The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Top Questions

UTK is a big party school

huge party school; rednecks; annoying fans

A lot of people believe that UTK is a huge party school and that no one is really here for an education.

no diversity, party school, only care about sports

I feel as though many students look at UT as a "redneck" type school. People from outside east Tennessee and more specifically, the state of Tennessee, view our school as a southern, country institution. Some could view UT as not very diverse or lacking in cultural and ethnic diversity. Most importantly, and the most wide-spread belief is that UT is a party school. Apparently we do nothing except party, get drunk, and go out.

Football-obsessed partiers. And super-Greek.

Party school, country and very southern.

We're from the south. UT and the overall state of TN gets stereotyped in general. For students Im not really sure, there's your typical sorority girls that everyone thinks about (usually blonde wears pearl earrings and has a pastel lacoste polo for every occasion with Vera Bradley bag to match). Frat guy about the same without the vera bradley, and ray bans instead of pearls. Thats only the Greek stereos, I really couldn't say much about the student body as a whole. Art students aren't all liberal hippies thats for sure, I should know. *note: all statements are not to be taken personally just as observation

party school. that we are stupid and less educated.

Real southern kids that are all from tennessee