LAS Insider blog for prospective students
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CURRENT STUDENTS & RECENT GRADS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE COLLEGE OF LAS. In the LAS Insider blog, students and alumni share their personal stories and insights throughout the academic year at the University of Illinois. Get an inside look at what it's like to be a student in the College of LAS.
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Issy Marquez values a humanities education for a variety of reasons—the flexibility, unique classes, and life-changing opportunities.
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LAS senior Maggie Vacchiano reflects on the ways that LAS has prepared her for life after college.
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LAS junior Heather Schlitz details her experience studying abroad in Beijing.
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Did you love your high school English, history, or foreign language classes? If so, you should know that the Humanities Professional Resource Center is here to help students majoring in those subjects get jobs after graduation.
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Here are just some reasons you should feel excited to join LAS!
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Here’s how you can make the best decision for yourself while picking a college.
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I know my time spent creating an RSO helped to set me on a trajectory of being involved and challenging myself at U of I.
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Studying in LAS is helping become a person with curiosity, passion, and diligence
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It doesn’t matter if you come from Statistics and CS or CS + Philosophy, the coursework prepares you such that you have the same opportunity at a software engineering job as any CS engineering major. You’ll also have a shot at jobs that blend your fields of study.
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Thanks to a very welcoming student body, as well as an awesome academic advisor, finding my place on campus was nowhere near as stressful or overwhelming as I thought it was going to be.
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Research knows no bounds at the University of Illinois. It gives all students an equal opportunity to pursue subjects of interest while also learning how to conduct studies, labs, and research proposals that could one day help demystify a certain aspect of the world we live in.
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Without the support of the AAP and my own drive, I would not be where I am today.