UIUC - well known?
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Anonymous
Despite the inflated internet prestige, UIUC isn't that well-known to the layman or even to an Engineering/CS person that doesn't live in Illinois. |
Anonymous
| UiUC makes it sound like a directional school instead of the flagship Public U of Illinois |
Anonymous
I don't think impressing laypersons is what UIUC is all about. It's about the work, and that's absolutely fine. Anyone in E/CS who is supposed to know about it, already does. Gates has acknowledged that Microsoft hires more UIUC graduates than from any other university in the world. Intel hires more UIUC PhD grads than from any other university in the country. It's the national supercomputing center. If you don't know about it, it will survive. 
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Anonymous
| I have an engineering degree from U of I (as we called it back then), and when I was interviewing for jobs in the Hampton Roads area all my interviewers were impressed. If your kid goes there and does decently, he/she will get a great job before they graduate. |
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I'm a CS person (PhD). UIUC has a fantastic reputation in computer science. Better than U MD, certainly better than U VA (which is a great school, but not so great in CS).
Most people that I know call it Urbana-Champaign, as in "I have offers from Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington, and I've decided to accept Urbana-Champaign." Responding to another poster's comment about what to call another top CS school: I have friends who say Carnegie Mellon, but more who say CMU. |
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My niece from bay area is also choosing btw UIUC and Purdue for Engineering. When she told me UIUC I went completely blank even she already said they're both in Chicago.
I always knew it only as Urbana-Champaign, but I'm also 45 years old 
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Anonymous
| I know people who attended there, both in CS and in Library/Information Science. Excellent in both realms. I would recognize both Illinois and UIUC names for it. You need a broader circle of friends. |
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When I moved to Virginia in the early 2000's, I tried to get some variation of U of Illinois on my license plate to signal my fandom.
I tried ILLINI ILL1NI 1LL1N1 etc, etc, etc, etc. All taken I settled on Go UIUC, which was surprisingly not taken. For YEARS people asked me what on earth that meant. So the acronym is common knowledge for those who went there, but clearly not a common descriptor in Virginia. Great school though. |
Anonymous
Neither Purdue nor UIUC is in Chicago. |
Anonymous
| is UIUC worth full tuition? |
Anonymous
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Whoa people. KNOCK IT OFF!
U of I or Illinois is what it is called. No one calls it UIUC. That sounds very close to UIC which is University of Illinois Chicago which is a completely different school. U of I -- cornfields great engineering worth full tuition for that UIC - Chicago, used to be commuter school, heavy research now and building their OOS undergrad reputation. Please let me know if you have more questions. |
Anonymous
In my opinion, no. The big exception would be for Computer Science where the family has no trouble affording the out-of-state cost. But, kids who can get accepted to CS at UIUC are likely to have private options for a similar price that might be more desirable for non-academic factors. |
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Well known
Top school for CS and Engineering Known for given paultry aid to OOS kids which is why many don’t consider it. As a state having financials issues with public universities. They raise tuition every time you blink. |
Anonymous
NP. They are both close to Chicago. Calm down. PP, pick Purdue |
Anonymous
Neither one is. Norte Dame is closer their both and no one ever says it is close to Chicago. |