<p>Any helpful comments regarding pros & cons are acceptable.</p>
<p>It depends on your major. Any kind of engineering major is really difficult. The hard sciences such as Physics, Mathematics, Biology, and Chemsitry are also fairly difficult. These majors are hard at just about any school you go to though. </p>
<p>The competition among biology and chemistry majors will be a little tougher because premed students have to take required bio and chem classes for med school and they have to do well in them.</p>
<p>Most other majors aren't really that difficult, and U of I is not really known for having a significantly competitive atmosphere. However, I'm sure you could find a few overly competitive kids in most large classes. But the vast majority of students either don't care enough are open to working with each other in study groups.</p>
<p>Then what's wrong w/the studentsreview.com? All the SAT scores are above 1400 avg and the courseload is described as being tough!</p>
<p>Which one's more accurate? campusdirt.com or studentsreview.com?</p>
<p>With regard to studentsreview.com, you should realize that its statistics are in no way the official statistics of the average student entering U of I. </p>
<p>The opinion of the courseload on studentsreview.com is based on 134 reviews. More than 30,000 students go to U of I, so the info you find on studentsreview.com does not at all represent the average opinion of students at U of I. </p>
<p>You generally shouldn't take the information you find on websites like campusdirt or studentsreview as absolute truth. Those two websites are based on subjective information, so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>These websites have info that's a little more reliable:</p>
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