The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Top Questions

I love the school spirit at UTK it makes the campus feel more unified. I also enjoy being apart of the greek system here on campus because it is a large here and you make many life long friendships. Knoxville is defintely a college town and when I suggest utk to prospective students they definately seem interested. The campus is large but it is not too large and the professors are willing to help if you seek them out for help. Friends of mine who were between utk and another school in their decision that went with their other choice tell me that they wish they had gone to utk they just do not want to hassel with the transfer.

School pride doesn't quite cover how the UTK students feel about our school. If asked most students would say that they bleed orange. Not only do students have a lot of school pride when it comes to sporting events but any of the other activities they are involved in.

Knoxville is a huge college town, that is why our school pride shines through the SEC. I hated the color orange before I moved to Knoxville but just being here just makes you love the VOL pride!

The best thing about UT is having such a big campus, but at the same time being so close to all of my friends

School pride is probably my favorite thing about attending the University of Tennessee Knoxville. I transferred here from a smaller college and school spirit, as much as we tried, was just not what I expected. To have great school spirit a school has to have high morale in the community and here at UTK we defiantly have that. You can’t go to any store in the area without finding something “Tennessee” and that’s a good feeling. Even though it’s only April, I’m already looking forward to football season! It’s the best time to be in Knoxville, school spirit is out of control on Saturday afternoons. Walking down the strip is a sea of orange, cars are painted with the UT symbol, and you can’t go anywhere without hearing the uplifting song “Rocky Top”! School pride makes UTK my favorite place to be. I can’t wait to be one of those proud alumni here for a game flaunting my orange!

The things I don't like about UT are housing, none of the places are that nice, food, the cafeteria food is pretty awful, parking, it is so hard to find a parking spot even when you pay over $300 for a parking pass, and I don't like that UT is a dry campus. UT students have a lot of school pride which is awesome.

UTK may be a big school, but we're all family here. People in Knoxville will do anything to help the students here. The Administration treats us fairly and there is a massive amount of school pride.

UTK is a wonderful school and I enjoy being a part of it. This is my first semester here, but I love it very much! My soroity, Pi Beta Phi, is something I really love being a part of and all the girls are so friendly and welcoming. There is tons of school pride at Tennessee from the football games to the basketball games to orange nation.

School pride. Is there a lot of school pride? We're the VOLS. How can that even be a question? Man oh man. Not only is our football team known across the country, not only are our Lady VOLS basketball team known across the country, not only is Rocky Top one of the best known (and most overplayed---to others) college fight songs, but the students really do bleed orange. I haven't come across one student who doesn't have pride for the VOLS. We get hated on a lot, but we always know how to stand up for ourselves... and having the Lady VOLS and our men's basketball team having done well this year it's pretty easy to show others how awesome we are.

Most people get a big smile on their face when I tell them I go to the University of Tennessee. MOst often times this is followed by a question about football or Bruce Pearl. Campus life is good; there is always something going on that you can get involved with. The administration at UT is fairly good. There is always someone willing to give you extra help, although it may not be your professor. There is alot of diveristy on campus, which is great until you have a teacher that you cannot understand. The advising service is not very good, but students also do not activley persue career services like they should. I love the college town, but safety can be a problem. Overall, I cannot think of another school that would be better for me.