<p>One negative I’d add is that, in my experience, social life at UIUC is excessively dominated by the Greek system. Please see my comments in this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-illinois-urbana-champaign/707954-uiuc-good-party-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-illinois-urbana-champaign/707954-uiuc-good-party-school.html</a> (I’m intentionally linking the entire thread so that you can see not only my views, but also opposing views.)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I also found the campus to be quite segregated. The segregation isn’t always about race, culture or religion, although it can break down along those lines. More generally, there are distinct groups on campus which really don’t get along with each other. People tend to associate with others who are very similar to themselves. It’s more about conforming to a group than being of a specific cultural background.</p>
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Of course it’s a college town so there’s always going to be something to do, but it just seems like there’s something social missing in Champaign.
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<p>I noticed the same thing.</p>
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Plus if you look at places like the 6 pack, you have a very mixed collection of people.
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…I definitely would have chosen to live in the six pack. I only hear good things about the social environment there.
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<p>I lived in the Six-Pack for a semester. I personally don’t have good things to say about it. Despite some racial diversity, it’s still generally very conformist and intolerant of differences. The social life is heavily based on binge drinking.</p>