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The University of Texas - Arlington

How this student rated the school
Research QualityD- Research AvailabilityD-
Research FundingC- Graduate PoliticsD-
Errand RunnersD Degree CompletionF
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]F Sufficient PayF
CompetitivenessD- Education QualityC-
Faculty AccessibilityD- Useful ResearchF
Extracurriculars- Success-UnderstandingD-
Surrounding City- Social Life/Environment-
"Individual" treatmentF FriendlinessD-
Safety- Campus Beauty-
Campus Maintenance- University Resource/spendingD-
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Describes the faculty as:
Unhelpful

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Degree Completion
F
Highest Rating
Research Funding
C-
He cares more about Useful Research than the average student.
Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
Had I known that the "A" in UTA stood for arbitrary, I never would have gone there. I was kicked out of a class for nonpayment, which was news to me as I thought I had paid, and when I searched for help I made several startling discoveries:

1. The Literacy Studies program does not provide phone numbers to advisers, unlike every other program I could see on their site.

2. When you call the program, they refer you to whatever program they have the number of, whether it will help you or not. I spent time contacting very nice people who could not help me.

3. The program is supposedly designed for convenience, but they will cancel entire classes without telling anyone.

4. When I was able to contact someone who's email signature contained

2012 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
I was given an 11 minute lecture on what I SHOULD have done to avoid being dropped without being given any options on how to fix the situation.

5. Nothing annoys the faculty adviser more than a student emailing trying to come up with a solution. By the second email I was given two or three word replies.

6. The financial office WILL hang up on you.

7. If you're going to be dropped from a class you can expect to be given a 4 hour window to check your email and fix it. I was emailed at 12:22 and 4:23 am.

Keeping in mind that I was dropped for a payment that I didn't know I had missed, I called the financial office a second time, since the first one had hung up on me, and tried to get the date to pay for my next class only to be told that UTA hadn't decided on a date yet. They expect students to be able to juggle every rule as they make them and they seem to make them based on whims rather than logic.

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