University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

Most of the students are from the suburbs of Chicago, but the variety of people is endless. Many minority groups are active on campus, ranging from the LGBT to the Latino Christian Group. If you want to be represented, you can create your own Student Organized Group. Most students dress comfortably to class--nothing over the top. Occasionally you may run across students dressed up and running to the career fair in order to make it on time. Financial background doesn't really matter around here. As long as you can chant the Alma Mater, you'll fit right in.

Illinois is a pretty politically neutral campus. The ag college gives us the conservative bent, but the normal college libralism is also present. People with pretty much any political beliefts would fit in fine.

There are a lot of asian students at the school, it is a very diverse society - so i think anybody could fit in. I think the class is very politically involved, but I would say that there is still a diverse aopinion on academics. I feel a lot of students wear jeans and tshirt to class, but I often wear sweats and don't feel out of place and others get more dressed u p.

The Illinois Student Body is mostly comprised of people from the suburbs of Chicago. This can be a nice thing for some, but detrimental for those who want a little more variety.

There is a somewhat, but not extremely diverse student body...

A white male would feel out of place at U of I because so many people try to make him feel bad for who he was born as. The majority of students come form the suburbs of Chicago and are well off but still feel the juvenile need to rebel and be "liberals" in college.

all students can find someone here on campus. there are people of all races and economic classes. students for the most part stay within their close group of friends. most students are from illinois. students dont talk about the distant future for the most part. most distant talk would be a year or so from now.like classes for next semester or summer vaction.

Nobody would feel out of place at U of I. There is such a diverse populace, that there is a group of friends for everyone. There are so may kids that the way people dress is diverse as well. Some kids will dress up / wear a nice shirt, nice jeans... others wear pajamas. Somewhere in the middle is the norm. There are students from all monetary backgrounds, and would be unfair to describe any one of them since there is such a a diverse populace. Students here are pretty politically aware, and are normally pretty centered, leaning more towards the left since Illinois as a whole is more liberal. Students normally dont talk about how much they make, they aren't that stuck up.

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The kinds of students that feel out of place are definitely the minority students: Latino/as, African American and Native American. Asian Americans are a majority on this campus. I think there is more emphasis on bringing international students than students of low income or underrepresented groups. This is a huge problem. This campus does not make anyone feel welcome unless you are white. One big issue is the whole mainstream sorority/fraternity thing. It is just too damn expensive for many to join a mainstream greek. It is unfair that they are excluded based on income. Most Illinois students come from a middle-high class backgrounds. Their parents went to college and now work in a good job. We need to get more minority students into this school so that we can make it big as well.