Texas Tech University Top Questions

The most common misconception about Texas Tech University is that we are a party school that doesn’t care about academics, but the truth is Texas Tech has consistently been recognized by its peers, students, and alumni as an amazing and progressive University. Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business was listed as one of the best business schools in the country by the Princeton Review, Tech’s School of Law was the only law school in Texas to be ranked in the top 20 this year by Prelaw magazine, and the University as a whole earned a top-tier ranking among national Universities in this year’s edition of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Now, don’t get me wrong, the student body at Texas Tech is every bit as passionate, rowdy, and fun-loving as you would expect, but it all stems from a deep rooted pride in our University and its traditions and it should be considered just one of the many things that makes Texas Tech such a great school.

The most common misconception about Texas Tech University is that we are a party school that doesn’t care about academics, but the truth is Texas Tech has consistently been recognized by its peers, students, and alumni as an amazing and progressive University. Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business was listed as one of the best business schools in the country by the Princeton Review, Tech’s School of Law was the only law school in Texas to be ranked in the top 20 this year by Prelaw magazine, and the University as a whole earned a top-tier ranking among national Universities in this year’s edition of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Now, don’t get me wrong, the student body at Texas Tech is every bit as passionate, rowdy, and fun-loving as you would expect, but it all stems from a deep rooted pride in our University and its traditions and it should be considered just one of the many things that makes Texas Tech such a great school.

The most common misconception about Texas Tech University is that we are a party school that doesn’t care about academics, but the truth is Texas Tech has consistently been recognized by its peers, students, and alumni as an amazing and progressive University. Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business was listed as one of the best business schools in the country by the Princeton Review, Tech’s School of Law was the only law school in Texas to be ranked in the top 20 this year by Prelaw magazine, and the University as a whole earned a top-tier ranking among national Universities in this year’s edition of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Now, don’t get me wrong, the student body at Texas Tech is every bit as passionate, rowdy, and fun-loving as you would expect, but it all stems from a deep rooted pride in our University and its traditions and it should be considered just one of the many things that makes Texas Tech such a great school.

I think that students at Texas Tech are often stereotyped as frat guys or sorority girls, which tends to have a negative connotation among students that aren't involved in Greek life. There is a stigma surrounding students involved in Greek life that they are "paying for their friends" or that they are simply followers that dress and act a certain way to fit in, very much similar to the stereotypes surrounding high school students. However, this stereotype is not accurate. There are just as many students not involved with fraternities/sororities as there are involved, and the students affiliated with Greek life are just as diverse as the rest of the student body.

There is not one stereotype at Texas Tech University. I honestly see and experience every type of person around campus. When walking out of my all girls dorm, I see sorority girls in their oversized t-shirts, leggings, and New Balance shoes. Passing the music building, I see the typical "band nerds" overflowing the area. Going through the Student Union Building, tons of lunch tables are pushed together to form one long table as the frat guys join to eat and talk. And going to the Rec Center, I can guarantee anyone you see in that general vicinity will have their iPod in their ears and will be wearing athletic clothes to workout in! Always, there are people running on the trails, playing on the beach volleyball court outside, or tackling each other in a rugby game! The library is another place that is always swallowing kids to absorb knowledge and then spitting them out when it has had its fill. Between the Student Union Building (SUB) and the library, there's no doubt that any kind of person can be found. And, yes, there are the kids who walk around high and go to class high. It wasn't really noticeable, to me, unless they started talking about it. But overall, I see an even amount of every stereotype.

Texas Tech University is often thought of as a party school. People think that the only students that attend Texas Tech are a bunch of Fraternity guys and Sorority girls. The truth is Texas Tech is made up of a wide range of people. It is true that we many of our students are Greek affiliated, yet there are many that are not At my time at Tech I have met people from all around the United States and the world. Everyone is unique. If you come to Texas Tech you are sure to find friends that match your personality! Also, it is true what they say about Lubbock... the nicest people live here :)

A typical student at Texas Tech is probably stereotyped as a partier. This stereotype does have some truth, but it might be exaggerated. Generally, students do go to a lot of bars, clubs and parties on the weekends, but this is for the most part only reserved for the weekend. When the week starts again, most students work reasonably hard to keep their grades up. Still, I'd be lying if I said the action doesn't get pretty crazy every once and a while. A lot of students are having wild sex and some are even doing drugs. However, I think it's unfair to generalize the entire student population as such. It's largely dependent on what group you choose to hang out with. There are a lot of introverts here too who hang among themselves.

I believe that the stereotypes at my school would be considered somewhat like jocks. Fraternities and sororities serve somewhat as the popular jock status at Texas Tech.

A common stereotype of TTU students is that they like to drink and party. I believe this stereotype is accurate, but one can always find students who don't participate in these activities. Also, this stereotype only applies when students aren't busy with school and are looking to enjoy themselves. Then again, this stereotype is common for almost every college; it just depends on how each person chooses to spend their time that proves the value of this stereotype.

Texas Tech has many different stereotypes. About 14{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body is in a fraternity or sorority. Texas Tech has been dubbed a party school in the past. Texas Tech is also the only university in the state of Texas that has both a Law School and a Medical School along with its undergraduate schools. So Tech also has a strong academic student stereotype as well.