http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html Life at UOTASA - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html I don't know how to feel about UTSA sometimes because as a whole the school is just mediocre. I'll try to be as detailed as possible though to givve an idea of how I came to this conclusion. Good ... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:46 GMT StudentsReview 3433-60728 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 3433-60728 3433 25 Music - Composition/Theory Male Undergraduate Class 2012 1st Year Neutral I don't know how to feel about UTSA sometimes because as a whole the school is just mediocre. I'll try to be as detailed as possible though to givve an idea of how I came to this conclusion.

Good
1. The faculty in my department is wonderful. The music department faculty make staying at least somewhat feasible. They are very kind, approachable, and willing to help to students with just about anything. There are some bad seeds here and there but that's at any school.

2. The faculty outside my department may not be as overwhelming amazing but they try. I have taken many electives because I am a B.A. in music and not a B.M. so from what i have observed you should use ratemyprofessor.com like the holy bible. Seriously it has saved me many times from really crappy teachers.

3. The campus is all in one area. One the things i hated about UT Austin was its split campus. At UTSA everything nice and cozy.

4. It is very easy to succeed here if youput your mind to it. I mean really easy. Most of the student body is lazy and apathetic. Very few students actually study and go to class. This apathy makes it easy for more motivated students to be big fish on campus.

5. The housing is not nearly as bad as it seems. Many UTSA students complain about their housing but unless they live at chisolm, the only dorms, they really have no idea what the college experience means. That's a good thing. I hate dorms so i applied for the Oaks, on campus apartments, and although they suck compared to real apartments at least they aren't dorms.

6. The students here are nice for the most part. There is a a decent amount of minorities but it is still pretty small. It isn't hard to make friends in class.

Bad

1. The weather here sucks. In the morning it's cold so one would think to wear a coat... for an hour. As soon as ten o clock hits the weather rises like 20 degrees and it is hot until after dark. The weather changes here way too much between the extremes.

2. The insides of the buildings need maintenance quite badly. Seriously they smell musty and the bathrooms have maintenance issues as well. The classrooms are cramped in some departments and too open in others which make for uneven classroom assignments. Every building on campus has classrooms because there just aren't enough buildings to facilitate new rooms

3. The students here are lazy as hell. I hate it most in my department cuase i spend so much time here. No one sounds like they practice at all. I have never heard of anyone going to a good grad school and I'm not shocked at all about it. Our department is filled music education majors mostly so if you are interested in performance look elsewhere. The faculty tries hard but i don't anyone really understands that practicing is important in music.

4. It's not just music ,though. It's in all departments. I hate that no one cares because it becomes a virus for everyone on campus. No one goes to events but whenever i say the school stinks all people can do is say that the future will get better. I doubt that if no one does anything to impact change on the school.

5. It is way to hard to makes friends here. The school is a commuter school so making friends for on campus kids is diffiult ebough as is. Most people hook up wiht high school friends thoguh and never move out of their bubble. And the university is not helping with this matter. I mean they try but not really. There are some events on campus but due to the high percentage of off campus commuters no one goes. Also there are way too many CAP people. The CAP program needs to be desttroyed because it is ruining all of the other UT schools.

6. I feel underprepared academically for grad school. I mean the faculty contains great teachers but i can tell that because of the mediocre student body that they make their curriculums more streamlined for the less motivated students.

In conclusion...if you aren't interested in art,music, or engineering and science then do not come here. The Liberal arts here suck and they always lose many of their upper division classes due to missing faculty or classroom space. The only reason I am staying is because of the Honors college and the music department. Otherwise i would have left long ago. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:46 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html I went to UTSA for a year and was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to transfer to UT-Austin. If you're like me, then you were perhaps a bit lazy in high school and didn't care much about co... Mon, 18 May 2009 04:24:52 GMT StudentsReview 3433-60379 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 3433-60379 3433 7 Business - Management and Administration Female Undergraduate Class 2005 1st Year Advice I went to UTSA for a year and was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to transfer to UT-Austin.

If you're like me, then you were perhaps a bit lazy in high school and didn't care much about college, thereforeyou ended up at UTSA. However I can say my (and hopefully your) attitude will quickly change.

Let's be honest: UTSA is a feeder school to UT and other major universities. I strongly recommend working hard, getting good grades at UTSA, and then transferring after 1-2 years. UTSA does NOT have a good reputation and you would be better served at UT-Austin, A&M, TCU, SMU, LSU, etc. then staying here. A degree from UTSA is no better than an associates degree from a community college.

I still talk to some friends that stayed at UTSA and it seems like 90%+ of them are unemployed, working in retail for $9/hr, broke, etc. You are very unlikely to get a good degree, job offers, or academic experience from here.

While many other freshmen will fail out, drink themselves into oblivion, etc., please take my advice at get out ASAP. Mon, 18 May 2009 04:24:52 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html My college education has not helped me at all. I suppose having done some prelimary searching into the type of industries available in the area would have helped me choose a more applicable major. I w... Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:51:44 GMT StudentsReview 3433-59626 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 3433-59626 3433 50 Sociology Female Undergraduate Alumna Class 2000 Negative My college education has not helped me at all. I suppose having done some prelimary searching into the type of industries available in the area would have helped me choose a more applicable major. I wasted thousands of dollars on a degree I can't use. Most jobs in the area require a HS education with years of experience preferred over higher education. Basically, my graduate degree over qualifies me for most jobs...and I wind up getting rejected.

As for quality...UTSA was not the best school to attend but it was the cheapest...and as always you get what you pay for. Live and learn. I would advise future students to do a search on local industry demands so as not to waste $$ on a degree you will never use and further hurt your chances of landing a decent job. Oh, and don't expect any help from UTSA staff...their only goal is to fill seats. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:51:44 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html Truthfully this school sucks. The faculty members are nice, but all of the other workers are rude. The Roadrunner Cafe is a rip off. It is a huge bureaucracy around here. All UTSA is, is a overpric... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:51:15 GMT StudentsReview 3433-55679 Copyright 2009 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 3433-55679 3433 58 Political Science Male Undergraduate Class 2011 1st Year Negative Truthfully this school sucks. The faculty members are nice, but all of the other workers are rude. The Roadrunner Cafe is a rip off. It is a huge bureaucracy around here. All UTSA is, is a overpriced community college. I can't wait to transfer to a real university. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:51:15 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/TX/UOTASA_comments.html