Student Profile
Regina
- Class: Senior
- Major: Government
- Gender: F
- High School: The Colony High School
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
UT is amazing! It is what you make of it. There are so many opportunities available. I like that UT is so large. It allows for more diversity. The one thing that bothers me is that there are so many overlapping causes. For instance there are at least three AIDS organization. I don't think there is a general consensus about UT it really depends who you talk to. Some people are impressed others are not. The only consistent response comes from rival schools like OU, A&M and tech, I think they are just jealous. Austin is definitely a college town. At least in the downtown area. The administration at UT is very bureaucratic and often inefficient. Controversy usually arises out of diversity issues such as whether same sex couples should get insurance benefits. There is a lot of school pride but at the same time there are people who don't care at about UT culture at all and they fit in just fine. UT has some really creepy old buildings. Walking into the anna hiss gym is literally a blast from the past. Most frequently students complain about cost and the lack of food options in areas away from the dormatories
Academic Life
I know most of my professors names. I never really cared much to learn my business professor's names. my favorite class is on the brazilian left taught by john dulles, son of the sec. of staCte under Eisenhower. He is 95 years old and actually lived through half the stuff he talks about. My least favorite class was probably MIS for non-majors. The teacher disgusted me with her teaching style. Studying depends on your major. I don't really study but that's because my major is more about reading than actually studying. Class participation is rare even when it counts for part of your grade. UT students do have intellectual conversations out of class. since most of us study a diverse set of topics it's interesting to compare knowledge across disciplines. In liberal arts we aren't very competitive at least not to my knowledge. I study government but I've only seen a government adviser maybe twice in my time here. I like to go to the undeclared advisers or my latin american studies adviser, even though I'm not going to finish that degree. Latin american studies is not even a department it's an institution. so we don't have our own professors, which makes it really difficult to finish requirements. Even though I'm a government major I'm not very mainstream in that I'm more interested in comparative government in Latin america. So I was more at home in the latin american studies inst. I didn't really take advantage of my professor's office hours in my time here. that is definitely one of my regrets. fortunately I had the opportunity to make a great connection with one of my government/latin american studies professors. The academic requirements are fair for the most part. The only reason I'm not graduating with a LAS degree was because I missed LAS301 that is only taught in the fall. But I understand why things are the way they are...at least in liberal arts. I think we are a bit more free-spirited than other colleges such as engineering. In liberal arts its all about learning. Business and engineering are definitely professional schools
Student Body
Ut is generally diverse. There is an over representation of Asians. I don't think anyone would feel out of place here. Students typically wear t-shirts and jeans or shorts. A lot of times students wear work-out clothes to class and flip flops. I think human nature pairs us with people who look like ourselves. but there is the opportunity to interact with people unlike ourselves. I would say at least one of the table has people that look all the same while the others have a large range of diversity from gender to ethnicity to style. most UT students are from texas, dallas and houston to be specific. All kind of financial backgrounds exist. However I will say that the more wealthy students tend to migrate towards greek life. Students at UT are definitely to the left. Austin is often known as a spec of blue in a sea of red. There are a lot politically active students involved in immigration rallies and what not. But at the same time just like anywhere else there is a great deal of apathy. Money is definitely a factor. As a liberal arts student we mainly joke about how we won't have money and how engineers get money thrown at them
The Best Things
opportunites
The Worst Things
it takes forever to walk the campus
