<p>I've heard a lot about UIUC being a great education, but I haven't heard much in the way of how happy their students are. Are people, engineers in particular, having fun there? Is there plenty to do in Urbana?</p>
<p>I would say most of the people I know that go there are very happy with it. It really depends what you want. There are so many student organization and greek life is huge. There’s always a party and always friends to hang out with. If you don’t like to party there are plenty of other activities to do. Just be social and you’ll be sooo happy with what you’ll find there.</p>
<p>i heard there are a lot of segregation at UIUC? Also hows the coursework of engineers? Would an engineering student have the time to go to parties and join a frat?</p>
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<p>I’d be interested in finding out where you heard that ugly rumor.</p>
<p>^sooo none of that stuff? Could you elaborate on the diversity? Dominant backgrounds? How much mingling between groups do you see?</p>
<p>I’ve never seen or heard of any segregation problems at UIUC and I’ve been involved with the campus for the last 30 years. Here’s a link that’ll let you know what Illinois is doing regarding diversity (of all kinds). </p>
<p>[Diversity</a> in Academics and Research, Office of the Provost, University of Illinois](<a href=“http://www.provost.illinois.edu/programs/diversity/academics.html]Diversity”>http://www.provost.illinois.edu/programs/diversity/academics.html)</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure what you mean by mingling between the groups. Which groups are you referring to? Mingling occurs quite frequently between freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Graduate students even occasionally talk to undergraduates.</p>
<p>Sooo, no. I’ve never heard of any of that stuff. Have you?</p>
<p>I think it depends on where you live. I live in FAR and I would say that people definitely do stick to “their own kind”. That’s the general trend, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is closed off. I’ve noticed this within my International friends. You just need to have an open attitude. :)</p>
<p>UIUC is one of the most diverse campuses I’ve seen. They are known for their diversity, not including that big number of Illinois residents.
You can have so much fun on the campus. There are over 1,000 clubs/organizations. A friend of mine went there with little cultural experience, and now she is a member of an ethnic dance team and president of a political club. She is a biology/pre-med major, and she’s a freshman!</p>
<p>I would say that there are definitely diversity on campus, but it is also extremely segregated. You have segregation in the dorms, sororities and even with mingling with friends you tend to see one race.</p>
<p>Last post is exactly correct.</p>
<p>Lots of diversity.</p>
<p>Lots of (voluntary) segregation.</p>
<p>Compared to some other major universities I’ve been to/gone to school at, UIUC was by far the most segregated. It is really weird, and slightly disturbing…</p>
<p>The student life isn’t really that interesting, it’s kind of a boring place to go to school. Not terrible for being the Midwest though…</p>
<p>It is only segregated to the degree that it is (in my opinion) because of the huge Greek life. The whole point of frats and sororities is to bring together a lot of like-minded men/women and facilitate their social interactions. With such an influence from frats and sororities on campus, it makes it look much more segregated than it really is. Personally, from my experience in the engineering department, there was plenty of integration. I had friends of all races, genders, religions, and what-have-you. There is a ton of mixing, its just that places like Green Street are dominated by the greeks, and they are much more segregated than the rest of campus.</p>
<p>I’d agree that the campus is segregated a little bit by discipline. By this I mean geographically on campus. The engineers have their side of Green Street, Liberal Arts has its. Its seems like engineers are much more likely to hang out with engineers than liberal arts majors.</p>
<p>I’m an Engineering major, and I definitely have fun. You just have to be willing to go out and find it. To some extent though, I’ve felt a bit alienated from other engineering students - especially within my major. I think this is because I really never made friends within my major, only outside of my major. Also make sure you focus and get your work done ASAP. If you procrastinate, and then do your work you are essentially procrastinating all the time you have to go out and have fun.</p>