<p>UIUC has all the support services that you need. The issue with any large school is that you need to be proactive in utilizing the various forms of help that are there. College is the big leagues, and you wouldn’t have gotten into Urbana had you not been qualified. Having said that, you need to be disciplined in a way that you didn’t have to be in high school (not that you didn’t need a certain amount of discipline to do well there). In college, if you want to sleep in and not go to classes, you can do that. No one will hound you to go to class. If you want to blow off the homework and not study, your parents won’t get a note to sign and return to the instructor. However, if you are struggling, there are office hours, study groups, advisors, career services etc. that are there for you to utilize if YOU decide to make use of them.</p>
<p>No one will be marginalized, if they don’t join a frat, and neither will you feel out of place if you study a lot. Trust me when I say that most students there are serious about learning, and therefore you’ll find that the majority of people are “extra studious”.</p>