UTEP Greek Life

PiKA2001 · #1 03-05-2010, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by epchick

In high school, we were kind of trained to dislike UTEP

Why?

epchick · #2 03-05-2010, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Why?

Apparently my teachers thought that UTEP would just screw us of an education. One of my HS teachers loved calling UTEP---ScrewTEP just for that reason. Honestly though, I really enjoyed my time at UTEP, and would highly recommend it to other students.

dreamseeker · #3 03-05-2010, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by epchick

Apparently my teachers thought that UTEP would just screw us of an education. One of my HS teachers loved calling UTEP---ScrewTEP just for that reason. Honestly though, I really enjoyed my time at UTEP, and would highly recommend it to other students.

[crash] i hate when teachers do that. i think it can rob a student of having the best experience at a place they'd fit into best
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epchick · #4 03-05-2010, 01:06 AM

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[crash] i hate when teachers do that. i think it can rob a student of having the best experience at a place they'd fit into best
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Right? I still love that teacher to death, but I'm glad that I didn't follow in some of my classmates footsteps and have such animosity towards that school.

Some people would apply and go ANYWHERE just so they wouldn't have to be stuck at UTEP. Really?

PiKA2001 · #5 03-05-2010, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by epchick

Right? I still love that teacher to death, but I'm glad that I didn't follow in some of my classmates footsteps and have such animosity towards that school.

Some people would apply and go ANYWHERE just so they wouldn't have to be stuck at UTEP. Really?

They might have made a good decision because somethings going on over there. It was in the EP Times last week that UTEP only has a 28% graduation rate. I hope it might have more to do with the students than the school itself, but I'm NOT gonna go there right now. I'm thinking about going back to school myself and naturally I'm considering UTEP. I've had some pple suggest NMSU but I do not feel like commuting to Cruces twice a week. Also, why do people call it JUTEP?

epchick · #6 03-05-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I hope it might have more to do with the students than the school itself.

It's because of the students. I can't imagine it's really THAT low (the EP Times isn't always very credible) but a lot of students do end up leaving, getting married, have kids and then come back later. Or many students go for a year or so and then transfer. We have a lot of non-traditional students.

They only calculate graduation rates for the "first time" college students. The ones that come straight out of HS, start at UTEP and then graduate in 4/5 years.

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Also, why do people call it JUTEP?

You haven't figured it out yet? lol. Cause of the Mexican accent, people end up adding that j sound at the beginning. So "EL UTEP" becomes "El JUTEP" lol

PiKA2001 · #7 03-05-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

You haven't figured it out yet? lol. Cause of the Mexican accent, people end up adding that j sound at the beginning. So "EL UTEP" becomes "El JUTEP" lol

I haven't heard the EL UTEP but I've actually heard La Austin ,La Franklin, La Bowie. I'm waiting on hearing La ITT Tech, or would it be El ITT Tech?

CougarGrad · #8 03-06-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

You haven't figured it out yet? lol. Cause of the Mexican accent, people end up adding that j sound at the beginning. So "EL UTEP" becomes "El JUTEP" lol

Some of our alumni tailgaters at Houston refer to it as "UT-Mexico" because of its location... *facepalm*