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Facilities

I am very content with the facilities we have here at UT. Everything here is relatively new and up-to-date excluding Plant Hall, which has its own retro appeal (Plant Hall is a national landmark and formerly a hotel in like 1907, and the university bought it and has of course expanded but there are still some introductory classes in this building). I am most excited about the athletic center that is currently being constructed and expected to be finished by the fall of 2012. The library is mediocre; has everything you need, but nothing more (I rarely go there).

Dorming...

There are a lot of options for dorms here at UT, but little availability. If you plan on going here or considering it, APPLY FOR HOUSING ASAP, or else you may end up living in the Howard Johnson Hotel off of campus, and one can imagine the inconveniences with that. I am pleased with dorming here, although it is a little pricey (costing over $2,000 A SEMESTER), the dorms are verrryy nice (excluding the bedding, get some kind of memory foam mattress cover). There are some outdated dorms though, and you can't enjoy the luxuries of the on campus apartments as an underclassman, so it is imperative that you apply early. Stadium, Vaughn, and Austin are the only real options for first year students.

Girls...

There are sooo many good looking girls here... it is almost ridiculous. There are a few stuck up girls and there are a lot of girls that are apart of sororities, but it is safe to say that there is a girl and half for every guy here at UT.

Weather..

I went to the beach (which is a half hour to 45 minutes away depending on how fast you drive) the weekend before Thanksgiving, and it seems to be a consistent upper 70 degrees here. It does get a little hot during the summer, but it's easy to escape into air-conditioning.

Tampa City

Okay, I love it here, I actually get a little upset when I have to go home to Charlotte for break. The things I enjoy most here would be: Ybor City (similar to Charleston, it is a colonial town adorned with bars and clubs), Clearwater Beach, Channelside Outdoor Mall, and the International Mall. I love having access to the skyline view from almost anywhere on campus. There are some sketchy areas and there are a considerable amount of homeless people though...

Computers

The computer labs here are pretty awesome. There is always a computer available to you, and they are relatively new. There are at least three places I know of where there are an abundance of computers; however, scanning a document is a little more difficult to do here, because there are less machines.

Greek

Frats aren't very big here. Sororities seem to have a bigger impact. There is typically a frat party every week; but they aren't in the typical frat houses one pictures. Some are kind of in the ghetto. I don't know too much about the frats, if I were in one, I would be more help