<p>“most students there are serious about learning”</p>
<p>I have HEARD tell that there is lots of partying going on at UIUC. True? Just a stereotype? Does it depend on the college (in ENG, for example, are most students “extra studious”? But what about the other 33,000 kids that are there?)?</p>
<p>Now I know where I had the impression about the big greek scene. It was Princeton Review (ranked #13 Major Frat and Sorority Scene in the nation)</p>
<p><a href=“College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review”>College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review;
<p>Probably where I got the impression about less than stellar academic support, PR says UIUC is #4 in “Professors Get Low Marks”. I also have heard this said about big colleges in general - cf, Colleges that change lives, for example. <a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/[/url]”>http://www.ctcl.org/</a></p>
<p>But I appreciate Balth.'s statement of the support that is available. Maybe the people who gave the prof s those low marks were the students who were not that pro active in going out to get the help that is already there?</p>
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<p>slightmanifesto said–
“but maybe the school of Liberal Arts isn’t as highly ranked and has much easier requirements”</p>
<p>Recall that UIUC has a comp sci degree in LAS, too. Let’s ask OP’s question for comp sci in LAS. Still reputable and well regarded? as reputable w/ all the positives as comp sci in ENG? I think I read that it has significant overlap of courses. But it does not have as strong as admission req’s and has not been around as long as the ENG pgm.</p>