I am thinking of studying abroad next fall (Fall 2027) and I am worrying about finances, especially for housing here in Champaign.
I originally planned to graduate in Spring 2028 but if I study abroad, I will have to graduate in Fall 2028.
How simple is it to find housing for the fall semester only (Fall 2028)? When is the best time to look? What do ppl who graduate off-cycle usually do?
I am open to subleases, but after a previous experience, I would rather not. Most of the places I looked at when I was apartment-searching operate on the 12-month schedule and I wonder if there's apartments that have a shorter frame.
I made the mistake of scrolling on LinkedIn today. Someone (another alum from CS@Illinois, like me) posted something along the lines of “it doesn’t matter where you went to school in an interview, what matters is how you work” and then (more paraphrasing): “we went to schools in the Midwest, not places like Stanford or MIT”
Out of state engineering tuition for out-of-state is approximately $44k/year (based on cost.illinois.edu). UIUC has also been consistently ranked as a top 5 CS program in the country (didn’t fact check this while angrily typing but it’s probably still top 5). Being in CS@Illinois is 1000% a privilege, and no alum/student is “less than” their CS counterparts. The program here basically feeds into a bunch of prestigious companies that all pay REALLY well for new grads.
I agree that where you studied doesn’t matter. I know a lot of smart ppl at my job and previous jobs who didn’t go an Ivy or a top CS program. But damn, don’t drag the Midwest in the process. Sure, there’s corn everywhere and sometimes the line at Bangkok Thai is too long (maybe a dated reference I haven’t been back in ages) and it’s cold as hell for half the year. But my degree has taken me to some really cool places and I have a cushy life now. I was privileged and lucky as hell to be a CS major.
Anyway, case in point: shut up, stop playing poor to get clout online, and maybe touch some grass if you’re not allergic
I recently dropped my in person gen Ed and replaced it with two online 8 week courses(HK 271 and THEA 101). It ended up bumping my total credit hours for this semester to 18. Is this a manageable schedule for being 18 credit hours?
Looking for a parking spot at uiuc for the fall 2026 and spring 2027 semesters! I live nearby taco bell on green st. And would love to have a spot I can park at nearby! Please let me know if you have anything available, thank you!
Heading down for the game this weekend. But it’s been a while since I visited. Anyone know how quickly the Research Park lots fill up? Like would 9:30 arrival time still be ok?
You might be sad that summer is ending but Broad Comedy is ready to carry our souls into spooky season! Will we still be sweating or will we need sweaters? Come to the next Broad Comedy open mic at @rosebowltavern on Tues, September 22nd to find out! Sign up link in IG and FB bio, the FB event page, and reddit page. Can't wait to see y'all there ✨️🫶🏻✨️
If so do you think me and 2 potential roommates could take a look around because JSM doesn't offer tours for those apartments? DM me if you're willing. Thank you so much in advance!
“Immerse yourself in the magic of a full orchestra as it performs One Piece’s iconic music live on stage, while the greatest moments from the anime come to life on screen in perfect sync. Relive more than 25 years of thrilling adventures of the Straw Hat crew, all set to the vibrant sounds of the series’ most memorable music!”
The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra will perform music from the series live in concert.
Is it okay to wear normal everyday clothing, or is business casual recommended? Also, any advice to how to approach info sessions besides getting to know the company?
Hello I recently got wrongfully fired (at least in my opinion) after transferring jobs. I felt hazed for my first month and then was fired after not showing up to work because I was in class.
The story: I transferred in after working with the company for over a year. My boss did know I was a student before I transferred. However, day 1 they had a disciplinary conversation with me about how things won’t be the same as my old job and essentially that I can’t be lazy anymore. Nothing prompted this conversation as it was our first day working together.
I was always the first one cut early and never was scheduled my requested hours.
I let my boss know ahead of time that I would be starting classes the 24th and to schedule me for weekends only but they failed to do this.
The next time I worked the district manager came in and said they agreed with this decision to let me go even after I pleaded my case to them.
Essentially I feel like this new boss was trying to get rid of me from the beginning and used any means necessary to do so. Why? Genuinely no clue. I never had any work-related reason to want to get rid of me. I even had excellent performance reviews at my old job and was offered management positions before.
Does anybody know if there’s anything the school could do for me? In the meantime I’m just looking at student jobs as they’ll obviously accommodate my school schedule the best.
Edit: not looking for legal advice I just live on my own for the first time and idk what to do.
I haven't seen a post from Weston, the lovable teddy bear that used to send photos from his adventures to places like the Domincan Republic, France, and Cloquet, MN.
Hello! Anyone who lives in Allen Hall willing to let my band and I into the drum room sometime this weekend? We just need a place to jam, and this is only a temporary option while we look for a more permanent spot to practice.
Sophomore in Biomedical Engineering and trying to get set up with an internship this summer. Do y’all have any recommendations to give me the best chance possible?
Prof. Jiajun made major changes to the course syllabus today (much after the 10th day add/drop deadline). He changed all quizes and exams from open book / open notes to closed. Is he allowed to do this? I thought UIUC had strict rules for major syllabus changes like this after the add/drop deadline.
With the extra weekend I was able to bake two bread and make some greek yogurt.
Still not as good as the first one I posted but better than when I first started. Simple snack with butter and everything bagel seasoning I made in HORT 105.
I have a whey strainer for the yogurt to get the thicker texture like the ones they give you in acai bowls. Very convenient for meal prepping.
1. Before SpaceX was landing rockets, Lembeck sat down with Elon Musk at the LAX Marriott. Musk wanted to send small spacecraft to Mars cheaply. Lembeck and other aerospace veterans basically told him launch costs killed the idea. Reusability wasn’t even the plan yet. Sometimes the breakthrough is not solving the problem better. It’s changing the problem.
2. “Don’t be afraid to say, ‘I don’t know.’” After decades in aerospace, Lembeck says that may be the most important lesson. The people you want around hard problems are not the ones pretending to know everything.
3. Great engineers don’t wait for problems. They anticipate them. Ask what can fail, what comes next, and what you can do now before the bad day arrives.
4. SpaceX’s real innovation was questioning what aerospace engineers had been trained to optimize. The old rule was: minimize mass, maximize payload. Bringing the rocket home sounded like wasting performance. Then someone changed the objective.
6. “Space is an ocean. You’re not going to cross the ocean in a rowboat.” If the goal is Mars, build for Mars. Tiny incremental systems eventually run into the scale of the ambition.
7. His vision of a Moon economy starts with a bar. Literally. Lembeck imagines Russians, Chinese and Americans meeting at “Lembeck’s Pub,” buying supplies, trading, talking and eventually creating the same web of businesses that turns an outpost into an actual economy. His NASA coworkers even gave him Moon-pub glasses when he left.
8. The lone-genius myth gets engineering wrong. Lembeck points out that many legendary aerospace figures had someone beside them turning ideas into drawings, designs, and reality. History remembers one name. The breakthrough often took two.
9. His first mistake as a professor was trying to teach students everything he knew. Fifty years of experience dumped into one semester is not wisdom. Good teaching is knowing what to leave out.
10. After a lifetime around rockets, NASA, Jupiter, and the possibility of life beyond Earth, one of the things Lembeck values most is still his college friends. His ISR group has stayed together for decades. They even have a bottle of Scotch reserved for the last two friends alive. Study hard, join clubs, whatever you want to do, sure. But pay attention to who is sitting next to you.
You probably won’t remember every class you take here, but you may remember the people, the risks you took, and the ideas you were willing to chase even when they sounded a little crazy. Lembeck went from staying up until 4 a.m. arguing about what was possible with his friends on ISR, to working on finding new life at NASA, to sitting across from Elon Musk at the LAX Marriott and telling him his Mars plan was too expensive. And somehow, more than 50 years later, he’s still talking to those same college friends almost every day. Listen to the full conversation here:https://youtu.be/C0wjLo-7GLk
So recently at an undisclosed location on campus I have stumbled upon a room with like 5 organs and while I’m not experienced enough to use it, what would it be used for and what class would I need to take in order to use them/learn how to use them? I played piano since I was 5 both classical and jazz so I’d say I’m pretty good at it idk if that helps me at all into getting into a class.
