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| By Major | | Accounting | A+ | | Architecture | A+ | | Biology | A | | Business - Management and Administration | A+ | | Chemical Engineering | A+ | | Chemistry | A- | | Civil Engineering | A+ | | Communications | B+ | | Computer Engineering | A+ | | Computer Science | A+ | | Criminal | A+ | | Economics | A | | Education | A | | Electrical Engineering | A+ | | Engineering Department | A+ | | English | A- | | Finance | B+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A | | Industrial Operations Engineering | A- | | Kinesiology | C+ | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A+ | | Math | A+ | | Mechanical Engineering | A | | Nursing | B+ | | Other | A+ | | Pharmacy | B | | Philosophy | A+ | | Physics | A | | Political Science | A | | PreMed and Medical | A- | | Psychology | A+ | | School of Information | A+ | | Sociology | A+ | | Undecided | A | | Urban Planning | A+ |
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Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... Asides for a reasonable tuition cost and location in the great city of Chicago ...” |
| “... The campus, while located in a vibrant city, is a depressing concrete jungle ...” |
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Okay, yes, I will admit it is very nice to have a campus in the middle of the city ...” |
| “... typical city college environment with an extremely ugly campus that looks like a sprawling prison ...” |
| “... Then Tony Martin the head of housing had the audacity to send me an e mail "just to let me know that they were losing out on money because of my...” |
| “... I began my freshman year at another university and transfered to UIC to be in the city in my sophomore year ...” |
| “... Well it is if you own a car and have a life in the city before you arrive ...” |
| “... Every ethnicity hangs within their own enclaves and most of the students project a severe low-self esteem persona ...” |
| “... Even if there wasnt anything going on, on campus you just go out to the city ...” |
| “... I have heard the stereotypes that it is a cold place, with few teachers that speak English, but the fact is it is not high school, and it IS an ...” |
| “... It definitely gets better the older you get as you have the entire city to go out and explore, as opposed to a few bars ...” |
| “... You can live in the city and become a part of it really quickly ...” |
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The new dorms on south campus are like five star hotels very fancy, they have great views of the city and offer the latest amenities ...” |
| “... Being in the city is great because not only do I have my friends in the dorms, but I can also hang out with friends I have at other universities ...” |
| “... The real-life experience UIC students obtain from living in a large city is far superior to the experience one would have on a typical, farm fiel...” |
| “... You are one train stop away from the beautiful city, and there is ALWAYS something to do here ...” |
| “... You also get a U-Pass which lets you ride the CTA for free which gets you to almost any point in the city ...” |
| “... We may not have big football games and a sorority row like U of I and other big ten schools, but just being able to hop on the train and go anywh...” |
| “... I will say that I think I would have preferred a more traditional college experience at a school in a "college town" as opposed to the city and ...” |
| “... YOU HAVE A HUGE CITY TO EXPLORE ...” |
| “... The neighborhood that the school in does have a higher than average crime rate, but I guess it's too be expected in a big city ...” |
| “... It doesn't have the stellar reputation that other schools I got into had, but it is in an unbeatable city ...” |
| “... city and live in Chicago) I find that attending this school was a waste of money ...” |
| “... I picked UIC because I wanted to live in the city ...” |
| “... Unlike the other schools in this City (Depaul, UChicago, Columbia, etc) UIC is a state school, meaning many people, myself included have chosen t...” |
| “... Although I love living in the city I feel that it is impossible to meet people at this school ...” |
| “... UIC: When you walk around UIC the cityscape is your view almost everywhere you look ...” |
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