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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]I went there and I've never had anyone tell me that they have never heard of it. But, I normally refer to it as "The University of Illinois" or the "U of I'.  [/quote]

I didn't know you went there, Jeff!

It has the second largest medical scholars (combined MD/PhD and MD/JD) program in the country. Harvard is first. [/quote]

Yeah, I have a BA in Political Science from there. I have never heard of the medical scholars program. Just about everyone I knew when I was there was in either engineering or computer science. 
[/quote]What a coincidence. I was there in the mid-90s.

UIUC is huge. There is a lot going on. I don't think many who went there know about all the areas of excellence.

It's an R1 designated research institution, at the top of the Carnegie classification, and it has the fastest US university supercomputer to support that, along with hosting the NCSA. When Gates did a 5-campus tour about 15 years ago, he went to Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon and Illinois.
It has the second largest university library in the country. Again, that's second only to Harvard. Their School of Library Sciences was ranked top in the nation.

Of course, it has some history as a party school, and the institution is so large that there is going to be a range of quality. Overall, it is excellent, and when it shines, it is pretty amazing.[/quote]

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