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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment My advice is to avoid this campus. It is not liberal nor is it friendly. Stay away. Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 24 2009 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=58765&uid=1381'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Remember the cliche that true friends are hard to find. Don't try to make too many friends. I am now 38 years old. I was watching foresics files about a college student that had so many good and close friends. But some of us for many different reasons will have trouble making friends. I look back in the past and see more pain that pleasure making friends. I even asked why people hate me. And he said that it's hard to explain and can not put into words. If you don't want to wonder for the rest of your life why people hate and distrust for no good reason, limit your contact. And treat every conversation as a business meeting. They will take things way out of context. I listened to a speaker say you never know which student will end up rich and donate alot. Didn't realize how true that is. I am sometimes treated like some selfish idiot who'd never contribute anything. But my family donates and I spend alot of time helping people with studies and I've lent over $10,000 that I will never see again. I finally realize that friends really are not that important except when you need someone to talk to. Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 11 2009 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=58427&uid=1381'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Like with any university, UT is a hodgepodge of people, & you'll find EVERY type here, from quiet, shy, nerdy types to heavy "dude" partyers, to "don't shave" granola types, to "I believe my own hype" snooty princesses. If you're gay, UT will provide a more accepting environment than many; Austin will be great for you. If you're religious, conservative type, you too will do okay here but probably not great. It's a HUGE school, so you must be VERY, VERY PROACTIVE in finding your niche. I do not recommend this college for everyone. If you're used to mom & dad getting you up in the morning, telling you to do homework, etc., you will get a VERY mediocre education here if you manage not to get weeded out. If you are a Type A, very assertive, self-initiating, action-oriented personality, you'll do well here. Anything short of that, your success ranges from graduating with a so-so experience to not getting past the first semester. This is a research-intense, graduate-focused school. Great minds, but few are good teachers. In fact Grad Students are likely to be your teachers, who are learning to teach (probably from people who are brilliant but don't know how). Personally, academic advising sucks. With 50,000 students, advisers don't remember you. When I went, they were mostly students -- and 40% of time they advised incorrectly. I had to take an extra semester because of poor advice. The resources are wonderful, the atmosphere is great. For a good time, this is the place to go. I don't believe UT lacks creativity and intellectualism; it's there. UT is what you make of it. AND I won't lie...lots of folks are more into parties than any studying. I was not Greek and had no desire to be. I couldn't get over the ditsiness of that system. Regardless, socially I did fine. I think the UT experience is exactly what you'd get in real life -- a hodgepodge. I have a kid who's a Jr. in H.S. I don't think he should go here. Extracurricularly, he'd do well. Academically, I cringe at the thought. He's a really good student when prodded, not the type A person -- I think he'd get sucked into the vacuum, finding himself "lost". He's not organized, a lousy time organizer, and not one to ask questions unless approached. I think a person like this needs more individualized attention more easily found at a smaller school. As a poli sci major (it was called gov't when I went), UT & Austin were GREAT training ground. I lived in DC for 7 yrs. University Resource Use: A+, Individual Value: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 19 2007 4th Year Female -- Class 1988    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=42291&uid=1381'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save  Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8    Next

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