Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Top Questions

I have yet to meet someone who is a complete asshole or jerk to others at SIUE. It feels so nice not having to deal with ignorant or rude people.

Classmates are very friendly and willing to study in groups to help succeed in classes.

We are all pretty similair. Being in engineering, my classmates and I are all about the same intelectual level as well.

The students range from fresh out of highschool, around 18, to fairly older people in their 40-60s.

Most of the students at SIUE are very chill and friendly; it's easy to meet people, and most people are not cliche-y at all. Almost all students here are from Illinois (although from all across the state- Chicago to rural farm-towns) but there are also quite a few students from the St. Louis area of Missouri (and some from Indianna/Kansas/etc), and there are also international students (mostly from Turkey and India). Students dress very casually for class. Most are not spoiled, rich kids (a stereo-type of many students at U of I) and there is not really "drama" or anything like that. Most everyone can find people to fit in with. Most students are 18-22, although we do have a significant (although not large) number of non-traditional (older) students.

The people I have classes with tend to take school seriously enough to not sleep in class.

My classmates come to class prepared and organized with binders, notebooks, and pens.

As I have mentioned before, this campus has all kids of groups; ethnic groups, religious groups, LGBT groups, etc. It's a really great enviornment to be around and has something for everyone. Because of the diversity on campus I can't imagine many feeling out of place. As far as dress in class I would say that it just varies. It's about 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} casual all the time. Sweats, hoodies, jeans, cute tops are just some examples. You'll see the occasional buisness apparel, but that is mostly because of presentations and such.

My classmates are pretty energetic, and involved in the classroom.

The majority of my classmates are very intelligent and understand exactly what is going on in the classrooms. I am currently majoring in Pre-Dentistry, and the great thing about this school is there are several students in that major, or the Pre-Pharmacy major, who are enrolled in the same classes as I am. This gives you a chance to meet new people in the same field of study as you. Befriending your classmates at this college is relatively simple and it pays off because it provides you with new friends and extremely valuable study partners.