(UIUC) I have not been impressed

How this student rated the school

Research Quality	C	Research Availability	B
Research Funding	C	Graduate Politics	C-
Errand Runners	B	Degree Completion	D
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	A	Sufficient Pay	C-
Competitiveness	F	Education Quality	C
Faculty Accessibility	C	Useful Research	C
Extracurriculars	B	Success-Understanding	A-
Surrounding City	F	Social Life/Environment	C
"Individual" treatment	F	Friendliness	F
Safety	A-	Campus Beauty	C
Campus Maintenance	A	University Resource/spending	B

Describes the student body as: Arrogant Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Unhelpful

Male

GRE1870

Lowest Rating Competitiveness	F

Highest Rating Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	A

He cares more about Competitiveness than the average student.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
I have not been impressed. I started here on a masters degree and am currently working on a Ph.D. I attended a small liberal arts school in the midwest prior to UIUC. I am here because in downstate Illinois, the U of I is just about the only doctoral institution anyone has ever heard of outside of Illinois. Although somewhat prestigious, UIUC is very decentralized(translated bureaucratic) and if you don't do everything by the book you will usually be sorry. There (at least in my college - education) is very little flexibility and it typically seems more about jumping through hoops until you graduate than about an actual education. If you are planning on working in academe, it's probably worth your while to go here rather than say Illinois State or Northern Illinois, but if you want flexibility, understanding, or guidance, I'd look elsewhere.

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