Ram Chath

Review of ACOI and UT Dallas

This is good school, has a decent name in the indu...

This is good school, has a decent name in the industry, thanks to some of the hard-working guys out there. but a very small campus, hence getting a minimum wage on-campus job is very competitive Graduate Assistantships are totally non-existent. if u r on student visa (F1)/international student, you have to pay the high tuition fees from your pocket, and absolutely minimal chances of getting a TA/RA (stipend+tution waiver) inspite of straight As. Most of the oncampus jobs ensure you get only 19.5 hours a week so that the University system does not have to pay for benefits (if its 20 hrs/week, then Yes) There is a rule that a student qualifies for in-state if they have been TX resident for more than 365 days, and that wont work here, cos UTD makes millions of dollars every year eating up exorbitant tuition funneled in by international Graduate Students. The teaching faculty is alright, but its left to the students to go home and do their reading part, homework and project work. The grad school was set up with all evening classes so that working professionals can take/audit classes. Maybe you want to consider Texas A&M or UT Austin or even UT Arlington, and then come to UT Dallas if no choice. I received my MS in EE from UTD many years ago.