<p>How does UTD compare to the Austin campus? Is it easy to go from the Dallas campus to the Austin campus after a year or two? Does it even matter since the degree will say University of Texas either way?</p>
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<li><p>To transfer from UTD to UT Austin, I believe you’ll have to apply like any other transfer student, and it will be based mostly on your GPA, and which school in UT you’re applying to.</p></li>
<li><p>In Texas and in this region, most folks know there’s a big difference between the flagship campuses and their satellites, which are often loosely affiliated at best. UTD has a very solid reputation of its own, unlike UTSA for example.</p></li>
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<p>UTD campus is ugly compared to the Austin campus. </p>
<p>-It’s not even in Dallas. 20 minute drive to downtown Dallas.
-The place is very flat.
-There’s a lot of grass because of all the soccer fields.
-Not a lot around town. There’s a few restaurants nearby, grocery stores, etc. (Kroger, Blockbuster, Home Depot, Gamestop, Target, Chilis, Sams Club)
-Quiet neighborhood, family oriented.</p>
<p>I lived 2 miles from UTD so I know what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>i live near Richardson as well. In my opinion the UT Dallas campus looks like a community college, it didn’t give me a good impression when i visit there.</p>
<p>UT Austin is definitely better to go.</p>
<p>Does the diploma really not specify which University of Texas you graduated from?</p>
<p>Yes it does, my sister graduated from UTA and it says University of Texas at Arlington</p>
<p>UTD is very well known, the campus life probably isnt that great, but its as good as UT
the people that go their dont play, as in they are very serious about their work most are very smart high gpas atleast for business and engineering</p>
<p>I know UTD is probably the second best UT campus (as for strength of academics) and definitely above average for a public U, but there is no way it is “very well known” or “as good as UT.” Pierrechn must be from Dallas, but if you even go to Houston, most people won’t know a thing about UTD and completely underestimate the academics there. If you go out of the state it gets even worse. UTD does attract some very smart students for business and engineering, but that’s simply because there are a lot of very competitive high schools in the Dallas area that can’t send all of their smart students to UT Austin (which IS where the smartest ones usually go) and UTD does have good engineering, business and computer science. However, UT Austin has a top 10 business school (the only business school where all of its majors are in the top 10 as well), a top 10 engineering school (which trounces that of most ivies), and a top 10 computer science program (despite being in the college of natural science).</p>
<p>From what I have heard and seen, UTD has little to no campus life. They attract many of their students with big scholarships. At my high school, people out of the top 10% are getting full tuition scholarships. It is a great choice if money is a serious issue, but the school itself is not near as good in comparison to UT Austin. However, I have heard that they are not too shabby in terms of engineering/comp sci.</p>
<p>That is too bad. I had heard it was a good school. I wonder why there is so little campus life there. Are there dorms or is it all or mostly commuters? Does the administration do anything to promote “campus life”?</p>
<p>lols hes right i am from Dallas, they play commercials talking about UTDs MBA program almost daily, but from what i hear the school does have a good business/engineering program, but campus life probably does suck its not very big, but the Dorms/apartments are really nice 4 2 an apartment seperate rooms</p>
<p>They just built new dorms at UTD, and they have apartments. I think there is little campus life because commuters either go back home or people stay in their apartments/dorms.</p>
<p>Openedskittles and Elasticity nailed it. A commuter school. Still relatively unknown here in the Houston area. Average SAT scores are high there. Some programs are good, but not in the upper echelons of national rankings like UT and A&M. Everything that’s been said above. I guess the OP is concerned he won’t get into UT Austin? I can’t imagine going to UTD for 4 years without going insane from boredom along the way.</p>
<p>Good school for computer engineering and perhaps business. A commuter place. Still a third tier University. An up and coming school, I can see it being more respected in the future, especially if UTSA/UTEP/UTA keep up with their lax admissions policies designed to cater to the Hispanic electorate. </p>
<p>They do give a ton of money to decent students, way more than UT gives. UT usually gives you none and hopes you will come because Mack Brown coaches a great football team full of under-qualified players/maybe students they give scholarships to.</p>
<p>I will apologize beforehand for the political incorrectness of my comments. Sorry.</p>
<p>then why don’t you just edit it out, navyarf?</p>
<p>UT will always be better than it’s satellite schools, hands down. However, UTD is one of the better campuses. The UTD campus lacks school spirit and life. At UT you’ll get the full college experience.</p>
<p>I try not to doublethink myself into newspeak too much. I don’t like it.</p>
<p>the administrators know that campus life is a huge problem at utd and are trying to do as many things as they can to change the problem because they do realize students arnt going to utd because of this. this year, they opened a new res hall for freshman only. they are planning for the construction of another one. there is so much construction going on to make it a prettier campus, and more buildings are being built because classrooms are getting maxed out. utd isnt considered a top tier school, but it is trying to work its way up there. yes campus is dead fridays, weekends, and night time. hopefully that will change when all the construction is done. but its academics are great.</p>
<p>Apparently, there is now an admission rep from UTD on the forum.</p>
<p>Very interesting…so would giving up a full ride scholarship to UTD to attend UT Austin all on student loans be the better career choice…not too concerned about the party life more so on the degree earned in the EE career field and the no debt vs. the full dept after 4 years…</p>