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Breakdown of “Social Life” at UIUC
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By Gender
MaleB
FemaleB
 
By Major
AccountingC
Aerospace EngineeringA+
Agriculture/HorticultureC+
Animal StudiesA
AnthropologyC-
ArchitectureA-
Art & Design DepartmentA
BiologyA
Business - Management and AdministrationB+
Chemical EngineeringB-
ChemistryC
Civil EngineeringB
CommunicationsA-
Computer EngineeringB+
Computer ScienceB+
Cultures/CivilizationA
EconomicsB
EducationC
Electrical EngineeringB-
Engineering DepartmentB
EnglishB-
FinanceB+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B-
Industrial Operations EngineeringA+
JournalismA
KinesiologyA+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.D-
LinguisticsA+
MathB-
Mechanical EngineeringA-
Music - PerformanceC
Music EducationA
Nuclear EngineeringA+
NursingA
OtherB+
Physical Therapy/Exercise ScienceA+
PhysicsB
Political ScienceB-
PreLaw and LegalA+
PreMed and MedicalB+
PsychologyB+
SociologyA-
UndecidedB-
Urban PlanningF
 

Against similar schools
Social Life compared with similar schools in class.

University of Illinois -- Urbana Champaign
 B
Average of All Schools
 C+
Average of schools in class
 B-

University of Illinois -- Chicago
 C
George Washington University
 B
Northwestern University
 B-
Harvard University
 C
Carnegie Mellon University
 C
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 B-
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
 B
F
A+

Quotes touching on Social Life

“... My freshman year, I signed up for a senior-level social science class, sat in front, answered questions, and approached the professor about his r...”
 
“... The real value, however, was in the full college experience including, especially, fraternity involvement where I developed better leadership, s...”
 
“... Social Life: Drinking and parties do play a large part in the weekend plans of many, but there are alternatives ...”
 
“... The social life is great with around 13 bars on campus ...”
 
“... As far as the social scene, U of I is awesome ...”
 
“... total party school, social life rocks there ...”
 
“... The only drawbacks to this university, in my opinion are the lack of socialization within classes ...”
 
“... If I was to give advise to the freshman it would be this: be aggressive, academically and socially ...”
 
“... Social life is very attractive here, plenty of things to do and tons of people to meet ...”
 
“... Overall, U of I is a good school that offers a difficult academic load seeded in a prevalent social surrounding ...”
 
“... Excellent school--gives you a world-class education, beautiful campus, enriching social life and great college sports ...”
 
“... Greek life is pretty much the main social outlet ...”
 
“... The rest are not focused on academics: some focus on the jobs (like me), some focus on their social life ...”
 
“... The majority of the social aspect involved the Greek system and the bars; and, if one was not interested in either, one was an outsider without m...”
 
“... The negatives would be that everyone is from Chicagoland, so when you aren't you feel a bit out of place in the beginning, unless you are natura...”
 
“... This is a big school and social life largely centers around drinking ...”
 
“... It is true that the social life mainly consists of Frats and Bars ...”
 
“... The social life at the school seems to revolve around drinking, going to bars and getting wasted ...”
 
“... If you don't have the money or the means to afford to join one, then your social life might be a bit of a challene ...”
 
“... It is, in my opinion, a top notch education; but the fact that there are so many thousands of students attending puts it leaps and bounds above ...”
 
“... The population may seem daunting at times, in the tens of thousands, but the atmosphere is very conductive to socializing, and after spending a ...”
 
“... The school's social pulse revolves around drunken revelry ...”
 
“... As for the social life on campus, don't listen to people who claim it all revolves around the Greek system ...”
 
“... As far as social life goes, you're sure to find something that fits your taste with a student body of 35,000 ...”
 
“... I could not be more satisfied with the educational and social experiences I had there ...”
 
“... Lastly, the social life ...”
 
“... Great university with a balance mix of academics, social life, and sports ...”
 
“... " You are actually paying for social events so you can make more ...”
 
“... Great academics and social life ...”
 
“... obviously if you aren't keeping track of your hw and not going to lectures you will HATE it here because you WILL fail but you make an honest eff...”
 
“... The social scene far surpasses that of any other university I have visited ...”
 
“... Students in engineering and the sciences (excluding life & social sciences) I've found to be much more intelligent and hard working ...”
   

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