The University of Texas at Austin Top Questions

The worst thing about my school, for me personally, is the competiveness between the distinctive schools. Because UT is such a large school, everyone cannot be accepted into a specific major. Instead of most medium-sized schools that allow you to change your major at any time, UT makes their students apply to a new major. This process sometimes holds student’s back or leaves them with the only option of finding a different major if they are denied acceptance. Another aspect that I dislike about my school is that you cannot minor in Business; instead you earn a certificate.

I consider the University of Texas at Austin's immense size the worst thing about my school. Its size is intimidating and its auditorium class sizes only justifies that that is the worst thing about UT and most students can end up feeling like just a number. The amount of students is usually too much for one professor to handle which is why most usually acquire the aid of several teacher assistants. But, the worst thing can also be considered its best quality because the large campus and class sizes can expose the students to different cultures and mind sets.

The worst thing about the school would probably be choosing what to do with your time. There's so much available it's hard to focus on only one thing.

The traffic if you're a commuter because there are so many people in Austin.

Well, one of the things about my school is that the classes are made harder than they should be which has students taking the hard classes in community colleges. I would like to say although it can get really though, once a student has the mind set to make it, then you have nothing to worry about. Confidence and faith can help one through it all.

The worst thing about the school was the parking. We had to park so far away, but at least there were busses and shuttles to take to help get you into the campus.

There are so many people, you really have to make a niche for yourslef otherwise you'll feel like just another face in the crowd. It can be disillusioning at first, but just try to open up and join a club right away.

I believe that the worst thing about school is a school who does not have teachers who are passionate about wanting to teach students. Learning is a very important aspect in a child's life. A child is nothing but an innocent pupil and schools need to be able to provide nourishment of knowledge to the child brain and become great leaders for a brighter future tomorrow. Teachers must set a goal for these students and must take responsibility in being able to teach their students in the most efficient way.

The classrooms are too large. It's hard trying to meet with your professors if they have set office hours and you may have a class during that time. I think professors should setup alternate office hours as well.

It's big. Very big. Professors won't know you unless you go out of the way to introduce yourself. It can honestly take 10 minutes to walk from one class to another. But the worst part is that once meet someone, it can be quite hard to ever find them again. The best way to meet people is to join a group of some sort.