tell me about University of Tennessee

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Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

I’m sure you’ll find that in a lot of southern schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

I’m sure you’ll find that in a lot of southern schools.

That’s fair, as long as you’re cognizant that the culture at UTK is more akin to southern schools like Ole Miss. Vanderbilt has a very different college culture. Nashville has a lot to offer; Knoxville not so much (nor is it a quaint college town).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

I’m sure you’ll find that in a lot of southern schools.

Quit pushing these old tired tropes. If you actually spent any time in the south, you would know that these are not true. All the racism is happening on campuses like Penn and Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whole PSU vs UT thing is silly.

While PSU feels more basic, it places in northeast/nyc jobs of all sectors and west coast stem way more than UT.

And due to that, UT grads salaries are capped due to severe regional lock-in

People need to get over the assumption that everybody aspires to a career in NYC, Boston, Philly. Nobody thinks the path to Wall Street goes through Knoxville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

I’m sure you’ll find that in a lot of southern schools.

Quit pushing these old tired tropes. If you actually spent any time in the south, you would know that these are not true. All the racism is happening on campuses like Penn and Harvard.

Today’s generation is much better than our parents generation but to say it’s not there is silly. It’s everywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The whole PSU vs UT thing is silly.

While PSU feels more basic, it places in northeast/nyc jobs of all sectors and west coast stem way more than UT.

And due to that, UT grads salaries are capped due to severe regional lock-in

People need to get over the assumption that everybody aspires to a career in NYC, Boston, Philly. Nobody thinks the path to Wall Street goes through Knoxville.

Another issue is where UTK puts DC when they’re trying to get into grad school in a few years. UTK isn’t even in the top 100.

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Of course it is. And you have spent zero time in the south. Have sent zero kids to southern universities. Yet you talk all the time about how awesome the academics are of the Ivies in Northeast. The schools that have the problems with the real racism and misogyny.

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Anonymous wrote:UT trying to be Auburn without the cute town and the business school.

UT has a cool downtown. Auburn has a tiny stamp of a town that sells burgers, sweet tea, and some pimento cheese. Thats about it.

Don't forget the lemonade!

That’s Georgia. Home of Chicfila.

There is a Publix walkable to Auburn campus. Tennessee is out just for that reason.

I do love their fresh sandwiches and chicken fingers. But I don’t love Alabama Tornadoes.

Publix is a Florida masterpiece. Pub subs are amazing. Have you ever had the chicken finger sub? Alabama has tornadoes, Tulane gets hurricanes as does Florida, California schools have mudslides, fires, and droughts, the northeast is too cold and the Midwest is too much basement time in winter, every school is going to have its issues with weather.

All the more reasons to stay in Virginia.

Yes, we would never want to leave the bubble. Ever.

We do have Publix in Stafford and Chicfilas.

It’s chik-fil-a

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

It's a fair concern. I know one AA female who matriculated there from Florida (not Miami, but not the sticks, either) within the last five years and was shocked the casual misogyny and racism she experienced at UTK. She personally was called a B at least weekly and a C and N at least monthly (the N often in combination with the B), and heard the same epithets hurled at others much more regularly. She loved the rah rah at the school, but never felt truly welcome there.

The casual misogyny and racism (as well as ‘rah rah school spirit’) is real.

I’m sure you’ll find that in a lot of southern schools.

Quit pushing these old tired tropes. If you actually spent any time in the south, you would know that these are not true. All the racism is happening on campuses like Penn and Harvard.

Today’s generation is much better than our parents generation but to say it’s not there is silly. It’s everywhere.

No, it’s not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at Vanderbilt - Nashville, Tennesse.

So during the fall, every week or two, some SEC school comes to Nashville to obliterate the Vanderbilt football team. And of course they bring their fans and make a weekend of it.

According to DC, the Tennessee students and alumni are the worst. Belligerent, drunk, trashy. Ole Miss and Georgia are very classy in comparison as they demolish Vanderbilt. Tennessee is... not classy. All redneck all the time.

We know where Vandy is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’S iN tHe SoUtH!

There, got it out of the way.

Bigotry here!

A freshamn we know there that came from a pretty diverse high school said he was taken a back at the use of the N word "with the hard R" and not used ironically. He's a white boy from Virginia so maybe assumptions were made that they could say that around him?

UTK is very high on my kid’s list and this is the biggest concern.

Ask current students if they’ve ever heard that word used.

I went to UTK over 20 yrs ago and never heard anyone use the N word..ever.

Also am from TN and no one has ever asked me where or if I go to church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the same school that took anyone with a pulse 2 years ago. You can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig.

Well, times have changed. 😀👍

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the same school that took anyone with a pulse 2 years ago. You can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig.

Well, times have changed. 😀👍

Yes, but not the school’s academic profile. Yet.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the same school that took anyone with a pulse 2 years ago. You can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig.

Never read something more spot on.

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