Eastern Illinois University or University of Illinois at Chicago?

<p>Which is a better school Eastern Illinois University of The University of Illinois at Chicago? </p>

<p>Are the directional schools in Illinois pretty good (EIU, SIU, WIU, NIU)? Please advise.</p>

<p>Jennifer</p>

<p>This is not based on any real knowledge, but based on reputation and who goes where around here, it seems UIUC>UIC>everything else, although it could be a regional bias because I live near Chicago.</p>

<p>UIC is at the top of the third tier of US News, so it’s by far the best of the group. SIU is a bottom third tier school, NIU is in the fourth tier, and EIU/WIU are even worse.</p>

<p>What do you mean by tier? I never understood what Tier meant (yes I did graduate from college)</p>

<p>So besides UIUC, Northwestern, U of C what other schools in Illinois are good? </p>

<p>How reliable are those ratings?</p>

<p>Tier 1 = top 50 US News, Tier 2 = top 100, then you have the Third Tier and Fourth Tier.</p>

<p>Knox College is an outstanding Illinois LAC.</p>

<p>EIU/WIU/SIUE/C all have super hot girls. I go to SIUE and I’m going to transfer to Illinois Champaigne though next year since they have a better business school.</p>

<p>Uic! Uic! Uic!</p>