The University of Texas at Austin Top Questions

UT is a great university that opens up an almost endless list of opportunities for its students. However, it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. To become a student at UT you have to be independent and know that about yourself.

the school is just the right size. It is big enough so everyone can find their own place. I spend most of my time in the Business School. Austin is not a college town full of amazing people and activities taht happens to host one of the best school in the nation. there is defenetly a lot of school pride you know VIVA the Longhorns!!. The experience that I will always remeber is walking on campus and seeing the mosd diverse crowd that I have seen in my life , trying to change the world by involving in different organizations such as Face Aids, Texas 4000, Panama brigades, etc.

The best thing about UT is that is really fun, we are excellent in most of our sports, but we have very high academic standards. The school is just the right size. Everyone wants to be a longhorn!!!!!!! I'm an engineering so i spend 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of my time in ECJ. The school pride is amazing. After all we are the BEST, how can you not be proud? UT football games are SOO fun.

I am completely obsessed with UT. I couldn't be happier with my decision to go to school here, and I wouldn't change anything. UT is big, but it isn't too big because people are able to find their niche very easily. There is SO much school pride at UT, despite the school not being a true "college town." I love that I can spend as much time as I want on and around campus, or go out in Austin and experience real city life as well. UT is a public university with amazing athletics in every areas: football, baseball, volleyball, swimming, and basketball is improving! The only bad thing about UT that I think is more a problem with Austin than the school is safety. I am always a little scared to walk alone anywhere, especially with all the robberies that have been occurring lately.

The best part of UT are the football games in the fall. UT is a football school and everything stops for the games on saturdays. My best experience was going to the Rose Bowl to watch the National Championship game. Nothing will ever top that.

I love Austin because it is a big town with a small town feel. Everyone supports local artists and businesses and is very welcoming. It is an amazing city to live in and I love that UT embraces that feel.

Here is something unusual about UT: in a place with so many opportunities, there is nobody to tell you how to "get there"- nobody gives you a break, and nobody does you any favors. AKA- the rules will not be bent for you. You have to find your own way in a school this big.

In the midst of my search for my major, I tried out quite a few classes. One of the things I have realized is some disciplines emphasize social justice and others do not even touch it. As such a powerful institution, we should be educating some of the most knowledgeable people but who are also considerate of their fellow citizens. I feel UT should offer some social justice class and make it mandatory to everyone. Yes, mandatory. But the kicker would the classes need to be less that 50 people each so as to facilitate discussion and proper in depth self-exploration. It could possibly extend to 2 classes, one with issues of concern within the US and the other having to deal with international aspects. I think this would help UT in the long run because it would not only get more students thinking about their actions but also make the university noticeable in producing ethical citizens.

I think UT should give students more ways to pick their major. Let them get a better taste of each major, since the first few classes a student don't equate to what the major is like.

The best thing about UT is you can always find a group of people with common interests. It has great academics and provides for a great social life. Austin is a great city to live in, and UT does so much for the community. There is a ton of school pride, especially with regards to football.

UT is a campus filled with energy. Students on campus are very involved in organizations, and various causes are continually being promoted on the campus around the clock. It is a large school, but this allows for unique interactions with different people every day. I love the diversity on campus.

UT is a big school, but the best thing about it is there are so many great organizations to get involved in, which makes it seem a lot smaller.

Awesome place. I think is one of the top 5 places to go to school, comparable only to stanford and U of M. It big, very diverse, great academic program, great athletic program and its in a great city. It has a lot of traditions and to put it in a few words, what starts here.. changes the world.

UT's campus has a lot to offer. You just have to be motivated and make the effort to take advantage of it. It's harder when you live off campus, like I do/did in the Castilian. As much as I liked my dorm, I wasn't in the middle of campus and I was always just a bit lazy. Of course, I made a great group of friends from my dorm. There are a lot of events that go on every week, with flyers marketing them. Make an effort now and then to read and look at one - I did. And the events are really great. Texas Revue in the spring is really fun to go to. The drag is really great, but you do get tired of it after one Semester. Also, make sure you have pockets of cash. Eating out as a student is really appealing and the Drag has a lot to offer, but that money adds up at the end of the week, and the month...and before you know it $100 is down the drain and you don't know how. So when you go into a restaurant and see a table of people your age all ordering water, they are definitely college students. My friends and I started spending a lot of time on congress, going up that hill. There are a lot of funky little shops. It's just nice way to kill a quiet, calm, and gorgeous evening.

UT has lots of people and lots of opportunities. Those who are go-getters, ambitious, and intentional about taking advantages of resources around them succeed. However, I think there are also those who feel overwhelmed and lost by the mass of information. I understand that Dean Woodruff is placing efforts toward making smaller communities for the undergraduate experience, and I hope that implements of this cause will come soon. Most every student that gets into UT has great potential at succeeding as students and leaders, but some may need help in navigating through all the information and operations at UT to reach their potential.

The best thing about UT is that you can do anything here. You have a world class campus with extraordinary faculty and resources, but also some of the best parties in the US! Also, Austin is a both an old and a metrpolitan city, so there are so many different kinds of things to do. Best of all, Austin is a very active place. There are always free events or 5ks or art shows or something going on.

Very large college; people usually think highly of UT engineering; most of my time is spent in Jester; controversy - approval of the +/- grading; a lot of school pride

it's a large school and not meant for everyone. if you're looking for school pride and being part of something, this is the school for you.

The best thing to do here at UT is to go out and try out the different restaurants. The campus is quite pretty. the buildings are aesthetically pleasing.

My department does not do enough to recognize undergraduates in the Art History department. The department focuses too much on its graduate students, thus it's undergraduate program becomes less competitive. Each year is different. For the first two years of my college career, I spent most of my time in the ART building, working in the painting studio. For the next two years, I've spent most of my time in the Fine Arts Library, researching. This past semester, I have spent a great deal in the business school. The administration within the College of Fine Arts (I don't have much interaction with other departments) is great! The Dean of Student Affairs is attentive and dedicated to her job. It's been tough not having a permanent Dean of College Of Fine Arts for the past two years, but he's finally here, and here to stay. For me, I have a lot of "college" and university pride. Unlike other schools, UT offers training in highly specified areas. As a freshmen, you have many options, however, you have to seek them out. My advice to all freshmen would be to not take any of your professors and resources for granted. Ask much of your professors. Do not expect things to "magically" happen. You have to work for it.