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lots of different organizations and student groups; people that may feel out of place at UT - non-social people (loners); plain clothing in class (t-shirt, jeans or shorts); different types of students interact all the time; most UT students are from Texas; students are very politically aware/active; predominantly left

UT is a very casual campus with all sorts of people. you can learn alot from all the different people that attend here.

UT has a lot of organizations ranging from grouping different ethnicities together to religion to same ethnicity and same religion together.

UT is a pretty open campus that embraces people of all difference backgrounds, preferences, and personalities.

A student from the northern United States would probably feel out of place. Texas is a different state of mind. Different types of students interact, some more than others. There are all different financial backgrounds. Most students are politically leftist. Some students talk about how much they'll earn one day, typically Engineering students (no offense, I can prove this.).

Students dress casually during class, usually t-shirts and shorts. Most UT students are from Texas. The financial backgrounds vary depending on where people live on campus and where they are from. Most students seem politically aware, predominantly liberal. I don't think any kind of student should feel uncomfortable at UT

So many different groups of people come together at UT and all are respected to be unique. Someone who is shy would feel out of place here. UT is so diversified, it's hard to pinpoint what students wear to class; the attire is more casual, but no specific styles. Everyone seems to interact with each other. One table has a surfer girl, an african american, an asian, and a football player; all are diversified in this way and most laugh or search intensely through their books to find an answer. UT students are from everywhere. The diversified financial backgrounds make it about equal for everyone in terms of lower class blending with upper class. Most students are politically aware, and some are active; predominately left. Not usually; most students are just concerned with getting through all their classes.

I dont think there is one majority as far as socioeconomic status at UT. I've met kids who are working full time, in addition to taking out student loans, to pay for their college education since their family can't afford to pay for them. I've met other kids who get hundreds of dollars a week for whatever they want, on top of food/clothes/housing/tuition costs, from their parents. If anything, the only group that outweighs another is liberals to conservatives, and only slightly. A lot of students are just apathetic kids who are bored by politics and just want to have fun. So it's not a crazy intense liberal atmosphere, just slightly more liberal.

The student body is about as diverse as it can get. There is a student group for just about anything you can imagine. I don't think anybody would feel out of place here. Dress to class is very casual. Tshirts and shorts and sneakers or flip flops are most common.

We have all races, groups, etc. No students would feel out of place because we have them all here, most students wear casual clothes to class tshirt shorts flip flops etc,