<p>@Take3</p>
<p>Welcome to America. It is fact that on just about every campus, in every state, there is some degree of separation like that. Most business majors don’t really want to have much to do with CS majors because they view them as nerdy, and likewise, most CS majors view business majors as lazy and obnoxious. Of course, you could interchange that with many, many other majors. Most fine arts majors don’t really have anything in common with most chemistry majors or business majors. The fact of the matter is, it is human nature to seek out people with similar views and interests as you and spend more time with those people than people who have little in common with you. That isn’t to say that it isn’t important to branch out: it is. However, most of the time people stay in their comfort zones and branch out only sometimes, especially when they are in a major such as engineering that takes up a relatively large amount of time. There are exceptions, but that is generally human nature.</p>
<p>Personally, I met a ton of people from a ton of backgrounds. I have many friends that I made from many different engineering backgrounds, business backgrounds, nursing, architecture, psychology, education, etc, etc, etc. You just have to go and make sure that you make the effort to branch out instead of staying in your little group. Sporting events are a great way to do that since they tend to interest people of all backgrounds. Seriously though, it isn’t just a UIUC problem, its a human problem. It happens everywhere, not just Champaign. For as diverse of a country as we live in, people still tend to stick to what they know and what they are comfortable with.</p>