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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Psychology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average Overall my feelings are pretty negative about this school. Most people do not live near or on campus. I commuted my first year and it has hell coming here and having to wait 2 hours for your next class to start. So i decided that I should try living on campus. At first I got in to one of the east campus halls-do not live in them! They are completely disgusting and it is mostly just freshman there and it is very loud at night. So I transferred to south campus housing which is wayyy worth your money! Although I love living in the city I feel that it is impossible to meet people at this school. Im a fairly sociable person and I hardly feel like I know anybody! Everyone shuts themselves off from the world and everyone keeps their doors shut. I feel that its hard to find people that relate to me i guess. The school and the education isnt bad..but its kind of ghetto here and the buildings are crummy. I would say that it would be ok if you had friends going here with you and you lived in an apartment but other than that its very hard to have a real social life. Surrounding City: A, Individual Value: D+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 22 2010 2nd Year Female -- Class 2014    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=73044&uid=444'></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 I found my degree (MS Chemistry) to be completely worthless and I regret it deeply and profoundly. I find the lack of mentor ship and guidance in the graduate program appalling. The career center is nearly completely useless for everything except minor proofreading of your resume. Scholastic Success: B+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 14 2010 5th Year Male -- Class 2008    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=72806&uid=444'></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 Math  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I'm a transfer student from Elgin studying a major that is dying, Statistics and Operations Research. There are 2 other Universities in the State of Illinois that offer similar programs, University of Chicago and University of Illinois(UC). One is exclusively expensive, the other costs about 1/3 more and in the middle of nowhere. So I picked UIC. UIC is what you make of it. Period. If you're expecting to have a guidance counselor hold your hand, HA! UIC is pretty much a public university that is the epitome of Chicago; hard-working, honest, open, demoralizing, yet up-lifting, and tough with broad shoulders. If you're not use to Chicago weather, the place can be cold, literally and figuratively. But like Chicago weather, it can also be pretty amazing and inspiring. Like I said, UIC is what you make it. You gotta do it on your own jack, you're in the most American of cities. Being a Math/Stats major, all my classes have been challenging. (note: i did all my gen-eds at community college) And the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science department is a bunch of eclectic math people, like you'd assume. As for being a commuter schools.... yes and no. Being in one of the oldest neighborhoods of Chicago, UIC doesn't exactly have the ability to foster your traditional campus life. A majority of the students live in the surrounding neighborhoods, University Village, Little Italy, Pilsen, Tri-Taylor, West Loop, Printer's Row, and the South Loop. Those neighborhoods have plenty of college kids out and about. For those that do actually commute from the surrounding burbs and far reaches of Chicago, it can be straining. Mo;st of the time students in that situation spend 40minutes to 2 hours going one way. It ain't easy and takes dedication, but you feel damn good for being able to do it; you'll also find yourself with quite the extra amount of cash. UIC is a do it yourself school. You have to know what you wanna do and where you wanna go. If you got those two things in mind. UIC will work for you. Conversely, if you don't know what you want out of your college education you may want to stop and think; you might be better off foolin' around at a community college.UIC is the public university of Chicago and it whole-heartily represents Chicago and the Chicago mentality. If you want to be cuddled and have your hand held in college, pay the extra couple grand and go to a private school. Surrounding City: A+, Campus Aesthetics: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 04 2010 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! 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