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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright The U of I is a great school, its about 13,000 people, which is a nice change of pace from UWashington and its neighbor Wazzu (6 miles west) I feel like its relatively unknown, and is underrated in the country, but certainly not in the NorthWest. The Campus is Gorgeous, especially in the summer, and fall. The city of Moscow is about 25,000 people, and can seem small especially if you're from a larger city, but with wazzu 6 miles away in Pullman a town of about 30,000 people, there is plenty to do. Bars, Clubs, frats, and many Pac-10 and WAC sporting events. I would encourage anyone to look into UIdaho, it is a great place with a great feel, the longer you stay here, the more you fall in love with the two schools, and two towns. Collaboration/Competitive: A+, Useful Schoolwork: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 11 2010 2nd Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=65879&uid=392'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Chemistry  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright U of I is probably one of the more underrated schools academically that I've encountered. One of the main benefits of the relatively small student body is small class sizes for most classes, often under thirty people. It's also generally pretty easy to get face time with professors, I've even just casually chatted with most of my professors, which is often unheard of for Freshman and Sophomores at larger Universities. Academics, while often poorly rated amongst other schools in neighboring states, seem fine. I'm no less knowledgeable about my major than my friends at other schools are about the same material, but the classes are also what you make of them. Plenty of people fail to learn much of anything in many classes because they?re more interested in partying. My biggest problem with UI is probably the town of Moscow. It seemed alright, if a bit small, at first, but coming from a moderate-sized city (Portland, in my case) I found that the lack of things to do gets maddening quickly. There?s very little in the way of entertainment in Moscow, which is surprising given the high captive population that is starved for it. While it is true that there are normally things going on every night, don?t expect it to ever be more than a bunch of people getting wasted, and if you?re not in the Greek system, don?t expect to go to them too often. Occasionally there are good parties are to be had, but they?re generally just pretenses to drunk off of shitty beer and try to forget where you are. I?ve also found people here to be somewhat standoffish. Most of them are polite and will be superficially friendly on the streets, but just as often people are easily offended and engage in miniature power struggles at the drop of a hat. If you keep your head down, most of the time it won?t affect you, but I did notice it a lot.Overall, my advice on UI would be to know what you want from a school before attending, and don?t be too quick to forgive a lack of entertainment, because once you?ve done everything, it doesn?t really get better. I'm transferring after the end of the semester, but there are people who enjoy it here. Collaboration/Competitive: A, Social Life: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 25 2010 2nd Year Female -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=65385&uid=392'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I graduated form U of I in 2006 in biochemistry and was accepted quickly into the pharmacology graduate program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I found most of the first year of grad school was easy because of the preparation from U of I and have published two paper and passed my qualifying exam on the first try with no re-write required (unusual in the department). I am preparing to graduate with my PhD this next year, 4 1/2 years after graduating with my bachelors form Idaho. Not only was the course load of the Major useful, but my minors in Chemistry and Computer Science have also been instrumental in giving me an edge. The faculty in my department were very helpful in finding my current position at UAB.The time in the University Marching band also was some of the best experience in my life and friends made then I still keep in contact with. Starting Job: Graduate research assistant, Preparedness: B+, Reputation: D+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Dec 31 2009 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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