Western Illinois University

Date: Aug 23 2012
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
All these people on here writing on crappy the town of Macomb is… what do you expect, it's in the middle of nowhere. Macomb is your typical college town, 80%-90% of the towns population is college kids. There are some families that live around the area, but they are few and far between. There are plenty of places to eat, a bowling alley on campus, a movie theater and any kind of bar you can ask for. For the city folk, there is a "club" type bar, a beer garden, happy hour specials, and martini bar.

As for the actual college, it is a small college, most of the building are within walking distance of the dorms, there is a quad area to hang out. I graduated about 4.5 years ago, but i'm sure that not much has changed. The staff is hit or miss. Being a hospitality major, the staff in my department was extremely helpful and had a lot of real life experience in hotels/restaurants. The business department is where I heard from friends the departmental staff was very condescending to students who just wanted to learn.

The social life on campus is great! They have great inter-mural programs as well as other activities. People are always looking for new friends, you are not just stuck with a certain group of people. you will have a core group of friends, but you won't ever be turned away from an open house party, even if you dont' know anyone there.

Overall i'd give it a 7.5/10.