How is off campus life at UIUC?

somethingsmellsfunny
Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:26:30 +0000

Social scene is fantastic, so is the college of engineering. The b-school is certainly on the high end, and it’s a good choice unless you think you’re going to Wharton or Sloan (don’t look into Northwestern for undergraduate business; it isn’t offered! You could major in economics or something, but Kellogg is a graduate school only.). For medicine, I don’t know much about Illinois (which would make me think their program isn’t the best out there, can anybody inform me here?), but as an undergraduate you shouldn’t be concerned about graduate schools. You can do pre-med here or anywhere. Going to Chicago always seems slower than coming back - going to Chambana from my NW suburb can be 2-2.5 hours if you leave early and do some casual speeding, and coming back to Chicagoland is usually three hours or more in the afternoon. Even if you do the opposite trip, you won’t save time. A trip from Chambana to Chicago and back puts you with hundreds of thousands (millions, probably?) of commuters - right around rush hour, too. The only good part is that traffic is never bad until you start to get cose to the city - corn country is smooth sailing. Railroad is a viable option; the old IC line (now Amtrak) will take you right into Union Station. However, there are enough people down there that you won’t really need to make trips to the city to have fun.