Chance me for UT Austin?

NuScholar
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:25:44 +0000

As an Asian minority especially, it’s not wise to gauge schools only on their academic reputations … you should also question and assess if it will be a great cultural fit.

Texas A&M: As an Asian student it’s highly likely you’ll find Texas A&M culturally stifling and off-putting. Texas A&M is a haven for obnoxious bible-thumping hypocritical white males and is way behind when it comes to embracing and celebrating diversity. I know a liberal Asian guy (studies show liberals are smarter and he is, he graduated with 4.0 GPA) who graduated from A&M and since he graduated in 2011 he has not been back to visit or go to any alumni events.

Texas State: I don’t think you’ll like it much there. Less than 5% of the population is Asian, diversity isn’t a major thing there, and like A&M it’s a haven for obnoxious bible-thumping hypocritical white males/females which of course isn’t a good thing.

UT-Arlington: I think you’ll like it there. Diversity is big at UTA and it has a thriving Asian community and from what I understand they break the stereotypes of being socially inactive and simply bookworms (in the last 2 academic school year there was a Asian homecoming queen, Asian homecoming king, many Asian elected student leaders, etc). Also UTA has an Asian (Indian) president and a strong partnership with China universities.

UT-Austin: UT has a pretty big Asian community however they’re not as visible as they are at UT-Arlington. Despite UT-Austin’s strong diversity, it’s still a very white school that’s pretty much ran by rich white kids from major cities in Texas. But at least many of those rich white kids are liberal leaning which means they are more pleasant to be around unlike the kids at A&M and Texas State. From what I see, the Asians students are not as empowered and comfortable outside the classroom as they are once again at UT-Arlington.

I just wanted to share my observations on four schools. Happy Hunting!
@xrocker

Edited to remove some political references
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