University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is great! There are so many options to get involved and so many people to meet. I do wish we still had a mascot. It is a great college town and I love it! People have a lot of Illini pride, and that is another great thing about the school. There are a lot of crime alerts though, which is a huge downfall.

One of the biggest reasons I chose Illinois was for the fantastic "game day" vibe I felt every time I came to campus. Everyone wears Orange and Blue. Also, the students here are proactive, and have "go for it" attitudes. There are over 1,000 R.S.O.'s (Registered Student Organization) that range from Illini Pride, to Squirrel Watching, Childhood Memories Club or Treehouse Society, to October Lovers, and the Daily Illini, our student run newspaper. There is a niche for everyone and so many ways to get involved, or start up something yourself!

U of I has been the best place for my college experience. Illinois has a rich sense of tradition and it is easy for any incoming student to feel a part of this tradition. There are so many ways on campus to have Pride for either our athletics or just our Alma Mater. I love the size of the University because for me it has brought many opportunities that I don't believe I could find elsewhere. Unique to Illinois is the Research Experience that is offered, it is something truly to treasure. The large campus can easily be made smaller with over 1200 Registered Student Organizations to choose from. It is a goal for Illinois Students to invite incoming students to become involved. One of my favorite days on campus is "Quad Day", which falls on the Sunday before instruction beings. All 1200 RSO's put a table on our quad where we pass out free goodies and hoot and hollar for students to join our club. It's a great way to become oriented right away to campus life and become involved. Finishing my senior year, I have found it easy to add and drop at least one club each semester, the possibilities are endless.

I love the University of Illinois! The best thing about m school is that there are so many interesting people and so many opportunities. Since there are so many people, it is easy to meet new people and make new friends. There is a lot of school pride, as you can see with all the orange students wear on campus every single day and in the turnouts for all the sporting events. On campus, there is no specific place I spend most of my time; it's a combination of my dorm, the dining halls, the libraries, and hanging out other places with my friends. It's a huge campus so there's many places to go.

I absolutely love Illinois. I bleed Orange and Blue and will be an Illini forever (as cheesy as I just realized that sounded). Are there things I would like to change about the school? Yes. But what I think is the greatest thing about Illinois is there are so many opportunities for students through involvement and personal and professional growth to impact their community, especially the Illinois community. There is so much you can DO on campus, whether that is joining the October Lovers or attending the famed Ebertfest and you know...going to class. And from DOING all these different things Illinois offers, you learn what like, what you don't like, what you love and honestly find who you are (again I know, cheesy but true). And because it is a large campus and there are SO MANY things to do, students may feel overwhelmed at first, but you find your niche through the clubs you join and the people you meet that you are similar to and feel comfortable with and will probably remain friends for the rest of your life. Then the campus doesn't feel so big anymore in a good way.

I. Love. This. School. From day to day, there may be things that get me down, but as a whole, I have absolutely loved being a student here at the University of Illinois, and I'll be sorry to leave next year. One of the best aspects of campus is the size. 40,000+ students may sound intimidating at first, but there are so many more positives to our large size than negatives. There are a huge variety of classes to take and clubs to get involved in. We have over 150 majors and if those don't float your boat, you can even design your own major. I've met people from around the country and around the world, and I've made really close friends in my classes, in my residence hall, and in my clubs. Living in Champaign-Urbana is a lot of fun. It is a small city, but there's basically everything you need right here. We've got tons of restaurants, the mall, movie theaters, concert venues, big box stores, boutiques, and really off-beat places in downtown Urbana and Champaign. Campus is not too spread-out and it's easy to walk from place to place, but we have a great (free!) bus system too. There's always something fun or interesting going on every day of the week and weekends too. I love going to concerts, and there's also the football and basketball games, plays, lectures, movies, and random events put on by different campus organizations. People here have a lot of pride in the fact that they go to the U of I. We like wearing orange! A few small negative things to mention: Parking is really expensive here. Don't bring a car Freshman year. You really don't need it anyway. Also, there's a lot of construction going on at all times of the year, and it can get kind of annoying and loud. My favorite things: The dining halls! The food is really good (and really abundant, ugh Freshman 15!) in the university residence halls. Also, the ACES library. Best place to study on campus. Last, the flowering trees all over campus in the spring. They're beautiful! What makes us unique: We invented Homecoming. Like, the whole concept of it. Really! We've got some cool (supposedly) haunted buildings on campus too.

At first I was unsure if I was going to like UofI. It wasn't my first choice and I had never visited before. However, upon arriving for freshman orientation I quickly changed my mind. The academic campus is very impressive and pretty. While the campus town is urban and not as pretty there is a lot to do there. The campus is big but it is pretty easy to learn your way around quickly. The student body is big, but between classes, joining a fraternity/sorority, or joining a club it is very easy to meet people. There is a good amount of school pride. Basketball games and football games are a ton of fun (they'd be more fun if we won more often) and people go all out for them. There have been a couple recent controversies, such as the clout list and the banning of our mascot, however I feel none of these have a had a negative effect on students or affected our school pride.

At first I was unsure if I was going to like UofI. It wasn't my first choice and I had never visited before. However, upon arriving for freshman orientation I quickly changed my mind. The academic campus is very impressive and pretty. While the campus town is urban and not as pretty there is a lot to do there. The campus is big but it is pretty easy to learn your way around quickly. The student body is big but between classes, joining a fraternity/sorority, or joining a club it is very easy to meet people. There is a good amount of school pride. Basketball games and football games are a ton of fun (they'd be more fun if we won more often) and people go all out for them. There have been a couple recent controversies, such as the clout list and the banning of our mascot, however I feel none of these have a had a big effect on students or affected our school pride.

At first I was unsure if I was going to like UofI. It wasn't my first choice and I had never visited before. However, upon arriving for freshman orientation I quickly changed my mind. The academic campus is very impressive and pretty. While the campus town is urban and not as pretty there is a lot to do there. The campus is big but it is pretty easy to learn your way around quickly. The student body is big but between classes, joining a fraternity/sorority, or joining a club it is very easy to meet people. There is a good amount of school pride. Basketball games and football games are a ton of fun (they'd be more fun if we won more often) and people go all out for them. There have been a couple recent controversies, such as the clout list and the banning of our mascot, however I feel none of these have a had a big effect on students or affected our school pride.

At first I was unsure if I was going to like UofI. It wasn't my first choice and I had never visited before. However, upon arriving for freshman orientation I quickly changed my mind. The academic campus is very impressive and pretty. While the campus town is urban and not as pretty there is a lot to do there. The campus is big but it is pretty easy to learn your way around quickly. The student body is big but between classes, joining a fraternity/sorority, or joining a club it is very easy to meet people. There is a good amount of school pride. Basketball games and football games are a ton of fun (they'd be more fun if we won more often) and people go all out for them. There have been a couple recent controversies, such as the clout list and the banning of our mascot, however I feel none of these have a had a big effect on students or affected our school pride.