College Students
Topic 6 · 7 responses · archived october 2000
~KC5OJK
Tue, Sep 9, 1997 (16:21)
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Ok, I know some may haate this topic, because they wish to forget about school while online. But, I was just curious who goes where and why they picked that college.
As for me, I am a student at The University of Texas at Austin. I am a junior and majoring in Computer Science. I choose UT because it was away from home, but to far to go back on weekends. (This was a mistake. I should have picked somewhere further than a 4 hour drive. Oh well.)
~terry
Wed, Sep 10, 1997 (03:47)
#1
I chose University of Illinois, but, thinking back, if I had it to do over I would have picked a smaller, more intimate school. U of I is big like UT. And I came from a class of 100 in my high school. It was about 12 hours by bus from St. Louis.
I had *no chance* to make either the basketball or track team at U of I. At a small school, I may have had a chance to participate in sports. But I did get some great exposure to computers and programming which has been useful to me.
I slipped in, this is more "who went where" that "who goes where" now. And I'm an alum, not a current student.
~KC5OJK
Wed, Sep 10, 1997 (15:44)
#2
What would classify as a "smaller, more intimate school?"
Personally, I think UT has everything that you could possibly want. I like the way that you can make UT seem as big or as small as you want. The only thing that I would change about UT is to make the buildings closer together. I have a hard time getting to some of my classes on time if I have to walk from one end of campus to the other due to a previous class. Other than that (and the fact it's too close to home) I love UT.
~donnal
Sat, Sep 13, 1997 (16:14)
#3
My son, Philip, is going to University of Memphis. He initially took a look at the school because they offered him a good scholarship, but we have all been quite impressed with it. This is his second year. It's a large university (something like 20,000 students, I think) and has many of the advantages of a large school, but because less than 5,000 stay on capus, it has the feel of a small school. (It's also 2.5 hr from our home in Little Rock.) The administration seems very "student oriented".
~terry
Sat, Sep 13, 1997 (23:11)
#4
Isn't the Univ of Arkansas in Faytetteville, the fabled "hogs", what made him decide not to go to this
school? Are there colleges/universities in Little Rock?
~donnal
Sat, Sep 20, 1997 (23:34)
#5
You are right. UALR is here in Little Rock and UA is in Fayetteville. He wouldn't have considered staying "at home" :-) and I think most of his reasons for choosing Memphis were pretty subjective. Nonetheless, he seems to be getting a good education there, as well as enjoying it.
~donnal
Sat, Sep 20, 1997 (23:34)
#6
BTW, Hogs beat Bama today.
~jgross
Sun, Nov 8, 1998 (02:26)
#7
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your daughter has accidents
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