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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
It seems like people in El Paso who want a good education will stay away from UTEP and go to NMSU.
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Originally Posted by AlphaXiDelta169
Thats actually a good point. Most of my high school class went to NMSU over UTEP because they felt NMSU was the better school and did not have to pay any more. However a good chunk of my school did go to UTEP and I know a couple of girls that went NPHC not NPC. I think that might have a lot to do with the culture in El Paso. But I would not know for sure since I never really got to know the UTEP campus.
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The people that claim they are going to NMSU over UTEP because NMSU is a "better" school are usually just feeding you a line. They want to justify to themselves and others why they are chosing a school that isn't as economical as UTEP (in regards to room&board vs commuting).
Most people will choose NMSU so they can claim they have that "out-of-state" experience while still being close to home.
In high school, we were kind of trained to dislike UTEP, and really unless you've gone to school outside of the area (not NMSU) then you really don't know how pretty great UTEP academics are. People want to slam UTEP because they think they can, and because they haven't experienced anything else. From what I understand (from speaking to my NMSU alumni friends) NMSU and UTEP can range from being pretty even academically to UTEP being a little more academically rigorous.
Greek Life was dwindling at UTEP because there wasn't much marketing about it. At one time UTEP was a very good place for Greek Life. The only way I knew about UTEP Greek Life was through my HS friend who found out via a girl in her class. Now it's starting to pick up and they are getting out there more.