What is the WORST thing about UIUC?

Colleges & Universities University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>What is the WORST thing about UIUC?</p>

<p>please be descriptive. im thinking of attending uiuc…but yea, i wanna know more about it! btw, im an international student =)</p>

<p>Also, it seems to be in the middle of corn field…what do students do on campus and on weekends!?</p>

<p>And would you recommend sorority? what are the pros and cons?</p>

<p>thanks for answering!</p>

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<p>From particularly December through February, you can have this constant nightmare where everything is just white and you keep piling on more and more clothes on yourself but you can never get warm and your hands and ears ache like they are going to fall off.</p>

<p>That nightmare is called winter in Illinois.</p>

<p>UIUC is in Champaign and Urbana (sister cities) and the area has a population of about 100,000. And you are correct that as soon as you go outside those small cities you will find farms, trees, and only small towns 50 miles in any direction. It is also very flat (no mountains, no big hills). </p>

<p>Nevertheless, this is a huge university and activities abound including parties, sports, campus theaters, restaurants, bars (for those who can enter – though drinking age is 21 many allow entry if you are 19 but you get marked for no alcohol consumption).</p>

<p>Others can speak better about sororities.</p>

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<p>Good school but it’s in the middle of no where…</p>

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<p>bump bump! :slight_smile:
thanks for answering</p>

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<p>how many rec centers they have?</p>

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<p>2 and they’re awesome. ARC is the one that opened this year, biggest college rec center in the country.</p>

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<p>when i visited there, i only saw the East one (really close to PAR/FAR ?) where is ARC at? and will there be packed of people everyday?</p>

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<p>may be a stupid question but wut is rec centers? wut is in there?</p>

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<p>psp-fifa-fan if you missed visiting ARC when you were there you missed a lot. It is unbelievable. You should check it out online. it is the largest student rec center in the country. Great facility. Can’t see how it would be crowded. It is bigger and better than what was there before. It is a great addition to the campus.
kawaiigurl- A rec center is a place for students to work out, play b-ball, take rec classes, swim etc. You should check it out online too.
Here is the link
[Activities</a> and Recreation Center (ARC) - Campus Recreation, U of I](<a href=“http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/facilities/arc.html]Activities”>http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/facilities/arc.html)</p>

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<p>The worst part about Illinois is the Bros. Too many drunken frat boys and sorority girls dancing at Stayshhhhh in what looks and smells like a primal mating ritual. If you’re cool with chauvinism, anti-intellectualism, and conformity then Champaign is the place for you. Otherwise, take a step east of Wright St. into a little granola town called Urbana and you will be much happier.</p>

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<p>You’re going to have the drunken frat guys/sorority girls at any large university, though. And if they bother you so much, don’t go to Station…</p>

<p>I have to agree with the winter though, its terrible. I’m even from central Illinois, but it just seems so much worse and more depressing in Champaign-Urbana.</p>

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<p>The winters wouldn’t be nearly as bad without the wind. I am going to say that the TWO worst things about Chambana are the wind, and Station 211.</p>

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<p>Speaking of rec centers…</p>

<p>Anyone happen to know the max weight the leg press machines go to in the weight rooms?</p>

<p>I have the problem of not being very challenged by a standard 400lb stack. :D</p>

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<p>Are you joking or are you serious? o_O</p>

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<p>What is Station 211? Obv something only students would know about …do tell…</p>

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<p>never mind…I googled it. It seems like a greek bar on green street. Not much fun to go to unless you are greek?</p>

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<p>Well nearly every person in that bar is greek, and on top of things, it is generally the d-bag type of greek students that like to go there, so for me, it stands for everything that is wrong about greek life in college.</p>

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<p>gotcha. do engineers seem to be in any one fraternity or none at all or is it pretty random? would you say it would be hard to be in a frat and be in the engineering curriculum? I guess it is hard to say if you are not in a frat but you can take a guess if you want!?</p>

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<p>I’m not in a frat, but I have plenty of engineering friends who are. It is possible, but not necessary. Most engineers are not in frats, but that shouldn’t be a deterrent.</p>