<p>I know that UIUC has better programs in the sciences but I've never heard it being to well accredited for its liberal arts programs? Same for Indiana University in Bloomington. </p>
<p>Basically I'm still deciding between the two. I'd be paying $20,000 by myself for 4 years at IU and my parents would pay the entire instate UIUC tuition.
Though I'm still more drawn to IU because of the beauty of the campus (Is that wrong?). I'm unsure if I want to go into a college with a lesser reputation. </p>
<p>Also, i'm wondering what a typical student would be like for either school. I know they're both big schools but I don't think I'd fit into the greek scene, which I know is a tad bigger at University of Illinois.
Just any opinoins on all of this, it all helps.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong about being drawn to a campus instead of another one, but I think you are a little mixed up if you say IU is good in sciences. They don’t even have an engineering department, or much in the way of sciences. People from Indiana that want sciences go to Purdue. For liberal arts, IU is the better Indiana school though. IU is also a good business school.</p>
<p>Greek scene is a moot point. Both schools are big on it, and you can succeed just fine without it at both schools. I have.</p>
<p>Really, you have to ask yourself is $80,000 worth of debt just for you worth the extra beauty of the IU campus? For me, it definitely wouldn’t be worth it, though I have two other things going against IU besides that. I am in engineering, so IU wouldn’t work anyway, and then I have been raised an Illini fan, so going to IU is pretty much a sacrilege. hehe</p>
<p>yeah, I know UIUC is the big science school and I think business too? And that IU is for business.
Actually, it’d be 20,000 for me for the whole 4 years, so only 5,000 a year. Though I’m starting to realize how much work it takes just to make 1000 so I’m still unsure if a pretty campus is really worth 20,000. But I’m also worrying about the students. Being the better school, I think UIUC students are more motivated and smarter, which I think is more appealing to me, but then again I guess I have to relate it to the type of education I want. And I don’t think the liberal arts are quite what UIUC is known for. But then again, does IU have better programs in that area? Does an overall better school, UIUC, equally mean better for most majors or for what I’m looking for. </p>
<p>And then, what part of this falls on my shoulders? I think it’s mostly up to me to make the most of my education but will I have all the resources along with like minded college students around me to keep me motivated to do this at either college?</p>
<p>I think you make a couple sweeping generalizations here. First is that UIUC students are motivated and smarter. While I will agree with you that UIUC is the better school overall, all the higher admissions standards mean is that the average UIUC student did a little better on their tests and in HS classes than the average IU student. Given that they are both Big Ten universities, neither of them are bad schools, and both will surround you with plenty of smart and motivated people.</p>
<p>Second, even though UIUC isn’t known for its liberal arts, what public schools are? Aside from, say, Berkeley, the only other schools that are renowned for their unbelievable liberal arts classes are the Ivies and other similar privates. I honestly think you will get the same quality of education in liberal arts from either school. It is just a matter of $20,000 vs. nicer scenery. If I didn’t factor in my bias that I already had at the time I was choosing schools, that would have been a tough choice for me.</p>