Social Life at The University of Illinois - Chicago (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Social Life” at UIC/UIllinois-Chicago

By Gender

Males	B-
Females	C+

By Major

Accounting	C
Architecture	A
Biology	C+
Business - Management and Administration	A-
Chemical Engineering	B
Chemistry	B
Civil Engineering	B
Communications	F
Computer Engineering	C+
Computer Science	D+
Criminal	A-
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc	F
Economics	B-
Education	C+
Electrical Engineering	A+
Engineering Department	B
English	C+
Finance	C
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc	B-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	C-
Industrial Operations Engineering	B-
Kinesiology	D-
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	C+
Math	C+
Mechanical Engineering	A
Nursing	B
Other	C
Pharmacy	B+
Philosophy	B-
Physics	F
Political Science	B
PreMed and Medical	A-
Psychology	B-
School of Information	C
Sociology	B-
Undecided	D+
Urban Planning	B+

Against similar schools

Social Life compared with similar schools in class.

University of Illinois - Chicago
C+
Average of All Schools
C+
Average of schools in class
B
Harvard University
B-
Yale University
A-
Stanford University
B
Princeton University
B
Cornell University
B
Brown University
A-
Columbia University in the City of New York
B-
F
A+

Social Life

“... People who say it is hard to make friends are most likely anti-social themselves, because I am pretty talkative and have made some amazing friend...Read full comment

“... You'll have so many more opportunities (both academic and social) ...Read full comment

“... If you don't socialize with people by taking the initiative to join clubs and go to meetings then you cant expect to make friends ...Read full comment

“... What do I think of the social life at UIC ...Read full comment

“... A lot of us were older students with jobs who couldn't spend all day on campus even if we wanted to, but that still didn't stop us from organizin...Read full comment

“... On the other hand, if you CHOOSE to get involved in something - really amazing opportunities can open up for you socially, academically, and pro...Read full comment

“... SOCIAL ASPECTS After reading some of the negative reviews posted on this website about UIC, one might feel that UIC's social life is inad...Read full comment

“... There is no social live at this campus ...Read full comment

“... Social Life: Unless you are 21 or over, there is almost no social life ...Read full comment

“... Social Life: UIC is a commuter school so it looks completely dead on weekends and it might seem hard to make friends ...Read full comment

“... Social life sucks ...Read full comment

“... and this school have no social life ...Read full comment

“... Social Life, GREATTT ...Read full comment

“... To those that say there is no social life on this campus either never tried getting involved, tried just talking to strangers, go home still h...Read full comment

“... It is a commuter school, so do not expect the big social college experience ...Read full comment

“... Definitely a liberal campus atmosphere and I think there's a social justice emphasis in many of the Liberal Arts courses ...Read full comment

“... Social life: My social life was fine ...Read full comment

“... I would say that it would be ok if you had friends going here with you and you lived in an apartment but other than that its very hard to have a ...Read full comment

“... It was impossible to create a social life, and when I fell into a deep depression 2nd semester, the school did absolutely nothing to help ...Read full comment

“... Besides the academic prospect, I also did not get much out of the social aspect in coming to this school ...Read full comment

“... This means that it is hard to organize social gatherings among people in your major ...Read full comment

“... There is no social life, the campus (while improvements are being made) is very dull ...Read full comment

“... little social life if under 21 ...Read full comment

“... The people who are saying that the social life sucks and do not have any friends are probably the people who are too afraid to go to clubs, meeti...Read full comment

“... The students and social life are the only positive thing about UIC ...Read full comment