Northern Illinois University Top Questions

It's in the middle of a corn field. There is literally corn all around. There are no city lights, or fun clubs. It's a country town with college students.

Location. NIU is located far from my house. I am commuting over two hours each way this semester and it takes time away from my studying.

i am biased as i am an art major. there is a terrible underfunding of the art building facilities.

The social enviroment which encourages drinking.

I think that the worst thing about my school is trying to get into many of the required classes. There are often only one or two of each class offered and it is difficult to get those spaces.

need more parking, certain things could be more convenient. professors need to be more on the same page when it comes to the core curriculum classes for any given discipline

The only really bad thing about my school is my roommate. That's what happens when you force two very passive agressive people to live together: niether of them talks about anything with the other--not even the important issues.

The dorm food. It makes it hard for a natural bodybuilder to eat well and healthy. There are way too many processed foods with excess amounts of sodium, saturated fats, cholesterol, or sugars.

The setting. My school is a lot of fun and there are a lot of activities that can be done but no one ever wants to go outside because of the weather.

Maybe the worst thing about this school is that there arent too many places you can go besides parties. There are no huge shopping malls to get clothes from, or shoe stores. There are lots of places to eat though., But they get you when you pay tax. Tax there is super high from my city of Chicago. Also there are alot of lady bugs around this school, they tend to be in your dorm room if you even leave your window open. But since we have a long winter period they die off. The winter is very bad here.