Comments on: This Is For Texas Residents/college Students: Are Your Colleges And Universities Going Down Hill?

By: 30400009

30400009 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:17:28 +0000

So I went to school in San Marcos which is in between Austin and San Antonio. The most awesome thing about central texas is the variety of people that live, work, and go to school here. There are a lot of people that live here from Mexico more so in San Antonio than in Austin. As for the universities they are not filled up with “immigrants” or an excessive amount of white people. They are pretty diversified and so are the kinds of people competing for financial aid. It really depends on the school you pick, if you go with UT you will be in a VERY diversified student body with lots of people competing for financial aid since it is a very large school that a lot of people desire to go to and also very expensive. Texas State is still very diversified, a little laid back compared to UT and is smaller so the qualifications and cost are a little lower making it easier to get into. There are many smaller schools in San Antonio that are reasonably priced with financial aid available but you will see more Hispanics as it is farther south. I will tell you that central Texas is probably best described (at least for me) as Tex-Mex. The influences of both cultures are really easy to see no matter where you are here. As for jobs we have not been hit quite as hard as most places but here recently there have been some lay offs. There are some really competitive nursing programs here and some that are not so competitive. I haven’t really seen that workers losing their jobs are turning to health care but I also don’t work in health care so I can’t be for certain.
So I guess in summary you can find all ends of the spectrum as far as college, jobs, and the availability of financial aid. Really you just have to do some research on the particular school that you want to go to. Hope that helps and if you do ever get here Welcome to Texas!

By: j'amor

j'amor — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:28:46 +0000

get your education before you relocate.

By: doobiedo

doobiedo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:33:39 +0000

UT San Antonio is a lot easier to get into and a lot less competitive than UT Austin. It’s also a lot crappier. I also think Austin is a way cooler city. UT is pretty bad with financial Aid (once again, more likely to get money from San Antonio than Austin) but tuition is not that expensive. I think it’s considered one of the best values in the country for being such a great school (UT Austin). Undergrad semester is like 4k. Other schools in Austin that I’m familiar with are ACC and St. Eds. I don’t know anything about their nursing programs though. St. Eds is really expensive, though. And UT is not that diversified. It is mostly rich white kids from small towns but the school and professors are awesome. It’s not super hypercompetitive once you get it. There’s a lot of very lazy students who still graduate.
Also, have you considered Houston? It’s really really big on hospitals and medicines so it would definitely be easy for you get a job there once you graduate. I think it has a lot of nursing schools too. It’s a big city but if you find the right places to go and live, it can be pretty awesome.