Texas Tech University

Do not come here as a transfer student in engineering. You will be nearly completely excluded from internship and scholarship opportunities because of the 'Foundational' tag that you will be stuck with for 1-2 semesters regardless of your previous accomplishments. Also, there are some decent-ish scholarships for transfer students, but they don't look quite as good when you take into account that engineering students pay an extra $1250 PER SEMESTER more than every other student here. Also, plan on a minimum $1200 per semester for REQUIRED books and online content. Whereas there are plenty of other schools out there where you can get bye just fine on used books for $250 a semester.

Also, the online homework systems are buggy beyond belief and the sheer volume of busy work that contributes nothing to understanding the subject matter here place is off-the-charts.Bottom line: If you have rich parents, and just want to look at some hotties, this is the place for you. Anyone else - transfer students especially - keep looking.

1st Year Male -- Class 2016

Campus Aesthetics: A, Useful Schoolwork: F

Where do I start? If your not in a frat or sorority, good luck making friends. If your not white, good luck making friends. Diversity here isn't exactly the greatest. I've only been here at tech for about a month and I already hate it. I originally picked Tech out of the 8 schools I had admissions into, including better schools like USD(University of San Diego) and USC(University of Southern California). I picked Tech because it was cheaper and I would get the change to get away from my parents.

I came here from San Diego, Ca because I thought I was sick of California, thinking that I would get to experience that "southern hospitality" and get meet new people, boy was I wrong. Everyone is exactly what other reviews have stated, closed minded, arrogant and snooty. If you try asking someone a friendly question like "what did the professor say?" most likely you'll just get a dirty look. The professors here suck. Most can't speak English to save their life. The others who can, just suck. I have 6 classes and only one class (history) is moderately okay. Every other class is taught by an arrogant jerk. Most of the things that I've learned here, I've taught myself. It's almost as if the teachers here want you to fail or something. Why the heck are you going to grade me on something you didn't teach adequately? My computer science class is pretty much all failing because of one professor daydreaming for the entire class. Tech loves it's money. They will charge you for EVERYTHING. The food here sucks and is overpriced. Don't get me started on Lubbock. Lubbock is boring and ghetto. If your like me and don't drink, good luck. There is literally nothing to do here. The weather is random and sucks. It's kind of like a confused child, it never knows when to be hot or cold. Being from California, I know what a pretty girl looks like, and Lubbock doesn't have a single one. It's as if Tech collects all the rednecks and ugly girls or something. If you bring your car drive slow, the rednecks here drive like jackasses. Overall DO NOT I repeat DO NOT make the same mistake I did and come to Texas Tech, unless you want to be around ugly girls, rednecks, professors who can't teach and don't give a damn about you, and of course live in the sh*t hole known as Lubbock.PS Californian's stay in Cali for the amazing weather and beautiful people. Unless of course you want to get with honey boo boo than sure come here.

1st Year Male -- Class 2017

Perceived Campus Safety: C, Education Quality: F

Good:
- Hot girls
- 1 good professor (Dini in Biology)
Bad:
- Horrible weather
- Ghetto neighborhood
- Nothing else to do besides getting drunk
- You don't learn in class
- Students don't care about school
- Majority of people is closed minded and arrogant
- Racial segregation (the spot where black people eat was called the 'black hole')
DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID. DON'T GO HERE!!
Now I'm at UT and my life is 100% better.

1st Year Male -- Class 2016