University of Texas at Austin

Pros: Subbing- something different everyday. It is never boring.
Cons: Not very stable. Never know for sure that you are going to work every day.

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Pros: resources, research, select programs
Cons: undergraduate size, parking, and a potentially impersonal, get-lost-in-the-crowd experience

Texas may be best known for its outstanding sports program, which was dubbed by Sports Illustrated to be the best in the country using their various criteria. Last year, Texas finished 2nd in the country in the Director's Cup, a measure of the playoff ...

Pros: Best college in Texas...
Cons: Kinda big, definitely need transportation...

I'm one of those misplaced Austinites who got stranded down the road about 70 miles and was forced to call Suck Antonio home due to the highest real estate rates in Texas found in the Capitol City. Despite that, I made a number of tentative efforts to...

Pros: food atmosphere
Cons: the walk

Ohh man, talk about cruddy cafeterias. I have heard and experienced that the worst cafeteria is definately Jester. I have eaten at jestter,a nd just with the amount of people and food in that place is staggering. It is also very loud and difficult for...

Pros: So many opportunities
Cons: Large class sizes

Well, I just graduated from the University of Texas with a double major in Psychology and Spanish and a minor in business. What do I do now? Well, now I need to find a job, but hopefully I wont have such a hard time after graduating from UT.

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Pros: Great University
Cons: None

I should start out by stating the information on enrollment posted by epinions, is not accurate. There are in fact closer to 50K total students at The University of Texas in Austin. That aside, there is so much to say about why and how this is a great...

Pros: Diverse Atomosphere, Quality Education
Cons: None

I am currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin! The quality of education is extremely high for the low cost of tuition. The institution was founded in 1883 and has a lot of character and tradition. Forty Acres in downtown Austin was...

Pros: Excellent academic program
Cons: Almost impossible for underclassmen to get into their required classes because of overcrowding

My daughter is a sophomore at UT-Austin (she placed out of her freshman year, so this is actually only her first year there...)

So far, she has not been able to get into a single one of her required classes toward her double major of Spanish...

Pros: Top-notch scholarship, low tuition
Cons: A bit bureaucratic

I attended the University of Texas at Austin (UT) from 1993-1995. Previously, I had matriculated from a small community college in Kansas. I'll break down my experiences at UT into various categories...just pick the one you want!

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Pros: affordable, high quality education
Cons: Big campus and hard to get used to.

An affordable school, with a very high quality education.. I definatly love UT, I fell in love with it when I stepped on campus. It has a homier feel than A&M with all the glass and metropolitan looking buildings there. Also the school is set...

Pros: Great course selection; good professors
Cons: Questionable and inconsistent advising; difficulty getting in courses you want

I am currently an English major at the University of Texas at Austin. I have really enjoyed the English courses I have undertaken thus far. UT offers a good variety of classes and a diverse staff of English professors. I have taken four English ...

Pros: many orgs
Cons: too much play and not enough study.

Extracurricular activites are definately encouraged throughout the 40 acres. There is so much to do and so many people to do it with. When I got to the University of Texas many people told me that for everyone ther is an organization if you want to...

Pros: A lot of fun; good competition
Cons: Umpires don't want to be there, referees are biased to their buddies

I have participated in a variety of intramural sports while attending college at the University of Texas at Austin including, Softball, Flag Football and swimming. Though I have enjoyed each sport thoroughly, each one has it's own pros and cons.
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Pros: bars, orgs, austin party town
Cons: none

The quality of the social like on campus is great. Unfortunately it is one in which students can get very involved in it. This also brings the penalty of dropping grades for the students. their is a very active greek life on campus. There are many...

Pros: Good job placement record; strong undergraduate curriculum
Cons: High turnover in professors; little graduate funding available

I am a music theory major at UT-Austin. In the 3-1/2 years I've been a grad student, the turnover of professors in my department has been almost 100%. Of the six theory professors who were there when I started my masters (completed in 1999), only one...