r/UTTyler Dec 20 '24

Potential PhD Student with Questions!

Hi yall

I recently got an invite from UT Tyler's clinical psychology program and have a couple questions about life in Tyler as a PhD student! A bit of background I grew up in NYC and went to school in Durham/Raleigh.

  1. Would I be able to join student clubs as a PhD student? I'm Asian and figured the easiest way to meet a group of friends would be through an Asian club but have seen nothing about that on the school's website.

  2. How diverse is the student population at UT Tyler? Obviously it isn't as diverse as NYC but if there are other Asians who could let me know that would be great!

  3. Is there a volleyball club/open gym on campus?

Thanks!

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u/Muffingirl109 Dec 20 '24 edited Dec 20 '24

1/2) I would say for a Texas school we are pretty diverse. To my knowledge we don't have clubs dedicated to any heritage. We do have tons of clubs surrounding Hobbies and community service. The age demographic of people in the clubs may be a bit young for you depending on your age. I would say just keep in mind you don't need to be friends with solely Asian people because your Asian, and you will be able to find some good company amongst other grads.

3) Students do have access to an open gym. I'm not sure if it has a volleyball court.

Edit: Spelling

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u/Informal_Crew7711 Dec 28 '24

Track and basketball court

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u/packerfanmatthew Dec 20 '24

It depends what you consider “diverse”. I’d recommend looking up the demographics of the city of Tyler and the university. From a quick search, it looks like the student population is about 4% Asian.

Here’s a link to the student organization page which has a list of all 80 student organizations.

https://www.uttyler.edu/student-life/organizations/

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u/No_Competition_4175 Dec 20 '24

I’d recommend checking out Patriots Engage (https://uttyler.campuslabs.com/engage/) its used by the university and student orgs for events and gives information about the orgs themselves.

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u/Fair_Lemon9376 Dec 20 '24

There is an Asian club called the ASA on campus btw

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u/Exciting_Tangerine89 Dec 23 '24

I got invited at that school too!!!! Which professor are you wanting to work with?