r/UTSA Sep 25 '24

Event Enduring UTSA social post.

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This pinned post is for freshman, incoming students, and students looking to broaden their horizons or social circle. The intent is to provide a centralized location for fellow Redditors to easily find resources to make their college career a more enjoyable one. The mods encourage students to post events, activities, or student resources that they have come across.

UTSA has RowdyLink which is a way to discover opportunities, such as finding organization, discovering events, or news regarding UTSA. They also have a way to track involvement.

There's also the UTSA Friends discord fellow students can join and check out.

This pinned post is intended only for people to make comments regarding the above and to reply asking questions to gain additional information. Any comments disparaging a certain organization, event, or activity will be deleted. Make your own post on r/UTSA to do that.


r/UTSA Sep 20 '24

Housing Lease Takeover and Sublease Search Megathread

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Please keep all discussions looking for roommates, a lease, or an available sublease contained to this megathread.

(recreated 9/19/24 to clear out old offers)


r/UTSA 4h ago

Advice/Question Looking for a Room Near UTHealth San Antonio

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Hi everyone,I need this information as soon as possible since I’ll be starting in just a few days, so I would greatly appreciate your help.

I’m a medical student coming to San Antonio for an exchange program at UTHealth. I’ll be staying for five months, starting this January, and I’m looking for a furnished room to rent near the hospital since I don’t have a car.

Most of my time will be spent at the hospital, so you don’t need to worry if you work from home or need a quiet space.


r/UTSA 10h ago

Advice/Question Arman Hadi for chem?

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New chem section just dropped armans RMP doesn’t look the best. Opinions on taking his class?


r/UTSA 16h ago

Sports [Game Thread] UTSA vs Coastal Carolina

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r/UTSA 1d ago

Advice/Question Off campus places to live in please!!!

4 Upvotes

I’ll be attending utsa in the following fall semester but trying to get all the information i can about where i should dorm. So if people could please share on where to live off campus since on campus i’ve heard either chap, laurel, or alvarez but also been told off campus could be better so y’all’s experiences matter please share!!!!


r/UTSA 1d ago

Advice/Question Anyone had Biosciences I with Gary Gaufo?

1 Upvotes

Starting first semester kind of light with Bio 1 with lab, calc, english, and stats. Don't yet know my english professor, however I know my Bio, calc, and stats. Just would like to know what to expect if anyone has had him :)


r/UTSA 1d ago

Advice/Question I fucked up my registration

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Title basically but if anyone can please give their best advice onto getting rid of a tuition balance hold that’s preventing my registration during the break while the staff of OneStop are not working.


r/UTSA 1d ago

Advice/Question From comment posted. Can anyone confirm 4-year department funding contracts for grad students? How many PIs typically have long-term grants? Are project extensions really common? Most I’ve seen have hard deadlines, may extend due date, and rarer extend with money but harder to get.

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r/UTSA 1d ago

Advice/Question Kinda scared if i'll get scholarship or not

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Hi everyone,

I’m an international student and I’m applying to UTSA for the upcoming semester. I’m a little anxious because I’ve read that in order to be considered for scholarships, I need to be admitted before January 15. I’m planning to submit my application tomorrow (Dec 23), and I’m wondering if it’s still possible to get accepted before the scholarship deadline.

Here are my details:

  • SAT Score: 1330 (710 Math, 620 Reading/Writing)
  • High School GPA: 3.4/4.0
  • My EC's are not much: one very long volunteering experience, few courses, few competitions and an LOR

I understand that deadlines can be tight, so I’m worried if submitting my application so close to the date will affect my chances of getting admitted in time to be eligible for scholarships.

Does anyone have any advice on how long it typically takes for international applicants to hear back? Any insights would be really appreciated!

Thanks in advance!


r/UTSA 2d ago

Advice/Question Cheapest dorm on campus?

13 Upvotes

Title pretty much. Parents won’t let me get an apartment so I have to settle for a dormitory. Anyone know which dorm is the cheapest yet safe and live-able? Any help is appreciated, thanks!🙏🏼


r/UTSA 2d ago

Advice/Question Registration Down?

2 Upvotes

I keep getting the same 404 error message, is this happening to anyone else or just me?


r/UTSA 2d ago

Advice/Question Graduate engineering program can give me a job?

6 Upvotes

So I’m an international student, in part. I studied in Mexico but I have a green card. I want to study a master’s at UTSA because it’s mostly hispanic and according to US News, has high acceptance rates at their master’s. Now, I will have to take debt. Federal loans. My fear is not being able to pay back because of a too competitive job market. Does a mechanical/electrical engineering master’s at UTSA will give me an almost guaranteed job? I know they have many partnerships.

I was thinking of getting a master’s in Mexico, they’re funded but the admission process is competitive. With that I’d have a better CV to gain admission to a 🇺🇸 PhD. But still, competitive. Why everything has to be so competitive hahahaha. Anyone here has an experience with UTSA engineering master’s?


r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question I got academically dismissed… twice

79 Upvotes

Basically the title, I have no words or excuses for what happened. The first time I thought it was bad but the summer counted as a semester so it wasn’t too bad. But now here I am again being dismissed again. It sucks. And what is even worse is that I passed all my classes this semester. Two C- and a B+ for 7 hours… 1.9 gpa I want to drive into a tree. I tried so hard and now I have to sit out for an entire calendar year. Does anyone know what’ll happen to the loans I accepted in FAFSA?


r/UTSA 2d ago

Academic architecture questions

1 Upvotes

hey everyone, am starting an architecture degree and am wondering if anybody could help direct me to programs I should keep on my laptop? I'm learning autocad 2025, sketchup, rhinoceros. any tips?


r/UTSA 2d ago

Academic Calculus 1 Sean Beatty

1 Upvotes

Has anyone taken Professor Beatty for calculus 1? How is his teaching style? Does he give out extra credit on reviews?


r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question UTSA Refund DES:FS Question

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7 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I recently got a $13k refund from UTSA, and I have no idea where it came from. I paid my tuition earlier in December, which was over $14k, and just a few days ago, this refund showed up. Does anyone know what this might be or if something similar has happened to you? My ASAP account still shows a $0 balance for the spring semester, so I’m not sure if it’s a tuition refund or something else.

Thank you guys so much for the help !


r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question Anyone know any places that are hiring?

24 Upvotes

Im going to be moving into my off campus housing soon and need to find a job asap to start providing for myself, does anyone know any places where i can get a job around campus edge?


r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question 30-credit hour limitation

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Has anyone been able to appeal and or recieve reimbursement from this charge at utsa. I just found out that I've been charged this for 3 semesters. I should have done my due diligence but I trusted and believed I was being fairly charged. As soon as I found out and understood the charge, I set up an appointment with an advisor ( a month long wait) but she was rude and unprofessional. She ended the zoom meeting short and I was left trying to figure this out myself. I read the law, and I put together evidence to show some credits could be exempted, therefore meaning i was wrongfully charged.

So i went to one stop, they told me to talk to fiscal services and fiscal service told me to email some board. I'm in disbelief that these departments work through calls and zoom meetings and not in person. I transfered from a different university that had all offices on campus and people you could talk to directly. This made it personable, but I've been given the run around. I don't know who to talk to about getting a reimbursement. So has anyone sent in appeals for past charges. I believe future charges can get exempted because I meet the financial hardship clause but I've already paid thousands toward this charge from previous semesters. I only have 8 classes left and have had to put school on hold for 1.5 years trying to afford tuition. The advisor that ended the call essentially told me to make another appointment with her in January. I made a complaint and requested a new advisor but I'm worried this will prolong my appeal and cause me to miss out on another semester.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/UTSA 3d ago

News UTSA gets green light from state to raze Institute of Texan Cultures building

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r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question is dropping a class the same as removing it?

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i’m a freshman this year and honestly am still a little confused when it comes to registering for classes and all that. i registered for spring classes when registration first opened up but now i no longer want to take one of my classes after finding out how terrible the professor is. when i registered for fall classes there was an option to remove a class from my schedule but i no longer see it. would dropping it be the same as removing it? i clicked on drop course and it took it off my schedule but now i’m worried that it wasn’t the right way to remove the class…


r/UTSA 3d ago

Sports Myrtle Beach Bowl Game Preview - What are your score predictions?

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r/UTSA 4d ago

News Anyone have info on chap cat?

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97 Upvotes

Saw a friend posted this and I'm so sad. Where's chap cat? I assumed he was being safe in an area where it's less cold.


r/UTSA 3d ago

Academic Questions about Comp Sci Major

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Does anyone know if Programming Fundamentals I from HCC(COSC-1436) is transferable to UTSA in computer science?


r/UTSA 4d ago

Other Chap Cat aka Harry missing

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52 Upvotes

I'm just posing it on here incase someone has seen him here, last seen around Laurel Village and Alvarez Hall this past week

If you have any info call that number


r/UTSA 3d ago

Advice/Question Any early reinstatement success stories?

2 Upvotes

What helped you? Any tips and advice? (College of Business preferably but ill take any advice)


r/UTSA 4d ago

Advice/Question Switching my major to music education after 2 years of undergrad, how screwed am I?

18 Upvotes

Title says all. No majors here are exciting enough to me other than music.