How's this school's atmosphere?

vig180
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:53:36 +0000

Knoxville seems relatively safe to me. The school is right in the heart of the city and the neighborhood looked decent, but still urban. It’s a beautiful area of the country though with mountains less than an hour away on all sides and the Tennessee River right next to campus. I got the impression it’s a very laid-back academic atmosphere with a bloated bureaucracy (haven’t they had like 3 presidents in the last three years?). Most of the academic strength probably comes from the sciences and engineering. Something around 90%+ of the people are from TN and tend to be rather Christian, sorta conservative-leaning, and hard partiers.