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The Facts

Texas Tech University is a rather large, public, preprofessional school located in the town of Lubbock, Texas, and is home to over 21,030 undergraduate students and approximately 5,000 graduate and part-time professional students. The university is actually divided up into several smaller undergraduate colleges including schools of agricultural sciences and natural resources, architecture, arts and sciences, business administration, education, Engineering, honors, as well as human sciences. There is also a renowned law school, and the Texas Tech Health Center houses terrific school of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, as well as allied health professions. The university requires that students take a well-rounded sampling of general education courses with classes in many liberal arts and sciences areas. As you can imagine, TTU offers its students an overwhelming number of majors in a surprisingly wide range of not just technical areas, however, some of the most popular with students include majors in the areas of human development and family studies, psychology, mechanical engineering, early childhood, as well as exercise and sport sciences.

Admission to Texas Tech University is quite competitive, and the number of applicants has been on a steep rise with each passing admissions cycle. Last year, more than 14,000 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 9,300 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 4,450 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming Fall semester. The admitted students had an average combined SAT score ranging from 1020 to 1220, and an average comprehensive ACT score ranging from 21 to 26. Additionally, over 52% of those admitted were ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating class with an average high school GPA of about 3.4.

Texas Tech has a rather large student to faculty ratio of 21:1, and most introductory lectures have hundreds of students. However, the upper level degree-oriented classes tend to be much smaller, sometimes with a mere 10 students in an upper-level laboratory class. In general, students say their professors are usually accessible, although it can be difficult to get some one on one time with them. There are many research opportunities, however, where students are able to work side by side with some of the school’s top faculty.

The Social Scene

The town of Lubbock, Texas is quite beautiful, with traditional ranches and cute stores and cafes that are quite popular with students. Apparently, the town-gown relations are very good, and the residents are generally quite accommodating and friendly to TTU students. The entire town and campus are actually dry, and the town is devoid of bars and liquor stores, so don’t expect to find much drinking going on. Students do find ways around the laws, as the next town is only about 15 minutes away, and does have plenty of alcohol. There are several fraternities and sororities on campus, and they are definitely a big part of on campus social life. They throw some great parties, and are constantly engaging in community service and fundraising events.

The dating scene may not be very diverse, but we hear that the people are some of the most friendly around. And we all know what that means...

What’s Good

“The school is large without being overwhelming. You have a lot of faculty and administrators to back you up.”

“There is basically a major for every interest here, and you graduate well-prepared for the working world.”

“The facilities are topnotch, and you get a lot of hands on research experience.”

What’s Bad

“The town and campus are really conservative, even to the point that alcohol isn’t available anywhere on campus or in town.”

“There are a lot of people that just sail on through, and don’t take school seriously, which is a bit upsetting.”

“The lectures are way too big, and sometimes you even get the sense that the professor is overwhelmed by the sheer size as well.”

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