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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Civil Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Although many complain about the engineering department and the university as a whole, I found that UIC created an environment that encouraged students to be self-reliant and to develop relationships with their professors. Granted there are a handful that are extremely condescending and don't enjoy "wasting their time" with undergraduates, but most, however, are more than willing to spend time chatting with students (I spent a couple hours once talking to a professor about graduate programs). Surrounding City: A+, Campus Aesthetics: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 06 2005 5th Year Male -- Class 2005    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=17641&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 Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant UIC puts up a positive outer shell but often really focuses more on attracting new students than on taking care of the students they have. For example, despite budget cuts, they have been spending oodles of money on beautifying the school but don't have enough money for supplies and repairs that the students really need. Surrounding City: A, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 05 2005 1st Year Female -- Class 2006    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=15251&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 Communications  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Work very very hard to get into the best possible school possible, THEN work even harder to succeed and graduate.I did one out of the above two then, transferred and graduated from a lesser known school (UIC). I worked hard and received my MBA from a top 50 program. Lesson is do it right the first time. I hate having to talk about my split college career (undergrad) Starting Job: Sales Rep, Preparedness: C, Reputation: D+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Feb 08 2005 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   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=14751&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  Prev    Select Page: 1 ... 24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32    Next

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