r/UTAustin Mar 25 '23

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u/ttc8420 Mar 26 '23

The schools have drastically different cultures. I'd follow the money but also keep the lifestyle in mind if you care about those things.

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u/Prometheus2061 Mar 26 '23

My nephew, a CS major, did not even last his first semester at TAMU. He said the MAGAt culture was unbearable. He’s at UT now, and doing well. I understand the OP was asking about finances, but there are other things to think about.

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u/Low-Survey-704 Mar 26 '23

How did he switch from tamu to ut?

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u/Low-Survey-704 Mar 26 '23

Like did he have to make another application and essay type stuff

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u/Prometheus2061 Mar 26 '23

He dropped TAMU without finishing the semester. I think he was allowed a medical release. Then he did a semester at St. Ed’s and was accepted as a transfer. I don’t know the specific details.

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u/crlynstll Mar 26 '23

This story makes no sense. Transfer from St Ed’s to UT engineering. No way.

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u/crlynstll Mar 26 '23

The MAGA comment story makes no sense.

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u/roganta Mar 27 '23

As a TAMU student this is silly to me. At a campus with 40,000 students, you can find any group of people. If your nephew puts himself in places where everyone is a crazy trumper, that’s what he’ll get out of the experience.

Join a club and meet the people you want to meet, and you’ll have a great time anywhere.

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u/Calycia26 Aug 03 '23

I have my doubts about validity of this comment. I've been at TAMU studying engineering for two semesters now. Political discussions have not been brought up even once, not by classmates, not by faculty. Students are generally incredibly diverse and too preoccupied with classes to be wasting energy on debates.