<p>I was accepted OOS to UT and am spending Friday Feb 15th (plus Saturday morning) visiting UT. I'm meeting with a professor in my major, sitting in on one (or two) classes, and going on an "information session/campus tour." </p>
<p>I have never been to Texas before. Is there anything that one would regret not seeing while at UT? A dorm, a cafeteria, a good place to hang out, a good place to study? (I dont want to go home and realize I forgot to check out the ---) </p>
<p>Im probably meeting a friend of my cousins who lives in Kinsolving to see her dorm room and hear about the school some more; I dont know anyone UT.</p>
<p>My mom and I are staying at a hotel close to campus and will have Friday night and Saturday morning free. Theres a womens basketball game Friday night, anything else that would be fun to do on or near campus on Friday night the 15th? Any suggestions on where to get breakfast Saturday morning? (Were leaving around noon.)</p>
<p>My mom wanted to do the tour of the tower in the Texas Union but you can't do that until March. So were out of ideas.</p>
<p>Any advice is appreciated! Thanks and have a great day!</p>
<p>I'm OOS also and visited this past summer. As far as what to see, it really depends on what you think you'll be involved in. </p>
<p>Planning on rushing? Swing by the frats/sororities, the people there should be nice enough to give you some info. Definitely check out as many dorms as possible so that you can make a good decision when it comes time to send in the final housing application. EAT IN THE DINING HALLS. You will be eating this food for at least one year. Make sure there is enough food for you to eat (I'm a vegetarian, so this was HUGE for me!) If you plan on being athletically-inclined, look at the gym and any fields you may play on.</p>
<p>Off-campus has a ton of stuff to do. "The Drag" (Guadalupe Street) has a ridiculous amount of restaurants. Plus it's right next to campus so you will get a chance to see and talk to lots of students. If, by some strange change, your mom likes to party (hahahah), go to Sixth Street, which has more bars in four blocks than I have seen in my entire life.</p>
<p>I'm from NJ and was really pleased with Austin. While it's far from what I would consider a real city (...because my comparison is NYC), there are lots of neat things to check out.</p>
<p>I recommend sitting in on some big classes, to get a feel for having such massive class sizes. I personally like it a lot, but if you think you need/thrive on the personalized attention, the big classes will give you a good perspective on how you feel.</p>
<p>Expect to see awesome, everywhere just awesome. j/k, but no the campus is asetically amazing the buildings themselves are pretty old, but on the outside they look new and spanish in style, bc the campus is undergoing construction in certain aspects. Oh and if you are lucky to be there on Feb. 21 then you would see Obama and Sen. Clinton there for a debate it is probably going to be awesome. Oh and go to Which Wich, just remember the name! :)</p>
<p>Ya which wich is awesome. I just visited UT even though I lived there for a week this summer for Boys State. The campus is quite massive but everything is relative to the awesome bell tower in the center of campus which is some 300 or 400 feet tall. San Jacinto, and Durden dorms are the best as well as the Honors Quad. The city of Austin itself is absolutley amazing! When I was there there was the Austin marathon was going on and there had to be over 50,000 people watching that. Live music is hige. Political Debates are always happening. The hill country is 10 miles to the west and there is tons of beautiful cliff lakes and places for all kinds of recreation. The weather is usually perfect. If you were lucky like I am you got into an Honors program (I got into Plan II) so you don't have to deal with the massive class sizes. I think that there are only 180 kids accepted out of the 1200 that applyed to Plan II but I know the other Honors aren't that selective. You should also check out the state capitol which is less than a mile away. It's the largest capitol in the country, 6ft taller than the national capitol in DC!</p>
<p>Hey I was visiting the campus and doing dorm tours on the 15th! I had a blast, even though it wasn't like I sat in on some classes or anything. And even though this is past due in your case, I'd advise anyone who visits Austin during the November/December time frame to go and see the Trail of Lights in Zilker Park. Easily one of the most beautiful, fun, and relaxing things to do EVER.</p>
<p>And Austin as a city is absolutely wonderful. I love every inch of it!</p>
<p>Congrats schism!
Only your Plan II classes will be small (less than 20); however, all your other ones aren't.
You will eventually have to take a class auditorium style (most intro classes are).</p>
<p>Mozart's is definitely a nice place to have coffee. It's by Lake Austin.
Also, Oasis is great for the sunset view (overlooking Lake Travis).</p>
<p>Barton Creek Pool, Zilker Park. Downtown (2nd is really nice: outdoors cafe, boutiques, Paciugo)</p>