The Bass Pass is less generous but still a good idea if youre looking to see Broadway shows (a few are shown every semester at Bass Concert Hall) or other theatrical/musical productions. Try out to join the staff ofour schools newspaper. Moojoos: Moojos is now closed, but used to be a UT-themed ice-cream shop on Guadalupe. Rumors spread that Kendrix and the imaginary others were targeting Greek life, and students instructed each other to hide their Greek letters. UT offers a variety of honors programs and honors degree plans. Its where I get 90% of my textbooks. Popular study spot. Theres a foodtruck which features a small IPhone repair truck. ), many students take the Megabus. The Domain:The local mall. If you eat outside, the squirrels will come for you. Used to be a popular food truck, is now a restaurant. The university dedicated the pond to the victims of the tower shooting, and its a popular spot for tourists and students alike to feed the turtles and try to spot the elusive giant turtle (you wouldnt think something that big would be so good at hiding, but Ive seen it twice with my own eyes). Thats why they took a low-paying job in academia in the first place. Im putting it here because I landed a study where I fill out surveys and get $20 a week for three years, which is quite a pretty penny. If you live off campus and plan on using the dining halls, go online and buy Dine-In Dollars with your credit card, and then use the Dine-In Dollars to get into the dining hall. Additionally, there are a few workout rooms in the stadium itself. If you run out of data, you can still get on the wifi, but it will beextremely slow. The closest commercial movie theater to campus is the Bullock IMAX theater. It will not stop on its own. As a rule of thumb, if there are wheels underneath you, you count as a car skateboards, scooters, bikes, hover boards, unicycles, etc. Thats why this is my personal favorite bar. My only experience with these programs are in the college of natural sciences, which has Deans Scholars, Health Science Scholars, TIP Scholars, and Polymath Scholars. UT is trying to give you automatic friends, because making friends in college is hard. Split into six buildings, each of which houses a close-knit community of a few dozen students. UT lets you pick your roommate and your room ahead of time (priority given to upperclassmen). If you like exploring, go to a new museum or restaurant every other weekend. Additionally, you can sign up for a free VPN through UT that will give you access to its resources even when youre off-campus. Additionally, UT partnered with Lyft to give studentsfree rides back to common student housing areas (ex. Concealed carry: Many buildings, rooms, and stores around campus will have signs banning those who enter from carrying handguns. You only get one chance to do that. The Big Ticket is very generous, charging you $175 for full access toevery on-campus sporting event for the entire year. Is UT safe?Many parents asked this when I was a prospective student in spring 2016. Carothers first floor (a boys floor), however, will be less private, as that is the public entry building. actually fantastic. The cookies cost more for students whose race negatively impacted their admission to UT (white and Asian students), and cost less for students whose race positively impacted their admission to UT (free for Native American students). However, you may occasionally hear about an event here or visit for a class/internship. (LogOut/ This rule covered my tuition for a year. However, it is illegal to carry a non-concealed weapon. However, if you get the permission of a therapist, you can keep a pet as a therapy animal. The Annual Israeli Block Party: To be entirely honest, I dont want to touch this issue with a ten-foot pole, but its worth describing here. The textbooks and supplies aremore than full price there, and if you resell your textbook to the Co-Op, theyll give you about 10% of what you originally paid. Torchys, Taco Joint, theyre all good. When picking classes, your most important resource will be the official course schedule page(where you can look up every course offered this semester, a brief description of its contents, its meeting time/professor, which flags it offers, and its requirements) and the UT Syllabi and CV website(where you can look up the syllabus for almost any class with any professor in any year). This is great if your computer is damaged or inaccessible. The gyms are free as long as youre taking classes, and theyreactually fantastic. Personalized therapy still costs money, but group therapy (ex. Boil water notice: Last fall, intense flooding caused untreated water to spill into Austins reservoirs, putting its citizens at risk of bacterial poisoning. South by Southwest needs no introduction, but does need some caution. (LogOut/ UT basically has two student unions: the Student Activity Center (SAC) and the Union Building. I havent met any students for whom this actually worked out, but who knows? To stay informed about UT news, read theDailyTexanOnline or join the UT LONGmemes for HORNSy Teens Facebook page. There is a plaque dedicated to Harrison along Speedway near PCL, and every May people leave flowers and candles at the spot where he died in front of Gregory Gym (shown left). Some professors dont use their Canvas site, and will instead post homeworks and such on their own personal websites. CAVA (Guadalupe): A Subway-style Mediterranean place with a large sitting area. See the Tips section below to see how to make friends in college. Youre supposedly here because youre a harder worker who knows how to delay gratification. According to UTs LANDMARKS website: For some, the title of the piece implies unchartered territory, while the suggestive shape of the buoys hints at the brute force and masculine energy that is needed to conquer the unknown. Seriously, talk to them. Note that the difference between open and open; reserved is that reserved classes are typically restricted to honors only, majors only, or some other extra requirement. Farmers Market: This isnt my cup of tea, but lots of my friends go to the Farmers Market every Saturday they can. Well, not wheelchairs, but Ihave seen a man in an electric wheelchair in the bike lanes before. That letter grade affects your GPA as follows: B+: 3.33 grade points,B: 3 grade points,B-:2.67 grade points, C+:2.33 grade points,C:2 grade points,C-:1.67 grade points, D+: 1.33 grade points,D:1 grade point,D-:0.67 grade points. Stealing bricks from Speedway:Speedway is clearly distinguishable from other roads on campus because it has brownish-yellow bricks. This art installation is called The West. What are they and why are they there? If youre passionate about getting or avoiding a particular grading system, then read the class syllabus beforehandits required to detail the class grading system in the syllabus. If FRI isnt your thing, you can also search for other research labs to joinat any time during UTs database Eureka. All Austin hotels and popular tourist spots become unbelievably crowded during SXSW, and to top it all off, spring break is one week after from SXSW. The West (the tower balls): On the east side of Inner Campus drive, you will come across two large metal spheres that look like underwater mines with hundreds of coins welded to their exterior. The tower shooting: In 1966, a mentally disturbed ex-student, Charles Whitman, took a sniper up to the top of UT tower and murdered 17 people. If youre an engineering student, you can also use the UT Maker Space in the basement of the engineering building (by the Clock Knot on Dean Keaton) for 3D printing and laser cutting. Especially for women. If that letter is an L (ex. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, UT typically has hour and a half-long classes which let out fifteen minutes early. Kismet Cafe (42nd Street, near the HEB):My favorite Mediterranean/halal food place. Aka the fancy new engineering building. In stark contrast to its neighbor, PMA, the EERC is one of the most gorgeous buildings on campus. The Daily Texan Do you have the hot blood of a reporter? There is really no reason to go to JCL unless everything else is closed. Gregory Gym has an indoor pool and two outdoor pools (lap and recreational), weight rooms, aerobics rooms, an indoor track, basketball courts, and volleyball courts, and a rock-climbing wall (which isnt free unless theyre doing a promotional thing). Many of the information in this article was designed for pre-pandemic conditions. Some rooms have communal bathrooms that you share with your floor, and others have adjoining bathrooms. These are good if youre bored or looking to make money. Kinsolving: All-girls dorm. There are, of course, limitless other places around campus where you can stay. However, dockless electric scooter companies recently colonized Austin. If youre moving off campus, all the good places will be taken unless you sign the lease about nine months in advance. It isnot cooperative living, but rather an overpriced tourist store. I recommend enabling Canvas automatic notification system to your email or your phone, as your professors will expect you to keep up with their important/last-minute announcements on here. As a rule of thumb: if there are wheels underneath you (bike, scooter, skateboard, etc. If you dont park your scooter there, you can be heavily fined. This will help you track what youre spending too much on, allot certain amounts of money towards leisure vs living expenses, track how much of a scholarship you have left, etc. Additionally, tuition costsmore during the summer, which is why many students take summer classes at Austin Community College and then transfer the credits over to their UT degree (I did this with a government class). These are both great sources for formal and informal news, respectively. MLKs statue rests in the middle of east mall near Speedway, and has several friezes depicting important moments of and quotes from his life. The theater offers free movies every Thursday or so, sometimes with free food/prizes. And a bad professor will still have a lower rating than a good professor. Unfortunately, were still at a point where many students have to work and earn money to get themselves through college. It doesnt say this on your course schedule, but UT holds the standard practice of letting classes out ten or fifteen minutes early so that students can get to their next class on time. Often, the university holds morale-boosting events during this time, such as pancake-days or therapy dog sessions. You can buy more data per week and can look at your data usage here. If you need a costume of anything for any occasion, they have it. There will also be an in-person study abroad fair during the semester. If instead of running studies you like participating in studies, you can find paid research opportunities using the research section of the UT events calendar. If youre on UTs healthcare (BlueCross BlueShield), youll go to the 40-Acre Pharmacy to pick up prescriptions and birth control. The sections are news, comics, sports, life and arts, science and technology, and opinion. First of all, while the university (especially in research and through honors programs) can offer education on par with that of Berkeley, the drop-out rate at UT is always very high. South mall is the finest mall (mall = lawn/pavilion) on campus, in my opinion, because the grass rarely dies, there are great views, and students love napping here in the sun or shade on a clear afternoon. Every dorm has a free piano for students to use outside of quiet hours. is free and unlimited. Halal Bros (Guadalupe): Most popular halal restaurant near campus. Public Texas buildings crank up the AC way too much, and those big auditoriums get very cold very quickly. Four p.m. is the hottest time of day. Talk to professors. the PCL may look ugly on the outside, but experienced UT students know that PCL is equally ugly on the inside. Those bricks were first lain before my freshman year. Laundry. Clowndog Bikes, a bike repair shop on north San Jacinto. The turtle pond. food lines. You see, on top of applying to he university, you need to apply toindividual colleges and occasionally individual majors. You need to gain expressed permission from your college to take more than 18 hours in a semester. Learn to have fun exercising sports, dance, gym buddies, archery club, etc. Based on whatever system the professor has, you are assigned a letter grade at the end of the semester. Mueller:Mueller is a recently restored neighborhood north of the campus, and has something for everyone. Communal bathrooms, no personal sinks. Students, meanwhile heard and spread rumors about there being other stabbers on campus, two men with guns at Jester, a bomb threat at the Belo bridge, and shootings on west campus. Wifi. Some people love the dining hall food, some hate it. For the most part, the dorms dont allow pets. If you go to a Texas high school and are in the top 6% of your graduating class, then you are automatically admitted to UT. Mayfield Parks entranceway is home to dozens of peacocks and peahens, and its inner courtyard features half a dozen koi ponds. Welch Hall was open when I was a freshman, but now only holds research labs on one half while the educational half is being renovated. The study abroad resources page. The PMA Physics, Math, and Astronomy library. You can stand on the bridge and put up with the asphalt in the summer, or you can set up a picnic blanket on the lawn slightly southeast of the bridge, near the Ladybird Lake trail and the official bat observatory. At least for now, you will almost certainly have to miss schoolwork in order to attend. However, dorms like Jester are fourteen stories tall and have thousands of students sharing its kitchen, whereas each building in Whitis Court only has thirty students per kitchen. The Christian clubs will often give you free granola bars if you talk to them. UT now covers all tuition (not living expenses and supplies) for students, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), A Freshmans Exhaustive Guide to UT Austin 2019Edition, View Metoka Publishings profile on Facebook, table of which lab credits you can claim from each lab, research section of the UT events calendar, Institutional Reporting, Research, and Information Systems. University Writing Center Every spring, the UWC offers an internship course where students train and work as writing center consultants, helping people with their writing assignments for different classes. if you dont need a foreign language), because the transfer costs money. Some want 10 hours a week, some want 25. Some will set you up with a graduate student as your mentor, some will throw you straight into the deep end. Keep the jacket in your backpack, tie it around your waist, suffer in it outside, I dont care. Both Whataburger and In-N-Out have locations on Guadalupe, and there is a feud between students who prefer one chain over the other. Guadalupe. The barn outside the Blanton Museum of Art: If you get a ticket to the Blanton (free for students), you can also go visit the small white barn on the very south portion of Speedway. You may be excellent at studying now, but your schedule changes every semester and your workload changes every month. Email them about a cool article. However, if you are not on campus, many journal databases will let you log in through your institution and get the articles for free using your UT EID. You can only live in these dorms if you are an honors student or picked an honors student as your roommate. Youll find freshly made bread, homemade jams and honey, delicious food trucks, gourmet chocolate, and, of course, locally farmed produce. However, they will automatically start charging you once the six months are up. Has an exercise room and hosts one of the campus two buffet-style dining halls, as well as a coffee shop and a convenience store. People often order Tiffs Treats for special events and occasions. I am not nearly well-informed enough to speak responsibly on such heavy issues, but its a topic youwill run into during your time at UT, as many students change their behavior and who they interact with based on these cases. Stats students asking for interviews:In intro statistics classes, students are asked to collect data and run statistical analyses on that data. If youre the kind of person who goes shopping for fun or to let off steam, this thrift store is a hop skip and a jump up Guadalupe. UT events calendars research study section, the drop-out rate at UT is always very high, whose family income is under $65,000 a year, WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition by Eduweb(2019). The SAC also has restaurants on its first floor, hosts events inits ballrooms, and has study spaces on the first and second floor. Now, UTPD tells you everything it knowsimmediately. It has mall things. Mission accomplished, I guess? 
Donating blood? However, you will soon notice the problems created by this system. They specialized in placing ice cream between two warm cookies to serve as a sandwich. There are buses that run from Riverside to UT (and vice versa, of course), but the Austin public transportation system is not always the most reliable. Dont feel disappointed if they dont have space sometimes they just filled up their last open position a week earlier, sometimes they just got $10 million in grant money to spend on UGRAs. You will also get a meal plan (Dine-In dollars you can use at the campus dining halls) and an Eco To-Go Box (a takeout container for said dining halls). Here, a midterm is any test/essay that is not a final. Bike theft is a normal, everyday occurrence in Austin anddoes happen on campus. If you want to reach a professor, student, or staff member at UT by email or find out where their office is, UT has a nifty public directory for you to use. Tuition is the cost of taking your courses and paying your professors. Great for going out with friends, and you can order ahead of time online. Anna Hiss gym. If you sign up for UT housing, you should get an email giving you the option topick a roommate ahead of timeand pick a room of your choice ahead of time. The Sanger Learning Center, a tutoring center in Jester. Raising Canes Chicken Fingers (MLK): Fried chicken. To really get a sense of UTs cultural references, I recommend joining the UT Longmemes for Hornsy Teens Facebook page. But dont go to your 400-person physics class in Painter without it. The entire Humanities major counts as liberal arts honors, which is an example of departmental honors program. Dons Japanese Kitchen (Guadalupe): My favorite restaurant. Some are found guilty, either of sexual misconduct or of sexual harassment. Supplies counts things like textbooks, art supplies, online programs such as UTs infamous Quest learning system (you will hate Quest), and classroom help tools like iClickers and Squarecap (which teachers use to electronically ask multiple questions during class). Personally, Ive never successfully gotten one of these, but if you have lots of spare time to apply, they cant hurt. Great place to go with friends who are either gay or nerdy. Pocket Points, an app that gives you coupons to local Austin shops if you dont use your phone during class. Waller Creek. Note: you know how classroom experiences are highly dependent on the professors teaching them? They were implemented after the Harrison Brown/Kendrix White stabbing, because during that catastrophe none of us knew what was going on, what the perpetrators looked like, or how many there were. paying for dining halls with a credit card/cash. Yes, I said dildos. Many club fundraisers sell succulents, and there are even some stands that pop up on Guadalupe selling the plants every once in a while. Campus has been mostly quiet since then, despite the constant updates from UT police. The Perry-Castaeda Library (PCL) is open nearly 24/7, has a coffee shop, and is where pretty much any books youll be checking out reside (since its the biggest library on campus, at a whopping five stories). Every 15 minutes, the tower rings the Westerminster quarters, indicating whether it is 15 past, 30 past, or 45 past the hour, depending on how long the chimes last. Mayfield Park:Mayfield Park is a little hard to describe. 
If your textbook is unhelpful, get tutoring privately or at the Sanger Center. Sexual Assault Accusations: Unfortunately, UT has a fairly poor history of dealing with sexual assault. The Co-Op is the large building on Guad titled (not everybody at once) Co-Op, and should be avoided as much as possible. In response, Austinites had to reduce their water consumption and boil their water if possible.
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