John Smith

Review of ACOI and UT Dallas

Honestly if you had to pay for college don't chose...

Honestly if you had to pay for college don't chose UTD. If you get a full ride then it is bearable knowing that you don't have to pay for this lowtier school. A couple of things stand out if you are planning on making a decision.

1. UTD gives out scholarships to a bunch of foreign students. In fact I think UTD has the most foreign students when compared to other public texas schools. Foreign students aren't really a problem when integrated with the university but UTD makes a big deal about diversity and how diverse they are when in reality it is the opposite. All the foreign student tend to congregate into their own cultures and societies. Indians hang out with Indians, Chinese with Chinese, etc. etc. In fact this is so prevalent that the clubs garnered for these ethnicity are swollen in size with around 500 in each whether it is the Vietnamese Student Association or the Chinese or etc. You could try to join one of these programs but you will be treated as an outsider, in fact good luck feeling welcome with any ethnicity if you are white. All the activities, all the clubs, all the school sponsored "spirit" has some form of ethnicity attached to it and with around more than 50% of the school being from Asia they tend to congregate and leave anyone else out. If you're from the Asian continent you're in luck, you'll fit right in. Except if you're a non-muslim arab. Good luck trying to join the MSA or fitting in then.

2. Regardless of social life, sexual life is even worse. Good luck finding someone attractive, the girls that were mildly attractive before UTD get inflated in attractiveness due to the rarity of beauty on this campus.

3. It's expensive for nothing. UTD know's it's so lowtier in the system that it tries everything to get up to the UT system of quality. Harder classes, more expensive tuition, more expensive everything with lesser quality. The only reason you should go to this school is if you can't afford good colleges and UTD will pay your tuition for you. Honestly you're better off with a community college degree because they equal to the quality UTD brings to the table.