Chicagoans Please Help!!!

heavenlee777 · Mar 23, 2009

Hey I am having a dilemma between two colleges right now.
One's in Boston (Suffolk) and the other is UIC in Chicago.

I was just wondering if you guys could help me out.
Is UIC a good place?
I've heard some bad things, some weird things, and some nice things

Any help or information would be nice please, thanks in advance

rsdplaya · Mar 24, 2009

i walked through their campus last week. it's seemed pretty diverse, which is always good.

umm, if you go south of the campus at all, it's not a good area at all, same goes for west of hyde park...so idk how much leeway you have there

blackiceblaze · Mar 28, 2009

if you go to uic ur in the ehart of the city. i live 5 min away. maybe im biased

-Red- · Mar 28, 2009

Originally Posted by rsdplaya

i walked through their campus last week. it's seemed pretty diverse, which is always good.

umm, if you go south of the campus at all, it's not a good area at all, same goes for west of hyde park...so idk how much leeway you have there

He's probably referring to the University of Chicago which is in Hyde Park but is surrounded by the hood... but that's a completelydifferent school. You have to go much further south or much further west to get to the hood and Hyde Park is nowhere near UIC. The UIC area is very safe asfar as Chicago neighborhoods go.

As for UIC, it is pretty diverse as far as colleges go (which ain't sayin much but still). I know this may seem strange to say but UIC's architecturesucks- the buildings are just... terrible man. This might not be important to you (I didn't think it would be to me either) but I'm a grad student atUIC right now and it really bothers me for some strange reason...

sickickz23 · Mar 28, 2009

both cities are good college towns. I'm from Chicago but I have family in Bean town. So I'm unbiased. Boston has better colleges and a good nightlifescene. But Chicago nightlife in the summer>>>>everything else.

rsdplaya · Mar 29, 2009

Originally Posted by red mpls

Originally Posted by rsdplaya

i walked through their campus last week. it's seemed pretty diverse, which is always good.

umm, if you go south of the campus at all, it's not a good area at all, same goes for west of hyde park...so idk how much leeway you have there

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He's probably referring to the University of Chicago which is in Hyde Park but is surrounded by the hood... but that's a completely different school. You have to go much further south or much further west to get to the hood and Hyde Park is nowhere near UIC. The UIC area is very safe as far as Chicago neighborhoods go.

As for UIC, it is pretty diverse as far as colleges go (which ain't sayin much but still). I know this may seem strange to say but UIC's architecture sucks- the buildings are just... terrible man. This might not be important to you (I didn't think it would be to me either) but I'm a grad student at UIC right now and it really bothers me for some strange reason...

my bad...i was confusing it.

halftime718 · Mar 30, 2009

Im going to Chicago to tour some schools, I have a couple of questions.

1. Where is a good area to book the hotel.
2. Is it easy to get around in public transportation.
3. Good places to eat and visit.
4. How much do you think i will spend a day like on food, transportation, and touring.

Is it true that the south side is more of a peoples place, so to say.
Lastly, for now I think im going to greyhound it over there, dont really wanna drop 300+ plus hotel, for mainly school touring, unless someone can hook it up.
I will be happy with hound coupons also dont really mind the ride as i will have company.

Thanks

heavenlee777 · Apr 1, 2009

Originally Posted by Halftime718

Im going to Chicago to tour some schools, I have a couple of questions.

1. Where is a good area to book the hotel.
2. Is it easy to get around in public transportation.
3. Good places to eat and visit.
4. How much do you think i will spend a day like on food, transportation, and touring.

Is it true that the south side is more of a peoples place, so to say.
Lastly, for now I think im going to greyhound it over there, dont really wanna drop 300+ plus hotel, for mainly school touring, unless someone can hook it up.
I will be happy with hound coupons also dont really mind the ride as i will have company.

Thanks