University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

There are many art kids in Allen Hall, but it does hold art classes so that may be one reason. FAR and PAR dorms are known for having the highest number of international students. Then you have sorority and fraternity students, but remember not everyone fits into a stereotype :)

Before coming to the University of Illinois, I found out that around thirty other seniors from my high school were accepted to U of I as well. While many were immediately eager to accept their offers to the school, others pulled away and didn't like the idea of all of our high school friends going to the same school. They thought they would see them around campus too often and wanted to get away from the old "high school" scene and move in a different direction. After almost completing my first year at U of I, I believe these students made the wrong decision. You may see people you know here and there around campus, but there are forty thousand kids here! You only see who you want to see. Thus, the stereotype that students continue to be surrounded by their old friends/peers is inaccurate.

smart, rich Greeks.

There are a few stereotypes at the University of Illinois. The very large Greek system here receives some negative stereotypes. "Frat bro" is a common term used to describe a person in a fraternity that fits the stereotypical image of the frat guy who parties all the time and all they care about is getting drunk and getting girls. However, the vast majority of fraternity members are good students who party once in a while like most people. Unfortunately some students do make bad decisions and strengthen this stereotype. Another stereotype is that Asian population here is very high and that they are the smartest students in every class. Although there is a large number of Asian students at the university, I would say that it is not true that they are the smartest. There is an even mix of people in each major who succeed and it does not depend on your race.

The University of Illinois has one of the largest Greek systems in the country, so one of the main stereotypes is: everyone goes Greek and everyone conforms to be the exact same. To some degree this is true; a large percentage of the study body does join Greek organizations seeing how the University of Illinois has the largest Greek life in terms of membership in the nation. However, it is downright ignorant to say that everyone conforms to acting the same. For starters, there are four different branches of the Greek system. There's the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council the Black Greek Council, and the United Greek Council. Of these four different councils, the chapters of each of these are uniquely different in terms of their members' ethnic diversity, backgrounds and charitable organizations they conduct philanthropy work for. Each chapter has their own styles and methods for conduct in displaying their chapter. That is the main reason why so many student join these organizations, because they can find the one that is right for them. On many campuses in the country, even ones with Greek life comparably large to U of I, they do not have the same level of depth and diversity to their organizations as the University of Illinois does.

The U of I has a very diverse student body, so I would say there are almost no stereotypes about our school. We do have a large Greek system, but by no means does it mean that every person is involved in a fraternity or sorority. We are known for having students from all parts of the country and the world.

A common stereotype at the UofI regarding Asians is that they don't know how to speak English. Just because someone is Asian doesn't mean they're all from a foreign country or that they're all International students and don't speak English or have an accent or don't understand you when you speak.

Frat kids and geeks. Because we have a very smart student body with one of the largest Greek systems in the USA

University of Illinois is so large, that there are so many different stereotypes that exist! Greek life is huge and I feel like people often think of most of the boys at our school as "frat kids". Depending on your major, hometown, or attitude about school and partying, stereotypes vary individually because of the 40,000 + size of the student body.

There are a few different stereotypes about the students who attend the University of Illinois. The two most common stereotypes are about the Greek system participants (frat boys and sorority girls) and that there is an overwhelming amount of Asian students. These stereotypes are true to an extent. Due to the fact that the university has the largest Greek system in the country, we get the reputation of the frat/sorority stereotype. However, there are tons of students on campus who are not a part of the system. Regarding the Asian stereotype, statistics prove it's not true. Our campus prides itself on being very diverse. Therefore, there are students of all races and stereotypes who intermingle.