University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

Illinois is a very difficult school and therefore you cannot enjoy the college experience outside the academic arena.

We are widely known as a campus where students drink heavily. This rumor has spread mostly due to "Un-official St. Patrick's Day" which occurs every year before Spring Break.

That they're all engineer students from the Chicago suburbs. That they're all drunk, partiers and fraternity/sorority members.

Everyone is in the Greek system or you have to be in the Greek system to enjoy school, everyone is from the suburbs, etc.

No idea, I guess we're less laid back than west coasters. Other than that I can't think of any real stereotypes off hand.

They all love U of I and always wear U of I apparel.

All Illinois students are either hicks from rural Illinois or from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Engineering kids are usually socially awkward, nerdy, and often foreign. Also, all kids here are preppy and go Greek.

That they are from small towns or the suburbs

On one hand, I've heard that Illinois can be somewhat of a "party" school, and on the other, I've known Illinois to be a great educational institute.

The vast majority of the students are from the Chicago suburbs.