UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS UC '16ers

<p>Major -Civil Engineering</p>

<p>Congratulations :)</p>

<p>Got into computer science. Unless I get into Berkeley (don’t see that happening lol) I’m going to Illinois. </p>

<p>-ranked 5th in computer science just behind MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and CMU
-ranked 6th in engineering
-22 Nobel prize winners among staff and alumni
-alumni have founded companies like AMD, Yahoo, Netscape, YouTube, Safari, Firefox, etc
-average starting salary for BS is 70,000
-most of the students Microsoft recruits are from Illinois
-on campus recruitment from Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, etc</p>

<p>Seems like a fantastic school really. Only downsides are that the weather is a bit chilly and the university is sort of secluded but those are pathetically minor flaws.</p>

<p>@angaduday and @ascaris</p>

<p>Congrats! I wish I had applied too!
Majoring in Computer Science :)</p>

<p>Admitted into Computer Science!</p>

<p>congrats to all of you!</p>

<p>Did you get financial aid or scholarship , pratyush795 and ascaris</p>

<p>hey guys, have a question about this school. i know its the number one school for greek life, so students who aren’t in greek life, will they be left out in social groups and stuff?</p>