Academics
- Outstanding in engineering and music
- Encourages double, triple majors (nearly 40% of students earn a double major)
- Space physics program works closely with NASA
- Small classes
- Good professors
- Honor system - most exams go unsupervised
- Internships for engineering
- Study abroad programs - 34 countries
- Variety of merit and athletic scholarships available each year
- Student faculty ratio - 6:1
- 65% of classes have fewer than 20 students
- "There's very little academic competition"
Student Life
- Galveston - 45 minutes away
- New Orleans - good weekend trip
- Residential college system - placed in a dorm and live their all four years
- Everybody LOVES the residential college system
- Every student gets a pass to use the lightrail for free
- Dynamic student life
- Intramurals
- Friendly and happy students
- Spirited student body
- Good off-campus food
- Beautiful campus
- Most dorms are nice
- Ranked #15 - happiest students
- Ranked #2 - best quality of life
- There is a lot of college pride
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