<p>I am just wondering... how do youguys feel about going to UIUC... do u guys feel like "Wow... this place is my dream school".... or " This place is alright... but I want to go somewhere better"... or "I couldn't get in anywhere else... so I end up here".. I am an international student.. so I am just wondering how the reputation of this place is... another question... If you walk down the street and a person ask you.."Where do you go for college?".. do you feel proud by saying "UIUC"? and how is the college reputaion among Americans? Do they consider you as a smart person by going to UIUC? Do they think like "This kid must be smart... he is in UIUC" ?</p>
<p>at my school it is pretty much the safety school for all of the smarter kids. However, the engineering program is one of the top 10 at least in the country- so in that case it is well regarded. I think the business program is also highly thought of? Otherwise it is just like any other state university except basketball is awesome</p>
<p>it's pretty nice because many other people in Illinois go to second and third tier schoos like Indiana, ISU, NIU, etc. However the way I feel of it, UIUC makes me feel like they show no leniency and that the rules are set in stone. Some people will proably know what I mean by that.</p>
<p>It is ranked 42 by US News (go to the website that have a top 100 colleges listing) and it is one of the best state schools</p>
<p>Although it is often categorized as a safety school by many overachievers in Illinois, there is a huge number of students at the top of their classes who opt for UIUC over more expensive, selective private schools (for example, the valedictorian in my high school graduating class). In fact, I know a few public schools in Illinois in which as many as 6 out of the top 10 students in a high school class of 600+ chose to go to UIUC. In Illinios, UIUC is indisputably the cream of the crop of the state schools. Nationally, it is especially recognized for its engineering and business (I believe it was ranked #1 in the nation for accounting a few years back in the US World News Report).</p>
<p>I never thought I would go to Illinois, I applied because my parents wanted me to. I got in to alot of great schools - many with schlorships. After visiting Illinois I was very impressed with the programs offered (I'm in the business school) and the campus.</p>
<p>it was my safety school, but now i'm happy to be starting at UIUC in a month. my friends consider it a decent school but nothing special... however the business and engineering schools are pretty good. i'm going into the business school and when i say that i'm in the business school at UIUC i get a much more postivite reaction than if i just say i'm going to UIUC. for business and engineering it's a good school and for other majors it seems ot be getting better.</p>
<p>i forgot to add... stargazerlily is right, it's still #1 in the country for accounting.</p>
<p>and civil engineering :)</p>
<p>and drinking, hot men, etc.</p>
<p>i really dreaded the fact that i might end up at uiuc just because at the time i was applying to schools it seemed like the place where everyone goes/its a state school (aka, not good enough), but when i visited for registration i absolutely fell in love with the school and couldnt believe that i was dreading going there. so moral of the story? dont knock it just bc its a state school...bc its really one of the nation's premier state schools and i feel so lucky to be going there</p>
<p>^^That's kind of how I initially felt too; I had visited Champaign a few times when my older brother was looking at colleges, and I remember thinking "I would never go here.." It wasn't until I went on an actual tour of the campus years later that I actually saw the quad and all the beautiful architecture of the old buildings, and then I realized how people might misjudge the school if they don't actually walk around and learn about the million things the university has to offer...That's almost one of my favorite things about the school in itself - There are so many great things there that there is always something new to discover. For example, I was just walking around one time and walked through the Art Museum, which had all this interesting stuff...And I hadn't even known it existed.</p>
<p>As a resident of Illinois, I chose UIUC-Business over Wisconsin, Michigan, and Wash U. It was my first important business decision and will net me anywhere between $60k-$100k. I am an accounting major so the choice was easy.</p>
<p>The reputation among Americans is weak. Out of Midwest public schools, UIUC is overshadowed by Michigan and Wisconsin. </p>
<p>The Chancellor recently proposed a plan that would effectively attract more out-of-staters and increase the selectivity. However, the general of public voiced their displeasure, and the plan was scrapped. We have the resources, faculty, students, and history to be considered "elite", but the public knows UIUC is the only decent state school in Illinois. </p>
<p>Unlike the coasts, the average citizen of Illinois cares little for prestige, and this is reflected by the students of its flagship school.</p>
<p>lol maybe illinois residents don't care about having a better prestige state school like mich and wisconsin.</p>
<p>I applied to uiuc as a safety, and it served its purpose. My friend and I were going to room at NU but...rejection letters suck. So hopefully I will feel alright about this place, or it could end up as one bad year.</p>
<p>Hope some of you can tell my dtr and me how you feel about the enormous size of UIUC--like 30K undergrads. My dtr likes the idea of the school (reptutation, the prepaid tuition we have for her, less than 2 hrs from home for starters) but the sizzle of the student body spooks her and she has been looking at mostly liberal arts colleges with around 2K students. How are you newbies and returning students dealing with the big size--not feeling lost, lonely, intimidated, just a number, classes of 500+ etc. Thanks!</p>
<p>i would say that at first the enormous size sort of freaked me out, but then after hearing about some of my other friends who are going to schools like illinois wesleyan (where it's only like, 2000 i think) i decided that i liked the idea of a bigger school like u of i. my high school was about 4000 so, i liked the idea of graduating and not necessarily having to know absolutely everyone. and about the "just a number" theory...i was really anxious about this too, but when i went to registration at u of i, the dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences put away those anxieties when he made clear that its up to the student to not be a number: go to class early and sit in the front row, go to office hours and introduce yourself, etc. i mean, if u think about it, even at a small school if you dont do these things, ur a number too.</p>
<p>Ya, one of the reasons I'm hesitant about uiuc is the numbers. But I think once you get out of Calc and your literature/writing class, the numbers go down (at least for me :-)</p>