Texas Tech University Top Questions

Your just a face to most professors. They really don't know who you are, at least in freshman level courses. Most people just sit back and take notes in class, teachers tend to lecture lecture lecture test and then repeat. Once you get higher in your studies and more specific class sizes get small though, and you really learn more hands on information that is relevant to your career.

All of my professors know my name because I make it a point to talk with all of my professors. My favorite classes have been anatomy, psychology, and introduction to exercise and sport science. I love the people in my department. They are all more than willing to help students. I love how almost all the majors in the exercise and sport science field require volunteering. I believe it's so important to have experience before you go into any job.

Like I said above, professors at Tech are very likely to know your name if you take the time to actually remember theirs. By taking a couple minutes the first days of class to introduce yourself, most professors will go out of their way to remember it and remember you. My favorite class throughout college was probably Professor Brad Carlson's Marketing Promotions class or one of Dr. Till's (Tillman Wagner) classes. Dr. Till is from Germany and has a hilarious accent....not to mention his humor is hilarious, too. Students generally study a good deal at Tech and especially if it's finals. It's almost sad how much of a social scene the library is. Class participation is also pretty common. It (understandably) get even more common the older you get. You start looking at your GPA and realizing that the classes you actually attending you got A's in...and the one's you didn't...you somehow got C's. The amount of intellect through Tech's student body is also often underestimated. Alot of extremely smart people come to Tech, because their parents, siblings, or friends did or on their own accord. And because of that, there is a lot of intellectual conversation in and out of the classroom. I'm in the business school (Rawl's College of Business) and it's highly competitive. I'm not sure what the minimum GPA is to get into the college, but I know it's not very low. It also has, what I believe, to be some of the most fun, and funniest professors on campus.

Most professors will know who you are even if they cant remember your exact name but they usually have like 200 students so its not their fault. it depends on how big your class is. my favorite classes are those where the teacher can relate to the students, not jus relate the information to them, but that can understand if its -20 degrees outside snowing/raining and flooding that people arent really gonna want to go to class. some teachers still expect you to come but others will email you and cancel class. my least favorite classes are those when the teacher thinks that theirs is the only class ur taking and assigns 4 hours of homework a night! a lot of students like to go to the library and study or sit in the student union and read of notes and stuff while they eat. class participation is very common there will always be time to ask questions and give feedback in class. i personally dont spend time with my professors outside of the classroom but im a shy person but i do know a lot of people that will email and talk to their professors before and after class and have their phone numbers in case they have a question. most professors enjoy when students show a good amount of interst in their class and usually you can talk your way into a higher grade!

Tech has surprised me in how academically rigorous the classes are. My professors have always challenged me as well as offering a helping hand at the same time. I even talk about class matieral after lectures with my friends.

Class is class no matter where you are... the cool thing about Tech is that it is a big enough school where you can meet a bunch a people and have the Big School atmosphere yet at the same time it isn't huge where you have at least a hundred students per class... Some proffessors are really cool and others aren't that is why somebody invented Pick-A-Proff a really good investment....

There is a teacher named Cindy Mo who teaches my Eco class that is terrible at speaking English. I am trying so hard to understand what she is saying that I never grasp the concepts she is trying to convey. She is very nice and obviously understands the material well but there is just a HUGH communication issue. I just dont think she is an effective teacher and I think it is unfair for me to be paying so much for a class that cant be taught effectively.

Good academics, underrated by most people. Tech does not have a good reputation about being serious about academics, but it is changing. We have a better ranked Engineering program than A&M and have a really good business school. There is a Law school, and Med school on site. The classes vary in size and some are very intimate, where you know everyone by name and the professor knows you as well.

My theatre classes are amazing, but my other classes are boring. Most days I don't want to go to my other classes because it's hard to focus when the professors are dreadful (Stats for example).

I have been very impressed with the curriculum here at Tech. I've learned an incredible amount this year when I compare it to my high school experience, but most importantly I've learned more about myself and who I want to be. The academics here have influenced me and my thoughts about the future in ways that no other academic system, professors included, could have. I've had a wonderful experience entirely.