Tell me about U Texas Austin

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Anonymous wrote:Longhorn alum here. I didn't do business, but UT has a big business school. There's a business honors program too. UT is huge so you can really study anything you want, join any organization, there are lots of recruiters for internships etc -- there are a lot of opportunities IF you're a self-starter. Being in an honors program or some other smaller cohort program helps. There is a big Greek scene but since it's such a big school there's a big non-Greek scene, too -- I only had one friend who was in a sorority. I loved Austin. The city is so much fun and the food is amazing. Getting in out of state can be tough though because the top 6% of grads from any any HS in Texas are automatically admitted. Best of luck to your DD!

OP here - thank you so much. Good reality check for her.

Austin sounds like a great city for the young especially. We will visit but it is good to tamper expectations.

PP here. One other thing - as another poster mentioned, getting into the business school is competitive esp. for OOS students and getting into liberal arts is easier. But there are options for non-business majors to do minors in business or special business topics. Looks like one of them is specially for econ majors (which is in liberal arts): https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Business-Options

As I mentioned there are a lot of resources like this at UT to get to study what you want, so of your daughter falls in love with UT, she may want to consider applying to both business and liberal arts. Just a thought. Good luck.

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i agree with the self started info. it is a BIG school, and your student won't get much personal attention unless she really pushes for it.

that is why i sent my daughter to a smaller school. you could get into research with professors as a freshman, she is friends with the dean of the honors college, she could really access anything she wanted to if she made the effort.

at big schools like texas (and others) it is not like that.

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To 20:47- 100% would not live anywhere else after my stint in the DC and so thankful to be a Texan

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Anonymous wrote:Like the PP said (and another Texan here) going doesn’t guarantee success. In fact many of my peers who went there are all burned out bar tenders/ servers or hobby artists living in Austin still. Yes, some of my friends are successful but only one and two are truly impressive by DCUM standards. It’s a huge school and you have to fight for what you want I.e good classes, attention/ aide from professors, etc. Your daughter needs to be highly driven and almost pushy to be noticed.

Thanks for the heads up.

I am not sure how much of a self starter she is in the way that I think of it. However she is Very Gen Z in so many ways, so she probably is very entrepreneurial in Gen Z ways (social media etc). I’ll warn her that she would need to be very self directed to consider it seriously.

Thanks!

This doesn’t sound like the school for her. No one will be impressed by her Tik Tok. To be successful at a school this big you have to stand out and take charge from day 1. Be on your professor’s radar, be engaged and Tow the line between over eager and driven. Sounds like she needs a smaller school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the PP said (and another Texan here) going doesn’t guarantee success. In fact many of my peers who went there are all burned out bar tenders/ servers or hobby artists living in Austin still. Yes, some of my friends are successful but only one and two are truly impressive by DCUM standards. It’s a huge school and you have to fight for what you want I.e good classes, attention/ aide from professors, etc. Your daughter needs to be highly driven and almost pushy to be noticed.

Thanks for the heads up.

I am not sure how much of a self starter she is in the way that I think of it. However she is Very Gen Z in so many ways, so she probably is very entrepreneurial in Gen Z ways (social media etc). I’ll warn her that she would need to be very self directed to consider it seriously.

Thanks!

This doesn’t sound like the school for her. No one will be impressed by her Tik Tok. To be successful at a school this big you have to stand out and take charge from day 1. Be on your professor’s radar, be engaged and Tow the line between over eager and driven. Sounds like she needs a smaller school.

Thanks and you may be right about her not being suited to UTA.

I am not going into all the Gen Z stuff but I have learned not to underestimate them. I have been the one putting brakes on things as I want her to have a stable childhood and youth - but there have been sizable business related offers already.

It will be her choice of course but trying to figure out where to even visit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Longhorn alum here. I didn't do business, but UT has a big business school. There's a business honors program too. UT is huge so you can really study anything you want, join any organization, there are lots of recruiters for internships etc -- there are a lot of opportunities IF you're a self-starter. Being in an honors program or some other smaller cohort program helps. There is a big Greek scene but since it's such a big school there's a big non-Greek scene, too -- I only had one friend who was in a sorority. I loved Austin. The city is so much fun and the food is amazing. Getting in out of state can be tough though because the top 6% of grads from any any HS in Texas are automatically admitted. Best of luck to your DD!

OP here - thank you so much. Good reality check for her.

Austin sounds like a great city for the young especially. We will visit but it is good to tamper expectations.

PP here. One other thing - as another poster mentioned, getting into the business school is competitive esp. for OOS students and getting into liberal arts is easier. But there are options for non-business majors to do minors in business or special business topics. Looks like one of them is specially for econ majors (which is in liberal arts): https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Business-Options

As I mentioned there are a lot of resources like this at UT to get to study what you want, so of your daughter falls in love with UT, she may want to consider applying to both business and liberal arts. Just a thought. Good luck.

That is a great idea to consider and explore. I will tell her about that possibility.

Thanks again!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the PP said (and another Texan here) going doesn’t guarantee success. In fact many of my peers who went there are all burned out bar tenders/ servers or hobby artists living in Austin still. Yes, some of my friends are successful but only one and two are truly impressive by DCUM standards. It’s a huge school and you have to fight for what you want I.e good classes, attention/ aide from professors, etc. Your daughter needs to be highly driven and almost pushy to be noticed.

Thanks for the heads up.

I am not sure how much of a self starter she is in the way that I think of it. However she is Very Gen Z in so many ways, so she probably is very entrepreneurial in Gen Z ways (social media etc). I’ll warn her that she would need to be very self directed to consider it seriously.

Thanks!

This doesn’t sound like the school for her. No one will be impressed by her Tik Tok. To be successful at a school this big you have to stand out and take charge from day 1. Be on your professor’s radar, be engaged and Tow the line between over eager and driven. Sounds like she needs a smaller school.

"Not impressed with her TikTok" made me laugh out loud. Oh, the hubris.

We underestimate this generation. I tried to talk my nephew (who graduated from UT) out of wasting his time on a YouTube channel that he created at the age of 16. By the time he graduated from UT, he could have retired off his You Tube earnings. He's 26 and investing and into merchandising his brand.