University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

There is every kind of student from every kind of background at Illinois. Although many students are from the Chicago suburbs, do not go to Illinois thinking these are the only kind of people you will meet. All of my friends are of different ethnicities and financial backgrounds. There are many international students studying at Illinois. Every time I walk around the quad, I hear at least three different languages being spoken. The vast majority of students dress in t-shirts and jeans to go to class. Again, Urbana-Champaign is student city, so we're all on the same boat. Going out, however, is a different story. Girls wear dresses and high heels, and boys wear nice t-shirts or collared shirts sometimes. From my experience in the Engineering departments, I have not encountered many politically active people; however, in the Engineering departments, future money is always a strong topic.

The campus is accepting of all races, religions or orientations.

The university tries really hard to make students aware of issues and diversity, which is really cool. There are all kinds of clubs for every different race, religion, LGBT, everything. And like I said before, you will always find someone to participate with you, go to church with you, whatever. A lot of students are from the suburbs, which is kind of a stereotype, but there really are people from every town. I lived with a girl from Cambrige this year, which is the smallest town I've ever heard of. I loved it. As far as politics, if you want to be involved/active, you will find clubs and people who are very into politics. Something for everyone.

The student body is so large and diverse that it is hard to even describe. You will find everyone from the spoiled rich kid here on daddy's paycheck to the extremely poor kid on a scholarship working his way through school. Some are politically aware or active. Some aren't but you'll meet them both. Anybody can fit in somewhere, its just a matter of finding your niche.

There are a LOT of international students....a lot....you cant walk across campus without hearing some language other than english or spanish. If you get to know a few good people you'll be successful at Illinois...but of course like any University in the country there are slackers that dont go to class and prefer to drink all week long...but hey...you need those people for entertainment...they make ya laugh when they stumble across the quad at 10 in the morning on their way home from drinking the night before.

there is a place for literally everyone at illinois. i personally found my home at the campus rec center playing soccer but there are clubs and activities for every interest. Even certain dorms cater to student interests and preferences. for example. Newman hall is a catholic dorm, and Snyder hall is substance free. most of the student body is instate but there is also a significant amount of out of state and even international students.

Illinois is very diverse. I can't think of one race that would feel extremely uncomfortable or left out overall. However, if you look into smaller groups this would definitely be different. In the college of engineering, being a woman or maybe even just Caucasian would be a little weird. I am not surprised if I walk into a classroom and I am the only girl. In the Greek system, most individuals are white. One of my good friends dropped out because it wasn't diverse enough for her (she is part African American) and made her feel slightly awkward. Also, different majors are more homogeneous, like my roommate is a nursing major and there is only one or two males per class year. These types of things are something you would want to consider when looking into Illinois. Most students I have come into contact with are from Illinois. This is a great institution and almost a steal at its price. While this may seem homogeneous and boring, there is a good mix of kids from rural areas and "city kids". Kids do talk about how much they will make one day. Especially kids in the Greek system when they are getting bashed will say something along the lines of "Yeah well, you're going to work for me some day." Good one.

I feel that this campus is extremely diverse and most feel comfortable here. Most students wear comfy clothes to class. Shorts, sweat pants, t-shirts, jeans, etc. Nothing too exciting. All different types of students interact. But, I do think that there are social circles here for everyone too. A little bit of both, thats why this campus is so great. Most Illinois students are from Illinois. There are a lot of foreign exchange students too. There are a lot of different financial backgrounds that go to school here. But, most are comfortable. Students are somehwat politically active. I think most try to be. Students don't really talk about how much they will earn one day, because they don't know. And they are mostly worried about school right then than the future.

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The Campus is very self-segregated. The kind of student that would feel out of place would be Native American students, I recently learned that we have only like one or two. Also because of the controversy with the chief Native American students feel offended. I can't say most, however many wear joggers/p.js...others jeans and a t-shirt, and of course some girls wear their clubbin outfits. No different kinds of students don't really interact The first table will have rich white sorority girls all around eating salads and discussing greys anatomy, the second table will consist of white frat guys laughing loudly and joking about last nights party. The third table will be a mixture of white nerdy kids that lack the sense to match and are all coincidently color-blind, the fourth table will be 45{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Middle-eastern 45{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Asian and 6{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Black and 4{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Hispanic. (Which go without a discription because they are always filed under 'other') I think most Illinois students are from Illinois, more specifically the suburbs of Illinois and the rest of the students are International...[With some national (N.Y, California, etc) sprinkled in too.] Finacial backgrounds that are most prevalent are upper middle class Students are very much politically aware and active on campus, we have rallys all the time on campus political issues. I don't really hear people talking about how much money they'll earn but I often do hear people saying, "I'm going to be ballin" with Business majors or "I'm going to be poor" with art majors