Texas Tech University

I attended Texas Tech for 5 and a half years and enjoyed my time here. I met many people the are now lifelong friends. I graduated with a degree in Communications Studies and I am now working in a field completely unrelated to my degree...but this is not because the program is bad or offers no opportunity, but because I made a too hasty decision I deciding to switch my major just so I could graduate sooner.

Overall, the faculty was helpful, with a few exceptions. However, in my program there was a lot of social interaction between the professors and some students, which I though slightly inappropriate and also gave an unfair advantage to those students and their friends. There was not a lot of help in the advising department (I did not actually speak to my advisor in Arts and Sciences until a week before I graduated when he had to tell me that I was missing a transfer credit transcript that I needed in order to graduate!!!!!)

The students are genial and you can find friends I side or outside of the Greek system and bit intermingle fairly well. The fact that this school is a party school (don't let anyone lie to you...it is) does help to unfocus a great many students. But there are just as many who are there to do well, it just takes a lot of personal motivation and a strong will.

Overall I enjoyed my time here, and do not regret my choice but I wish that maybe I would have considered some other schools as well.The campus is beautiful and very well maintained.

5th Year Female -- Class 2008

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: C-

The mattresses provided by housing in the dorms are from the huntsville state prison!!!!! look at the tag on your mattress if you live in a dorm!!!! the mattresses were previously used by inmates in prison!

3rd Year Male -- Class 2012

Went to tt just to party in 81 pka frat member most fun i ever had, dated hot women, lasted two years barely cracking a book, can not believe complaints of students of profs not speaking clear english, unless your parents have money to burn,stay away from lubbock,i was there 30 years ago,sounds like times have changed. tech should be held accountable that profs speak clearly, must be hard on students who are really trying

1st Year Male -- Class 1983

Education Quality: A+, Perceived Campus Safety: C-