University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

A stereotype University of Illinois students are commonly stuck with is we are all farmers. I think this assumption comes from the fact that the city of Champaign, where the University is located, is surrounded by cornfields. Although Illinois definitely embraces the culture of corn, and even celebrates it annually at the Sweet Corn Festival, which is a delicious event with food, music, art, and more, most students who attend the University of Illinois have never lived on a farm. One of the greatest things about this school is that there is so much diversity among students and their backgrounds, whether that may be where their family is from, what their parents do, their class, religion, interests, and more.

I would say that it is difficult to categorize UIUC as any one stereotype based on our diverse student population, from the artistic to the athletic, Greek or Non-Greek.

A common stereotype of Illinois students is that an overwhelming percentage of the student body is from Chicago or the surrounding suburbs. While there are certainly students from those areas who attend Illinois, there is also a large number of students from other areas in the state, out-of-state students, and even international students. There is a lot of diversity at Illinois, and that's plain to see even when you're just sitting in class or walking on the quad.