University of Illinois at Chicago Top Questions

The science class sizes were way too large and therefore one on one interaction with the professor was very difficult. Many professors did not have proper teaching methods and did not show interest in their students but were rather only there for their own research. Many of the professors were foreign and did not speak proper or clear English so understanding their lectures were very difficult. You basically had to teach yourself much of the information in challenging classes and subjects.

The fact that there's really bad drainage so when it rains you'll be walking around in puddles. Also the fact that most of the students here are commuters. Its hard to make good friends unless you live on campus.

Many of the professors speak very poor English. They are difficult if not impossible to understand. They are completely unsympathetic and the curve is huge in most science and math classes, among others.

It's almost impossible to be involved in the school without living on campus.

The worst thing about my school is that it is pretty old and there are some buildings that look depressing from the inside. Also, there are some teachers that can barely speak English.

Academic Advising placed me in so many classes I don't need that in 2.5 years at UIC, I have one year worth of credit toward my degree.

the cliques and thefreezing winters

You are basically teaching yourself. There have been only a few professors who honestly were interested in your academic success.

It's very easy to get discouraged because it is a much more difficult curriculum than most would think or expect.

The worst thing about my school is that the students tend to feel very unsafe on campus. I think students should not have to feel this way about our school. Students should be able to feel comfort and secure when they are away from home. I feel that the university security is not doing their job very well. The school police has been trying to enforce safety awareness by speaking to the organizations on campus to help spread how to be safe on campus. There still has been many crime alerts over the past month with no signs of improvement.

Campus housing screws things up.

Alot of the lower level classes are really big in size.

The massive amounts of commuter students. It tends to leave the campus dead on the weekends as well as the fact that many of the people you meet live at home.

Some of the lecture halls and especially the laboratories are really old.

Financial Aid advisors are bad. Don't help at all

No school spirit and no football team., also this being a major commuter school. The college experience isnt there.

The size is huge and its mostly commuter students with makes it hard to get to know anyone.

Tuition is a bit expensive for a public college.

social life sux. We don't exactly have any particular "UIC hangout" places