University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

The Koreans. They smell wierd and tend to keep to themselves.

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It is very expensive.

To me, the worst thing about this school is the amount of students in a class. I feel that some of the time I do not get a good chance to interact with the students in my classes. One on one time with a professor is hard to come by at times, but the quality of teaching never wavers. Friends are usually made outside of the classroom, but maybe if classes were somewhat smaller students would be able to form friendships and study groups easier.

There seems to be a lot of crime recently, but they always inform us about it, and give us safety tips.

Class sizes can be pretty large, particularly for freshmen classes. For example, my biology lecture had around 600 students in it! This makes it kind of hard to feel like you can approach the professor- but just remember to make yourself as involved as you want to be.

The classes are so big that it's sometimes difficult to establish a relationship with professors.

There is a large split between greek-affiliated students and those who stay independent. Sometimes it even makes it hard to devote time to friends in the other group.

Some huge lectures don't have discussion periods.

The worst thing about UofI are the exams. A lot of the exams are made so that the average student fails and then they are curved to make it look better but it kills the spirit.