorious for not giving great scholarships to freshmen. However, I’ve heard that the scholarships are found after freshman year which is in my opinion a better way to do it. UT Austin will get kids to go to their school regardless whether they give money or not, so why offer up the scholarships when they really don’t have to.</p>
<p>Aggie,
By ‘tier’ do you mean USNWR grading, as an indication of student preference ? Sure, I understand that. But does the state support each institution equally ? And is merit scholarship money a pot that the Uni has to spend for that purpose ?</p>
<p>Of course UT Austin is at its own tier. It’s the state flagship. However, I think most people will agree that UT Dallas has the most potential out of the other UT schools.<br>
I dunno the answer to your ques Eric, but UTD does give like 50% of its class some kind of scholarship. </p>
<p>UTD looks beautiful today with the snow. Too bad it cant look this great every day</p>
<p>Of course UT Austin is at its own tier. It’s the state flagship. However, I think most people will agree that UT Dallas has the most potential out of the other UT schools.<br>
I dunno the answer to your ques Eric, but UTD does give like 50% of its class some kind of scholarship. </p>
<p>UTD looks beautiful today with the snow. Too bad it cant look this great every day</p>
<p>I can definitely agree that UTD has the most potential. As far as being equally supported, I cannot answer that. However, I would think that UT would get much more funding in general than UTD. And I’m sure that every school allots a certain amount of money to scholarships. UTD happens to do more so for freshman than many other schools.</p>
<p>DS is considering UT Arlington for architecture. I can’t find out much about the school iitself-- since it’s close to Dallas, can you help me? Is it mainly a commuter school? We are OOS.</p>
<p>Hi and welcome UTD rep. I have children who are UTD students - a junior and a freshman.</p>
<p>I realize that questions aren’t supposed to be asked on this thread, but since one already appeared, I’ll throw in my two cents.</p>
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<p>The new freshman residence hall and the dining hall made a difference in my opinion. However, my young adults keep busy with friends and various activities, so maybe the lack of social life is more of a perception than a reality.</p>
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