University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

I really like the people and community there. People are willing to work together and help each other out. I have a group of people I study with regularly. There's a ton of clubs and activities to do because it's such a large school. You can always find somewhere to fit it.

As a civil engineering major, and a perspective architecture minor, I am always more than happy to point out that I am attending the best civil engineering school, and one of the top ten architecture schools, in the nation.

It has one of the best libraries in the country and is a great school to study engineering.

I tell them that it is a big ten school

The Air Force ROTC; the sports; and my dorm which is super diverse; the price is good!

We are a top-ranked school nationally and we have a proud history of innovation. The people responsible for creating the Netscape browser, YouTube, and PayPal all attended. On the liberal arts side, award-winning authors like Richard Powers teach here. In all aspects, engineering, agriculture, health science, and many more, Illinois is a leader in research, development, and education.

We have many research opportunities and organizations and clubs.

When I brag about my school, I usually focus on everything it has to offer besides academics. It is nationally ranked, but I prefer to speak of all the extra-curricular activities. My school has over 40,000 people, so we have pretty much any club imaginable. Something that many of my friends can't say.

When I tell people about my school, the thing I brag most about is the research opportunities and technology that are available to me. In lab classes I am routinely given access to (and taught how to use) some of the most cutting edge tools in the field I am interested in pursuing. I tell people how beneficial this is to not only to my current learning, but also to my future, as I will be using all of these tools in my career. I feel that with this benefit, I will be much more attractive to future employers.

I tell them about our career center and the opportunities that I have to get good internships in a down economy. I brag that some recruiters really hold U of I in high esteem when it comes to hiring recent grads.