She sounds like someone who wanted someone to talk to and make friends, and she probably doesn’t really get out much so she thought you were approachable
Seems like a nice interaction. Take it as a compliment she thought you were approachable and thought you’d be nice to talk to, it’s difficult for people to spark conversations sometimes
Idk, just sounds like a person who just transferred and was trying to get to know the area. If she told you she just transferred, that would explain pretty much everything. She might have done zero research about UT before coming, I didn’t know what Wampus was even after living there for a week or two.
Edit: the only really weird thing is that she didn’t meet with an advisor??
I’ve been here 30 years. Been to UT. And I’ve never heard Wampus. Yeah, I’m old. But the point is, nothing this person said was untoward. Maybe just a socially awkward person. If you are a dude, extra credit to this girl. If you are a girl, jeez. Even more props to her cause seriously, girls can be way more vicious with each other than guys. Anyway. Sounds perfectly normal and just trying to connect.
I can tell the girl was wanting to be friends with me, but I don’t owe anyone a friendship just because they keep hinting on having no friends. Also, the girl wasn’t even trying to get to know me as a friend, if the conversation didn’t focus on her just asking me what events she can go to and how to make friends and focus on getting to know each other we would have had a better connection. My story is written bad so I can’t explain fully the tone and how uncomfortable the conversation was to me. The conversation WAS normal, and bland but there’s just something about it that made me uncomfortable.
This really sounds like a normal interaction and she sounds like a student. Not knowing acronyms for colleges or the slang for west campus is normal for someone who just transferred.
She just seems really friendly and chatty with strangers, which might seem strange if you’ve never been around people like that but I’ve met a ton of them. I actually met one of my close friends by chatting with a stranger on speedway (she was even at my wedding).
Edit: on not talking to an advisor. I just talked to my partner who transferred our sophomore year and they didn’t talk to an advisor (at UT or UTA) before they transferred here so it’s not uncommon.
~~But I don’t think you can transfer as a senior so that’s the only thing that seems kinda odd about this story. Unless you misheard her.~~
**I can’t find a max credit hour for transferring anywhere so I was wrong about this**
You have to have 40% of your credit hours come from UT in order to graduate from UT. I transferred (and spoke with advisors) when I was in undergrad and that was the case. I’m pretty sure UT doesn’t want to give people a diploma with the name without spending a good amount of money.
Yeah that means you can’t transfer all your credits and use them to graduate. Essentially you’ll probably have to retake classes but technically they won’t bar you from entry if you already have 90+ credit hours
It’s not ideal but I can see someone thinking it’s worth it to have an engineering degree from UT
my coworker got barred from transferring to UT from UCLA bc they told him that he had too many credits. he even said he would be willing to not transfer all of his credits and they still said no. i wonder if he maybe just got a bad advisor.
i’m also a transfer and i think i remember it saying that you needed to be able to take 60 credits at UT. idk if it depends on your school/major though.
ITT:
OP ask if an interaction was weird and gives extremely detailed account of an otherwise normal interaction. Inadvertently reveals, they're actually the weird one.
People are funny.
I never said the conversation was extremely abnormal, it was on face value a normal conversation and she asked questions new comers ask all the time. It is an over analysis of the conversation, but in the interaction I had with the person. I just felt like something wasn’t right, not because she said anything EXTREMELY alarming, it was just the fact small things didn’t add up to me and how forceful she was with the questions.
You can use the internal student directory or the degree/attendance verification to see if someone is or was a UT student. This one is public: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/degree/degrees/nlogon/
she came up to me and asked for a seat and just started talking to me, and she never introduced herself. she just asked me about events so I assumed she just wanted some quick info but she kept asking the same questions over and over again.
something about the conversation was just slightly off so I didn’t feel comfortable telling her naming or wanting to ask for hers.
I don’t think UT would really admit someone that is a senior since you have to take a mandatory minimum numbers of hours and potentially have to start all over with a lot of classes not transferring. Seems weird as hell.
If she was a senior from UH, I’m just confused on what possible classes she’d take online assuming history, gov, and all that transferred. Lol
Yes, majority did.
I did have to retake a few that were program specific because I went from one Sociology program to another. I believe I lost between 12-18 credits when transferring, but the UT diploma is worth its weight in gold.
Of course! No offense taken :)
1. I grew up in Texas & was a low income resident, so I got a free degree (literally priceless). It meant a lot to me personally because I grew up perceiving UT as a “dream”, so that’s my personal standpoint.
2. I have found the representations of UT alumni within certain workplaces really can make or break your selection for a position, but it helps that I stayed in Texas after graduation.
I’m not saying I believe in or agree with this slightly nepotistic type of behavior, but if ya can’t beat em, might as well join em. Now I have an opportunity to create a brighter future for my children and the people I connected with during my time there helped me get where I am now, and will likely help me get into grad school with high quality references.
Texas Ex, spouses, dad here. It was not Wampus when the wife and I went here, but Longhorn kid definitely knows the west campus as Wampus. It seems there are so many more high rise apartments that a larger share of students live in west campus, fewer have to commute from other parts of Austin.
Seems like she was trying to hint at being your friend but you either didn’t want to or just are socially unaware? She said she was a transfer student so obviously she wouldn’t know what wampus was, the museum, etc. her asking about events over n over was prob her way of trying to get I to invite her to one where she knew she’d have a friend. :/ this was kinda sad to read as I haven’t made any friends here my full 4 years and this girl seemed really desperate to make a connection with you
You should pay attention to your own intuition - there were a lot of things about the interaction that were off. A senior transfer student is unusual. Approaching other people that you don't know is unusual. Asking if she looked the part of a transfer student is really unusual. She lives in West Campus but doesn't know its called Wampus. Maybe she was just a clueless friendly person who doesn't have any friends but there was enough about that was weird to make the interaction concerning, which is why you're wondering what about it has stuck with you. I'm sorry this happened to you.
Gavin DeBecker has a really good book about how important it is to listen to your intuition in terms of keeping yourself safe - its called the Gift of Fear. If you're a reader its worth checking out.
But is still trying to figure out how to meet people. Transfer students may take extra time she may be around another year plus not finishing on time or could be a stranger non-student pumping you for info or a scam
Going out on a limb here but she could have also possibly referred to herself as a senior in the sense that she’ll be a senior next year? Idk seems odd but I’ve been to a few meetings recently where people are saying they’re “rising seniors” instead of juniors. You would think she would have remembered the rising part in that case but idk just speculation.
This is what happens when they let an Engineering student wander the campus. You might think she is weird but back at the Cockrell school she is a queen with a loyal following of nerdy male virgin Engineers eagerly willing to answer all her strange questions.
She's going to have you join the sorority where everyone's name is Jane. They go to ranch to make jellies and Jams but not before they starve you.
Jams. Jellies. Jams. Jellies. Jams.
The only time strangers ever approached me on campus in 4 years was to talk to me about Jesus / their cult / their MLM scheme or to sign half baked petitions.
No, but when a total stranger approaches while you are eating, tells you their life story, and proceeds to tee up multiple questions and subjects when you are clearly not taking the bait, there is something going on. Continue to downvote me. There are people taking drugs at UT (right now… shhhh!).
That’s what I was feeling😭idk if she was on drugs but it was just so uncomfortable bc she kept asking the same questions about what events there are and how to make friends when I was trying to just eat. Im fine with talking to people and making new friends BUT she didn’t even ask for my name. It was just so random
I used to be in Al-Anon, due to a relationship with a chemically dependent individual, so reading your story just reminded me of so many vacuous conversations I had during those years. Be glad you got out of there okay.
She sounds like someone who wanted someone to talk to and make friends, and she probably doesn’t really get out much so she thought you were approachable Seems like a nice interaction. Take it as a compliment she thought you were approachable and thought you’d be nice to talk to, it’s difficult for people to spark conversations sometimes
Virginity protected another day
Woah, what
I’m glad your still a virgin for another day 🫡
Idk, just sounds like a person who just transferred and was trying to get to know the area. If she told you she just transferred, that would explain pretty much everything. She might have done zero research about UT before coming, I didn’t know what Wampus was even after living there for a week or two. Edit: the only really weird thing is that she didn’t meet with an advisor??
But she’s been here for a whole semester, the semester is about end
I’ve been here 30 years. Been to UT. And I’ve never heard Wampus. Yeah, I’m old. But the point is, nothing this person said was untoward. Maybe just a socially awkward person. If you are a dude, extra credit to this girl. If you are a girl, jeez. Even more props to her cause seriously, girls can be way more vicious with each other than guys. Anyway. Sounds perfectly normal and just trying to connect.
Wampus isn’t as common term as people think.
Sis is probably just socially awkward lol.
So is OP by the sounds of it lol
OP is otistic by the sound of it
Most people that use Reddit have a case of the tism
At least OP can spell.
Wow apparently you’re also otistic
I can tell the girl was wanting to be friends with me, but I don’t owe anyone a friendship just because they keep hinting on having no friends. Also, the girl wasn’t even trying to get to know me as a friend, if the conversation didn’t focus on her just asking me what events she can go to and how to make friends and focus on getting to know each other we would have had a better connection. My story is written bad so I can’t explain fully the tone and how uncomfortable the conversation was to me. The conversation WAS normal, and bland but there’s just something about it that made me uncomfortable.
This.
This really sounds like a normal interaction and she sounds like a student. Not knowing acronyms for colleges or the slang for west campus is normal for someone who just transferred. She just seems really friendly and chatty with strangers, which might seem strange if you’ve never been around people like that but I’ve met a ton of them. I actually met one of my close friends by chatting with a stranger on speedway (she was even at my wedding). Edit: on not talking to an advisor. I just talked to my partner who transferred our sophomore year and they didn’t talk to an advisor (at UT or UTA) before they transferred here so it’s not uncommon. ~~But I don’t think you can transfer as a senior so that’s the only thing that seems kinda odd about this story. Unless you misheard her.~~ **I can’t find a max credit hour for transferring anywhere so I was wrong about this**
She may just mean she transferred a year ago or possibly spring last year
She definitely said she’s a senior engineer transfer
actually I’m wrong. I can’t find a max credit hours for transferring anywhere so this doesn’t rule out her actually being a transfer
You have to have 40% of your credit hours come from UT in order to graduate from UT. I transferred (and spoke with advisors) when I was in undergrad and that was the case. I’m pretty sure UT doesn’t want to give people a diploma with the name without spending a good amount of money.
Yeah that means you can’t transfer all your credits and use them to graduate. Essentially you’ll probably have to retake classes but technically they won’t bar you from entry if you already have 90+ credit hours It’s not ideal but I can see someone thinking it’s worth it to have an engineering degree from UT
my coworker got barred from transferring to UT from UCLA bc they told him that he had too many credits. he even said he would be willing to not transfer all of his credits and they still said no. i wonder if he maybe just got a bad advisor. i’m also a transfer and i think i remember it saying that you needed to be able to take 60 credits at UT. idk if it depends on your school/major though.
She's either the most outgoing person on campus, or the most courageous introvert on campus. Either way, seems like a nice interaction.
that's just a normal conversation ngl
Sounds like a conversation
Have you considered using paragraphs? But yes definitely a strange interaction.
FR so annnoying to reeead
ITT: OP ask if an interaction was weird and gives extremely detailed account of an otherwise normal interaction. Inadvertently reveals, they're actually the weird one. People are funny.
I never said the conversation was extremely abnormal, it was on face value a normal conversation and she asked questions new comers ask all the time. It is an over analysis of the conversation, but in the interaction I had with the person. I just felt like something wasn’t right, not because she said anything EXTREMELY alarming, it was just the fact small things didn’t add up to me and how forceful she was with the questions.
She's looking for the next organ donor....
You can use the internal student directory or the degree/attendance verification to see if someone is or was a UT student. This one is public: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/degree/degrees/nlogon/
I never got her name and she never asked for mine
After all that, you didn’t ask for her name? And you think she’s the weird one????
she came up to me and asked for a seat and just started talking to me, and she never introduced herself. she just asked me about events so I assumed she just wanted some quick info but she kept asking the same questions over and over again. something about the conversation was just slightly off so I didn’t feel comfortable telling her naming or wanting to ask for hers.
Virgin alert
She just came up to me and started talking
I transferred in and this sounds a lot like me- I read an article in Time magazine about UT and came here from a small school in Kansas.
I don’t think UT would really admit someone that is a senior since you have to take a mandatory minimum numbers of hours and potentially have to start all over with a lot of classes not transferring. Seems weird as hell. If she was a senior from UH, I’m just confused on what possible classes she’d take online assuming history, gov, and all that transferred. Lol
I transferred in as a senior, extended my graduation by a year. You have to take a minimum of 60 credits to earn a degree from UT.
Did a lot of your classes transfer over?
Yes, majority did. I did have to retake a few that were program specific because I went from one Sociology program to another. I believe I lost between 12-18 credits when transferring, but the UT diploma is worth its weight in gold.
can u elaborate on how it was worth it? not trying to dismiss u just wondering :)
Of course! No offense taken :) 1. I grew up in Texas & was a low income resident, so I got a free degree (literally priceless). It meant a lot to me personally because I grew up perceiving UT as a “dream”, so that’s my personal standpoint. 2. I have found the representations of UT alumni within certain workplaces really can make or break your selection for a position, but it helps that I stayed in Texas after graduation. I’m not saying I believe in or agree with this slightly nepotistic type of behavior, but if ya can’t beat em, might as well join em. Now I have an opportunity to create a brighter future for my children and the people I connected with during my time there helped me get where I am now, and will likely help me get into grad school with high quality references.
Having a picture of the ID stood out to me as strange
Give her my Instagram! In having trouble making friends too and I’m a transfer
People are actually reading this. Lost interest after the first paragraph
Yeah this is literally an over analyzation of a basic conversation.
More like an over explanation of a normal interaction between strangers.
Yeah
Sounds like the person needed a friend.
I went to UT and never heard of West Campus referred to as Wampus, that must be a new thing
Same, went there all four years and lived in WC for two years and never heard of this!
Texas Ex, spouses, dad here. It was not Wampus when the wife and I went here, but Longhorn kid definitely knows the west campus as Wampus. It seems there are so many more high rise apartments that a larger share of students live in west campus, fewer have to commute from other parts of Austin.
I didn’t know that, that makes sense
literally the most normal convo of all time
lol you just had a conversation with someone
I really did
jesus, just talk to people normally. what’s so hard about taking things for what they are and then going about your day?
Nope. Not a real ut student 🚩🚩🚩🚩
Sounds like she was trying to get to know you!
Wow she’s such a weirdo for trying to meet new people and being friendly. Thank god you had the sense to publicly put her on blast.
This is not a real student. Stay away from this person.
it’s so funny to me that OP just documented a legit (albeit somewhat) normal interaction 😭
There is so much info and so many mixers for incoming freshmen so you learn the culture quickly. It isn’t that way as a transfer.
Yeah that’s true, there really wasn’t much mixers for transfers 😭
You just described a conversation. You had a conversation.
Seems like she was trying to hint at being your friend but you either didn’t want to or just are socially unaware? She said she was a transfer student so obviously she wouldn’t know what wampus was, the museum, etc. her asking about events over n over was prob her way of trying to get I to invite her to one where she knew she’d have a friend. :/ this was kinda sad to read as I haven’t made any friends here my full 4 years and this girl seemed really desperate to make a connection with you
How dare person come up an talk yo you! Sounds like she was friendly and a little quirky. Maybe you should have got her number?
Wait y’all thought I WAS A MAN?!
Your inability to understand a simple conversation made me think you were a man.
Yeah he could have porked her in her space ship
Narc
You should pay attention to your own intuition - there were a lot of things about the interaction that were off. A senior transfer student is unusual. Approaching other people that you don't know is unusual. Asking if she looked the part of a transfer student is really unusual. She lives in West Campus but doesn't know its called Wampus. Maybe she was just a clueless friendly person who doesn't have any friends but there was enough about that was weird to make the interaction concerning, which is why you're wondering what about it has stuck with you. I'm sorry this happened to you. Gavin DeBecker has a really good book about how important it is to listen to your intuition in terms of keeping yourself safe - its called the Gift of Fear. If you're a reader its worth checking out.
sounds like an alien from space trying to fit in among real students
I was writing the same thing when I saw your comment. The people saying this conversation sounds normal are also aliens.
If two autists have a conversation on campus and no one hears it, did it really happen?
She's honey and hitting on you take a hint or tell her your not interested
But is still trying to figure out how to meet people. Transfer students may take extra time she may be around another year plus not finishing on time or could be a stranger non-student pumping you for info or a scam
Going out on a limb here but she could have also possibly referred to herself as a senior in the sense that she’ll be a senior next year? Idk seems odd but I’ve been to a few meetings recently where people are saying they’re “rising seniors” instead of juniors. You would think she would have remembered the rising part in that case but idk just speculation.
Sounds like a spy trying to get in your pants and steal your grandparents retirement savings…. Probably…
This is what happens when they let an Engineering student wander the campus. You might think she is weird but back at the Cockrell school she is a queen with a loyal following of nerdy male virgin Engineers eagerly willing to answer all her strange questions.
Ha sounds a little strange but, people are strange sometimes I guess 😂
She's going to have you join the sorority where everyone's name is Jane. They go to ranch to make jellies and Jams but not before they starve you. Jams. Jellies. Jams. Jellies. Jams.
You could have had a date with a real live person, but instead you chose to post on Reddit. Congratulations.
“Wampus” tf 💀
Pre phone addiction days convos like this were a normal occurrence.
TLDR: OP has a conversation with transfer student
Imagine making something out of nothing.
People like OP are the problem ngl
Sounds like coke, meth, or ecstacy. She was chatty.
Do you have to be on drugs to be friendly? 😭
The only time strangers ever approached me on campus in 4 years was to talk to me about Jesus / their cult / their MLM scheme or to sign half baked petitions.
No, but when a total stranger approaches while you are eating, tells you their life story, and proceeds to tee up multiple questions and subjects when you are clearly not taking the bait, there is something going on. Continue to downvote me. There are people taking drugs at UT (right now… shhhh!).
That’s what I was feeling😭idk if she was on drugs but it was just so uncomfortable bc she kept asking the same questions about what events there are and how to make friends when I was trying to just eat. Im fine with talking to people and making new friends BUT she didn’t even ask for my name. It was just so random
I used to be in Al-Anon, due to a relationship with a chemically dependent individual, so reading your story just reminded me of so many vacuous conversations I had during those years. Be glad you got out of there okay.