Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Top Questions

The stereotype that people have of it only being a party school.

People focus more on their social lives rather than their school work at this school. There will always be something more exciting to do instead of what is important and it is extremely hard to focus on what you should be focusing on in this atmosphere. Recieving and keeping good grades is almost impossible for some students.

Not a lot of women and I'm bored most of the time here because theres not a lot to do except for drinking on weekends and going to the gym here.

The school has a reputation as a party school and the past two presidents have been fired due to some kind of scanal.

there's not really that much about this school that i don't like other than the fact that the expences to be here are more than what i can afford, but its got to be done.

The worst thing about SIU is the fact that it is labeled as a party school when in fact there is so much more to do here. We are located in the center of beautiful Southern Illinois next to Giant City State Park with plenty of beautiful scenery, lakes, and other outdoors activities to keep student occupied with things other than alcohol.

The worst thing at Southern Illinois University is the limited numbers of on-campus apartments.There are only one bundle of on-campus housing apartments and they are only a few years old, no more than 5 years, so I am expecting the campus to have more on-campus apartments in the near future.

there are too many hippies and bugs!!!

It has a "party school" reputation -- which is too bad. The school and it's education is exceptional. I guess the only other negative thing for me personally is that it is a six hour drive from my home -- which gets expensive with gas prices over $4 a gallon.... but it is WELL worth the drive for a beautiful campus and great college experience.