The University of Texas at Austin Top Questions

No, UT is a fun school but you do not have to go out all the time or be in a sorority/fraternity to enjoy college

no. The majority of the students study a lot, therefore need a break which is where we get the "partying" stereotype. If other schools were worked as hard as we are, they would want to go out for a drink too.

While there are liberals and what one might call "hippies", that seems to be a minority. Most of the students are typical kids. And besides, hippies are as cool as they come.

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No because stereotypes are a very broad generalization. It is easy to say Asians are very smart until you run into a dumb one.

pretty much

Unless we happen to be playing your school in a basketball or football game this weekend, I don't think that most students have a superiority complex that unreasonably extends past what would be considered normal school pride.

Yes, these stereotypes are somewhat accurate. Most people that I encounter are liberal. Many of them eat granola, smoke pot, or threaten to hurt you if you don't recycle. Presidential hopeful, Ron Paul, enjoyed substantial support on campus because of his willingness to relax restrictions on marijuana. I'm sure that plenty of conservatives exist at UT, but the campus appears to be primarily liberal in my experience. I actually did a survey for my statistics class last semester that validated this opinion, with at least 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students identifying with the Democratic Party. Regarding the idea that entering freshmen completely change because of the environment, I think that the notion bears some truth. Every student, no matter where they go to school, changes their freshman year. Students are definitely affected, but radically so? It's doubtful.

I have found UT to be a place where people of many different backgrounds can come together and learn from each other. No, the majority of students are not pot-smoking hippies, but we do have some of those! UT is definitely more liberal than other Texas universities on many levels, but there is still plenty of room for conservative students. UT students, in general, just seem to be more willing to accept people for who they really are. There's something for EVERYone at UT!

Neither have to be true. I've never been to a single sporting event, and I have lots of friends that fall into my category. You will see oceans of burnt orange on weekends, though. As far as overpopulated classes go, after your core classes are over, you'll soon be in a much more personal atmosphere - and those are the classes you'll want to have a better dialogue in anyhow.