The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Top Questions

I cannot for the life of me imagine what kind of student would feel out of place at UT. We have everything here! There is an active life on the strip and in the fort for kids who like to party. We have countless religious activities for students so inclined. For the preppier students, there is a thriving Greek community, and for the skater kids there are always large groups congragated around their skate-boards. Goth and emo kids flood HSS and Art and Arcitecture, and there is always some group of hippies trying to raise awareness of an obscure cause. I had a friend in my honors sociology class last year that was homeschooled from K-12th grade! I asked her what life at UT was like and if she felt out of place and she said, "Not at all! I'll admit that having a roommate gets to me sometimes, but I've found a community in the Chancellor's Honors Program and I have more friends now than I ever have before!" At a school this big, you just can't feel like the odd-man-out.

Students here at UTK know what they are doing and why they are here. Yes there may be a little partying going on on the weekends but during the week it is all academics.

There seems to be great diversity. Some students are more involved than others, but there always seems to be some student lead activity every single day I walk to classes. Students are able to get their ideas to others easily and they are able to speak their minds too.

It seems as though all students from all different backgrounds can feel comfortable on campus

The student body is very diverse. You will find students form all over the world, from all SES backgrounds, and ethnicities. Students that are politically actiev on both sides of the spectrum. There are students that interact but a lot of the time I've noticed students interacting predominately with other like themselves.

I considered myself to be very socially liberal. I have many friends that are of different socio-economic statuses, races, and sexual orientations. Though they do face some negativity from the extremely religious and conservative groups, they all feel accepted.

It's been very different from my catholic high school, but race and religious beliefs are very different with everyone, and most people that I know accept everyone

Here at the University of Tennessee Knoxville walking around campus you will see a little of everything. By that, I mean you will see people in all types of clothing. Some people choose to dress up for classes and others choose to wear sweats. It’s really a personal choice and no matter what you choose to wear you won’t feel out of place. We do have a pretty big Greek scene, but we also have people who wear punk clothing, great athletes, and people who like to be individuals. Personally, I don’t think anyone would feel out of place on this campus.

Most students at UT are from Tennessee and know one another. If you're an out-of-state student you'll feel left out every once in a while. UT is not very integrated, people tend to hang out with people that have the same skin color and/or culture as they do.

The student body is fairly diverse, but it is some what segregated. Different races/ethnicities -- as a whole -- choose not to mix with each other (for instance, the black people on campus will rarely mix with the white people on campus).