Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Date: Mar 12 2007
Major: Interior Design (This Major's Salary over time)
I went here for a semester and did not return. It was a nightmare. Whatever you do, DON'T LIVE IN UHALL. That is the worst dorm. The only thing great about UHall is the food. The students here are some of the nastiest people you will ever encounter in your life. But I guess that's all a part of the experience. Now don't get me wrong, the NATIVES of Carbondale are some of the NICEST people you will ever meet, they would run into a burning house for you, but not the students. The students come from all over and they really are nasty. All I have to say is spend some time visiting this school before coming here. It's cold. And the campus is pure filth, until you get to the Thompson Point area. It's a little bit nicer over there and the people are a little bit friendlier.

The quality of education I would say is good, they have a great architecture program, but the work is hard and very time consuming. The teachers are nice, they have office hours, but since there are so many students, when you come to their office hours, they are helping another student the entire time and you never get to see them. It is easy to get a work study job out here. They have a lot of extracurricular activities to get into as well. Anyways, just make sure you visit and see this school for yourself. Also, it's only a party school if you make it. While I was down there, I didn't attend not one party.

Also, if you're a minority, the people in this school can be a little biased or prejudiced, even some of the teachers. Here, whites stick with whites, blacks with blacks, asians with asians, and etc. No one merges, which is why the school sucks so much. But if you went to a white highschool or something, you might not notice. Don't come here, it's a great academic school, but a horrible social school. I hated it. Great teachers though…