Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Reviews

"Undergraduate was great, graduate school was tough but learned a lot."

"I am very appreciative for the opportunities made available to me through the College of Business at SIU. You can achieve your dreams if you work hard enough."

"I believe it is an excellent college that offers many different curriculum and has many businesses suitable for students."

"I loved my experience at SIU law. The professors and staff all care and are willing to help and the school provides plenty of practical classes to ready you for practice as an attorney."

"Southern Illinois University School of Law is an amazing school, especially for nontraditional students. The support systems are in place for success as long as you're committed to the program. The professors are wonderful and seem truly vested in the success of their students. The law school is located on the far edge of campus with an abundance of parking which the undergraduate students do not overtake solely based on the location on campus. Most classes are diverse, but my class seems to have a large proportion of Caucasian males. Ages range from early 20s into the mid-50s, so you will always find people with similar interests. Overall, I would absolutely recommend Southern Illinois University School of Law for those wanting to pursue a legal career."

"The CDS faculty is amazing! They want to learn more about you and help you become the best individual that you can be. The CDS department has an opportunity to work with the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders so that you can get hands on experience with these individuals!"

"SIU was a great school close to home. The campus is very welcoming to students with plenty of housing and amenities. The staff are knowledgeable and helpful."

"I went to Southern Illinois Carbondale where I pursued my undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice along with being part of the Army ROTC program. My degree fell under the liberal arts field. As I was going to school, I was actively involved in the intense Army ROTC program where the program not only instilled discipline, but also crafted my leadership skills. I'm currently a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserves as a Military Police Officer. Currently, I'm working security on the side and am searching for police jobs in the meantime. I will be attending Roosevelt University in Schaumburg, IL this upcoming Fall where I will be pursuing my Graduate degree in the Human Resource Management program. I'm going for my masters to make myself not only more competitive in the military, but also to broaden my skill set on the civilian side. The Criminology program was real good at SIUC and I learned various law enforcement theories and how to apply them in context by not only analyzing the individual and collective groups, but also the environmental locations we as human beings live in."

"Education Advisors at this university seemed disorganized and did not seem to know specific information that would be useful to know to answer student questions. I actually ended up going through five advisors before they finally found someone that knew what they were doing and that was towards the end of my degree. Some of the teachers did not seem to care about your education and allowed distractions such as game playing and texting via phone or computer. I had told a teacher about the distractions which did no good because he did not mention anything to the class about it until I finally got fed up and told the class about it. I actually almost walked out of a class because there were too many distractions around me to the point where I could not focus on what the teacher was trying to teach. I ended up taking a class over because I did not feel I learned what I needed to learn because I was lost in another class in which the coursework pertained the other class I had taken. Books were frequently changed, so I ended up showing up to class on multiple occasions with the wrong book in the beginning of the semester. I know other classmates who have had many problems with the university as well. The entire university is just disorganized but you don't realize it until you get halfway through your coursework and feel like it's too late to transfer somewhere else."

"Southern University was great. most of the struggles came from not having the habits pre-developed to flourish as an individual. they offer a center for basic skills that helped students prepare. they have good integrity in scholar driven infrastructure. By that i mean the majority of the teachers deliver, they have good technology support systems, they have traditional resources like a real library and institutions where you can solve dilemmas with people directly vs talking to machines. i believe they have good relationships with community colleges which give you better chances that your credits will transfer vs retaking curriculum. they have on campus organizations in place for some focuses so that you can get real life work-ethic and real life situations while simultaneously being taught in the field. its a real university too!! architecture, resource center, stores, work out facility, sports teams, art district, scholar society and functions held on campus. to be very specific they just need to provoke a stronger work hard play hard mentality to the ones who have not come instilled with those traits. on the other hand this is the great leap from being considered a teenager to being recognized as a capable adult. and adults don't like babysitting other adults. so that's my review. take up your purpose take up your banner and do what you will with the insight."

"The faculty in the department is really great. The funding is terrible. The state of Illinois is having grave financial issues and that greatly damaged our funding support."

"I enjoyed my college and the professors I had. It is a beautiful campus and I gained a lot of great knowledge and experience."

"I liked my college a lot. I started off at university of Illinois but it was too big and not right for me. I loved the smaller size of siu and I loved the location."

"Love the faculty here at SIU. The program is not very competitive, the classes are engaging, and the workload is challenging yet doable. Campus safety, financial aid, and a few other things I would rate lower."

"It is an extremely competitive program in which only 25 get accepted a year. I feel that the program offers variability in instruction and provides supportive outlets."

"Lots of faculty have recently retired, making it difficult for existing graduate students to complete their degree. Public transportation is terrible, as is the surrounding area. Recently there has been extreme favoritism towards particular students who study under select faculty members that has resulted in assistantship/fellowship nominations that are not actually based on individual merit."

"My graduate program is small and tight knit allowing for individualized attention in the lab and hands on growth opportunities. Weekly seminars allow for us to hear about research from all over the country and network with scientists from many different fields. However, the classroom aspect of the program is more independent. My graduate program is based at the medical school in Springfield and most classes are teleconferenced from Carbondale."

"Pros- great faculty, good work environment, fun and inviting projects Cons- few people of color in graduate level, limited access to adequate technology, limited department budget"

"Programme needs more technology related courses and faculty. It also should have more courses on global policy and macro level policy change"

"There has been several of us that had concerns about or graduate education. Our teacher made the Dean of the Social Work aware of our concerns. She came to our class and heard our concerns & suggestions for change and seemed to completely willing to implement those changes that were suggested."