I am curious about the corn fields :p

Colleges & Universities University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>how much of the “famous” corn fields are part of the campus?</p>

<p>How are the buildings at UIUC? modern, old? dirty, clean?</p>

<p>I know that these would just be some minor factors in college choice, I am just curious.</p>

<p>I 've been looking at some pics of UIUC, you guys do have a lot of corn fields :x</p>

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<p>1) You don’t see any cornfields within the campus.</p>

<p>2) Some buildings are new, some buildings are old, like all colleges. Engineering tends to have better building than other colleges. Some of the buildings like Lincoln Hall needs some renovation. Business is also opening up a new business building this fall, which is going to be quite nice. Lastly, most of the libraries are amazing, especially Grainger and ACES.</p>

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<p>haha thank you</p>

<p>it’s just that I have seen some pictures of some buildings that are really close to the cornfield or some kind of grain ilsh looking field .lol</p>

<p>it seems like a lot of colleges are building new business buildings this fall. that’s good i guess</p>

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<p>Low Points:

  • Lincoln Hall: No stall doors in men’s restroom
  • Foellinger Auditorium: Wallpaper crumbling apart
  • There is construction ongoing around every building on campus. Seriously.
  • Most lecture halls: Half of the seats and desks partially broken
  • Some stairways around campus obliterated due to ice; repair lag obvious.
  • Most graffiti ignored altogether</p>

<p>High Points:

  • Illinois looks very impressive during the warm months.
  • Many buildings (i.e. Illini Union) always pleasing to look at.
  • Speaking of the Illini Union; it’s very polished and impressive inside.
  • Constant renovation means that new facilities are just around the corner.
  • Janitor staff does a good job in the dorms (not so much in the main halls).</p>

<p>Oh, and about the cornfields: the above poster who said that there are no cornfields on campus is blatantly wrong. First of all, there are experimental cornfields year-round in the Plant Sciences Lab. I would know, because I walk past them every other day. Secondly, during the warmer months, there is literally a cornfield right next to the Undergraduate Library. It’s called the Morrow Plots, and it is a staple of the campus.</p>

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<p>We read several of the college review books about UIUC and other schools, and to read about UIUC you’d think that you see cornfields all over the campus. I should disclose that I grew up in Champaign so I have a different perspective, but I just don’t see it that way at all. In fact, there were so many odd things in the book (some I knew to be untrue, some I just thought were ridiculous/silly) that I realized we couldn’t completely trust the books on any of the other schools we were considering. We still read them to try to get some insight on the schools, but you have to take what they say with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>My daughter will be going to UIUC in the fall. I really was pulling for Rose-Hulman (as much as I loved going to UIUC myself) because I thought a smaller school would be better for her and R-H is accredited in biomedical engineering and UIUC is not. But my daughter absolutely loves UIUC and would not consider any other college. She applied to, and was accepted at UIUC, Washington U in St. Louis, Rose-Hulman, Purdue and Baylor (she’s a National Merit Finalist and Baylor has terrific financial aid packages to attract those students). </p>

<p>There are lots of great schools around and maybe UIUC won’t be your first choice, but don’t let a report of cornfields keep you from at least considering it. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I forgot about the Morrow Plots, partially due to the fact that I never end up going to the south campus. As for plant science lab, I don’t even know where that is located. Sorry for the misinformation if that has concerned you.</p>