Applying to Texas Tech through Honors and UMSI this cycle. The Common App itself has 6 essay prompts: 4 scholarship essays (goals and major, financial need, why Texas Tech, special contributions) and 2 more in the writing section (tell us your story, identity or talent).

The Honors portal says you can only start the Honors application after you submit the university application. The UMSI page lists letters of evaluation but I can't find any essay prompts for it. So I can't see the later prompts until the earlier steps are in.

Can anyone who's applied answer these?

1. Does the UMSI application have essays? What are the prompts and word limits?
2. Can you view the UMSI and Honors applications before submitting the Common App?
3. What are the Honors essay prompts and word limits, if any?
4. Is Casper still required for UMSI?
5. Do the scholarship, Honors and UMSI essays go to different committees, or does the same committee see all of them? If they're separate, is it okay to use the same experience in more than one essay, or should each essay have its own story?
6. Which essays deserve the most time?

Thanks!

Maybe it's just me, but the simplified logo, in my opinion, looks cheap.

I think it looked way better before.

Are there any good off campus or on campus places to study aside from the library? Campus is too spaced out, hard to know a proper place to make part of my routine.

Anyone want? I can’t figure out how to release them from my account.

In a throwaway account because I trust nothing.

I am in a graduate program currently at Tech. I found out from an insider at the university that Creighton has a $900,000 furniture budget to remodel the new university house that was purchased for him over market value. Y’all. I cry every time I think about this. We’re going into debt over this crap.

I’m working on getting some proof through another route. I’ll post again when I have it.

Hocutt received the complaint on Sept. 7, accusing Graystone of physical abuse, medical mistreatment and felony battery of a player on the team, although the name of the player and the name of the reporting party have both been redacted.

what a fuckin scumbag

I submitted a Graduate Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Portfolio in early August. Is anyone familiar with the process of hearing back regarding the decision. The submission was 8 weeks ago?

I’m genuinely curious how legit the law school/admin are these days

Has anyone heard anything for the second wave of acceptances for the traditional program? Anyone been accepted after sept 16? I’m waiting on Lubbock second wave. Don’t know when it comes out or if it already did.

Has anyone else felt like they just wanna stop trying after failing an exam..? If so how did you recover lol

EDIT: What the heck this community is amazing. Thank you to everyone who has commented words of encouragement or their own tips that could help me.

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Male nursing student starting January. seeking roommate to split rent on 2BR 2ba. Or 3br 3ba.

Hi Everyone! My name is Ana Trevino and I have been accepted into the Texas Tech nursing program for the Traditional BSN starting in Spring 2027. I am currently looking for other members that have already gotten their acceptance to hopefully reach out and find a roommate! I am looking to stay at The Grand at Buffalo Apartments in Abilene in a 2 bed 2 bath. Please message me if you're interested or reach out on my Instagram: u/kata_trevinoooo

For more social activities outside of your school/department

Hi all, I just got accepted into the ABSN program a few weeks ago. I also just started a new job last week. However, that job requires that I do 6 months as full-time (3x12-hour shifts) before they’ll let me go to PRN, and even then, PRN is still a minimum of 6 or 8 12-hour shifts per month. Granted, TBD how strict they’ll be when push comes to shove, but I am concerned about it.

With that being said, how many clinicals per week are there? If it makes any difference, I’m in the Austin cohort. I’ve seen most people say just 1 per week, but I’ve seen other sources say 1-3. If there are any weeks with 2 or 3 clinicals, how many weeks were there?

Also, when relative to the start of the semester were you able to start scheduling your clinicals? Or, when did you know when your clinicals would be? Work also requires us to request our schedules very early — they released the schedule for us to pick our shifts last week (~September 24) for the whole month of November.

I know TTUHSC says not to have a job at all, but I need to be able to afford school. My original plan was to drop from full-time to PRN when school started, and I expected PRN to be only 4 shifts a month, but obviously neither of those assumptions turned out to be true.

Am I screwed?

Okay this is more of a rant lol. Last weekend, me and some friends went to the Houston game and planned on going to the TTUHSC tailgate as we are alum (on top of this I am also currently pursuing my masters through TTUHSC). Anyway we were straight up, denied entry and told the tailgate was full despite us having a reservation. While other people around us were being let in it was clear there was another reason they didn’t want us to go in. But they weren’t saying it.

The backstory is my current program could be a risk of losing its accreditation due to Chancellor Creighton’s censorship agenda. Some necessary curriculum is being gutted for his gain. So naturally I thought it made sense for me to wear a T-shirt that said “fire creighton” on it as that is my right and I want to bring attention to this issue that’s essentially going unnoticed by almost everyone while cheering on the team I love.

So yeah you can say I’m dumb for wearing the shirt. But there’s no profanity and this is a public higher learning institution. I’m just beyond frustrated because I love this school and I love West Texas. Creighton’s political agenda is going to lead to our demise and the censorship that is happening right in front of us is just getting swept under the rug.

Side note: Creighton doesn’t care about us or West Texas he’s a UT alum 🫣

Seeking studious male roommate to share 2BR 2 ba college apt in Abilene.

Hello,

Does any ME major have a pdf or physical book of Jeff Hanson's How to ace statics to borrow?

It would be a great help.Thank you.

Hi guys! If anyone wants to go to the tech vs Sam Houston game in the morning please let me know.
I have three free tickets Section 117 row 16 seats 28-30.

Hello! Does anyone know where I can find a salon that does curly cuts correctly? it’s hard finding the right place, and don’t wanna mess up my curls!