Campus Life

The meal plans at U of I, especially for first year students are flexible and cover the dining needs of most students, including vegetarians.

There are a lot of restaurants on green street and a couple more scattered around the university. It isn't the best but you have burger places, subs, sit down dining, Chinese, and a lot more so you do have a selection.

At U of I, you can eat at any dining hall on campus which is nice for variety. There are also specialty nights that serve Asian, Mexican, breakfast, vegetarian, Soul food, etc. The food is served in buffet style so there are always many options. At every meal, cereal, sandwiches and waffles are available.

There is a lot of variety in the Ike dining hall

I'm a vegetarian so the options are less. I ate pizza and salad for most of my meals.

The food was okay. It was a lot of unhealthy junk food but it was still well prepared.

The food starts off great, but eventually gets repetitive.

Green street on campus offers a wide array of restaurants with almost every type of food that you can imagine. Everyone is sure to find at least one restaurant that they can't get enough of.

Well staffed, buffet style.

The dining is good but if you don't want to dine in the campus cafeteria you can go around the campus town to got to different dining establishments.

Friendly and have exciting events all the time.

Pretty big compared to most other schools. I've never joined one so I can't say much except that they do a lot of bar crawls.

U of I is the largest Greek campus in the US, but that doesn't mean that everyone is Greek. I joined a sorority my second semester and I've met a lot of great people through sisterhood, philanthropy and social event. It's also good for networking. There are also many professional fraternities on campus which are not as time consuming as social fraternities and sororities.

A large portion of students are part of Greek but they're generally down to earth.

Not very familiar with it, but it has a lot of options to choose from if you are interested.

Really big here, but it isn't a big deal if you are not into it. I'm not, and I still have a lot of fun.

Greek life is huge at U of I. A lot of students choose to get involved. I am in a sorority and love it. All of the girls are nice as can be and a lot of fun. It is a great way to be involved. Last year, however, I was not Greek and still had a great year. I did not feel a large division between those who were Greek and those who weren't.

Check it out for yourself. It's great, but not for everyone.

UIUC is one of the biggest Greek schools. That being said, give it a chance, but if you decide it isn't for you, don't worry about it at all because a lot of people aren't in a sorority or fraternity either.

Greek life is huge here on campus! Almost everyone rushes, but don't feel left out if going Greek isn't for you.