Narrow acceptance rates don’t end at the college admissions process. They follow you.
I came to UT with so much enthusiasm. Before I stepped on campus, I detailed two four-year plans —...
Group projects have a reputation in college for being tedious and stressful. Although learning to collaborate with other people is an essential skill, group projects in undergraduate classes often lack...
I spent the summer after my junior year studying abroad in Spain. This experience meant the world to me professionally and personally, but I almost didn’t go because I did not want to waste a summer...
The 2020 election season is upon us. Soon, people will line up at the polls, and there will surely be no shortage of encouragement to vote — especially on campus.
Last fall, my rhetoric instructor...
According to a 2018 study consisting of 65 universities nationwide — including UT — only 2.4% of undergraduates were black men. However, they made up 55% of football teams and 56% of men’s...
Sweaty palms. Nervous stuttering. Your heart beating out of your chest as you look at the students staring back at you. Maybe you can try imagining them in their underwear?
Most of us have been there...
You’re a freshman. You’re walking back from campus late at night with a friend. You know you shouldn’t be walking after dark, but UT Night Rides would take a half hour to pick you up,...
We wanted to write this editorial about UT’s response to shifting Title IX policies at the federal level. The Department of Education has proposed significant changes that will soon be implemented...
While filling my résumé with publications and writing experience — all suited for the summer internships I was applying to — I came to a standstill. There was a chunk of blank...
In the months leading up to my freshman year of college, I felt an overwhelming sense of excitement. I couldn’t wait to decorate my dorm, meet new people and start a fresh chapter. While I was eager...
The University Lecture Series invites diverse, distinguished members of the UT community to speak a few times each semester. These lecture topics range anywhere from preventing drug overdose deaths to...
When I decided to study film in college, I wasn’t thinking about how desirable my degree would be to employers. As a 17-year-old, I felt blissfully detached enough from my future career to blindly...
