I just realized that apparently there are pre med students here at UT Dallas using Minecraft (yes the video game) to simulate the real life hospital experience and study for MCAT. What's even crazier is that this is actually working because several UT Dallas students have said that this helped improve their MCAT scores.
If you need any help or have any questions on the transition to UT Dallas (including orientation, schedule planning, housing, freshmen level courses, and more) to UT Dallas,ask me in the reply section and I’ll answer it for you.
It’s so random that we’re great at audiology and speech language pathology of all things even though our university is notorious for neglecting everything that isn’t ECS or JSOM related.
For Computer Science students and for UTD students in general is it actually better to have classes in one building or room compared to another (like for physics labs having them in SCI 1.179 instead of SCI 1.169 or having a Rhetoric class at the Classroom Building instead of Founders North)?
Is a 3.1 GPA after the first 2 semesters a good gpa for a Computer Science student?
We have to settle this debate once in for all.
For those of you wondering here are the pros and cons of going to UT Dallas as a current sophomore student who already spent 1 year there.
Pros:
The Computer Science, engineering, animation, audiology, and business programs are great at UT Dallas.
UT Dallas is very safe compared to most other major universities in the United States.
Other students here are very nice and caring.
UT Dallas has some of the best and most advanced state of the art facilities in Texas.
UT Dallas has one of the top chess and esports programs in the entire world.
Cons:
It is very difficult to make friends and get a girlfriend/boyfriend.
There is almost 0 social life here at UT Dallas due to the fact that most students commute and there is almost 0 greek life.
The areas surrounding UT Dallas almost always require a car to get to and there is almost 0 nightlife surrounding UT Dallas.
Freedom of speech is notoriously bad here.
There is no nursing, medical, or law school at UT Dallas.
Good luck to everyone currently attending summer classes right now and I hope you guys all do good in your classes.
Is the power back on at UTD after the planned 16 hour power outage?
Congratulations to everyone that graduated during the 2025-26 academic year and wishing all the best for you guys in life and also thank you guys for everything this freshman year. Have a good summer break everyone and a very happy summer semester for those taking Summer courses and see you guys in the fall.
Just realized how lucky we are that we use elearning instead of canvas this semester this would’ve been a very big logistical nightmare for the university
I actually received this email on my Utd inbox today even though I can’t do anything with it.
What time is the severe weather supposed to start today because I have a scheduled class from 4:00-5:15 CDT (16:00-17:15) using 24 hour clock?
Making friends at UT Dallas is like trying to overtake in Monaco in f1. It’s doable but it is very difficult without a huge stroke of luck.
Can someone explain me the step by step process on how to access Google Docs via UTD email?