I got my bachelors degree from UT Austin in spring 2020. Basically, I loved it here for the first 3 years. There are several coffee shops for you to do your work. The coffee shops are beautiful. The people here are a hit or miss (some are very pretentious). The nightlife is the best part (but COVID). I love my LGBTQ+ community here. There’s several job opportunities, several vegan options (expensive though but delicious), and several beautiful parks. The lake is also one of my favorite things. The negatives: rent is too expensive (live in riverside because it’s the cheapest, about $500/month), traffic sucks (literally sucks so much), and it’s not as diverse as people say.
but here, I met the most wonderful people! UT Austin offers resources for broke students :)) For example: UT Outpost (free food when you are in need, also rent assistance, clothes for interviews), Lyft pass (they give you $200 credit for Lyft to get home safe from midnight-5am), and more! If you’re privileged, pls don’t use the Outpost though lmao.
anyways, hope this helped!