Texas A&M vs. UT: which school is a better fit?

TheNameIsBill
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:09:47 +0000

I’m currently a freshman here at A&M, and from what I have observed, we’re not really as conservative as most people claim.

I’ve seen plenty of Flying Spaghetti Monster (a internet joke about religion being as silly as a Flying Spaghetti Monster that got popular) bumper stickers.
I’ve met people who are openly gay, and others who are openly liberal.

During our New Student orientation we even had a diversity training exercise where the speaker would ask a question and if it pertained to you, you would stand up.

When the question, “Do you have any friends who are LGBT” was asked, a little more than half the room stood up.

I’m guessing the social conservatism rumors come from the large Corps of Cadets presence that act as the “face” of A&M.
However, they are also very respectful of other people and in no way discriminatory towards anyone (except maybe Freshman in the Corps).