University of Tennessee Knoxville: It's not so badI didn't choose UT honestly. I was planning on atteding a private school in NC but then decided I didn't want to travel so far away because I was going to be doing Air Force ROTC through college and would be an officer when I graduated which would make me travel alot. There is no reason for you to stay away from UT unless you are very lazy and cant walk up a couple of hills.