WEBVTT 00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:09.280 all right Oscar all right let's do  it well hello everybody welcome to   00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:13.760 today's event my name is Oscar Herrera  and i'm an LAS college degree here at UIC  00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.560 i'm also a first-gen LAS graduate from UIC and i study communication for my major alongside   00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:22.240 me and my colleagues Sandra and Casey and i'm  actually going to pass it over to them right now   00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:27.680 hello my name is Sandra Lopez and i'm  also a recruiter for the college of LAS   00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.120 and i was also a student here at UIC i actually  majored in spanish with a concentration in   00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:37.760 hispanic literature and cultural studies and  minored in sociology and i'm going to hand   00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:42.880 it over to Casey now my name is Casey Thayer i'm  assistant director of recruitment and engagement   00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:48.400 i unfortunately am not a UIC alumni though i  wish that i was uh given everything that you'll   00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:53.760 hear about today and we're lucky enough that  we're joined by one of our wonderful students   00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:01.440 potentially our best student jackie who is going  to talk a little bit about her background and if   00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:06.480 you can also talk about why you would select or  why you had selected UICand why you think it's a   00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:11.840 good school for students to consider yeah i  just want to make sure y'all can hear me... 00:01:24.160 --> 00:01:32.160 i think we're still having some trouble there  jackie let me can you hear me now yes yeah okay   00:01:32.160 --> 00:01:37.200 yeah it was the headphones okay sorry so  yes my name is Jacqueline Salgado i am a   00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.960 third year student i am a first generation student  i am actually a student of both um the college   00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:48.560 of liberal arts and sciences and the college  of urban planning and public affairs and then 00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:54.320 i chose UIC was in the city so i was still able to   00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.400 you know follow my career goals um kind of be a  politician or government and i can still do that   00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:06.320 because they're like three train stops away from  literally downtown chicago um which is an amazing   00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:11.520 yeah you can find a lot of internships and  also um by c is one of the top leading research   00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.600 institutions so a lot of the professors  do research and have a lot of connections   00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:21.840 that you know a lot of job opportunities so it's  definitely very good to get in and get possible   00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:26.880 that's kind of some of the reasons  why i chose to stay at yours 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:43.200 wonderful so and as jackie mentioned  we are very close to uic or to the   00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:48.720 city of chicago we can use this city of  chicago as a living learning laboratory   00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:53.600 as well as a classroom as it's located  near the west side connected to uic's   00:02:54.480 --> 00:02:59.840 located to chicago central business district  university village little italy and the west   00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:05.600 loop which is actually home to google's midwest  headquarters and as jackie also mentioned we also   00:03:05.600 --> 00:03:12.960 have easy access to most transit specifically the  l as well as buses and the metro train stations   00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:17.840 as well i was actually a commuter student  myself so i know how convenient this can be 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:26.320 all right and as we're giving this presentation  you can feel free to create your custom view book   00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:31.600 this the best part about this is that it's going  to be tailored specifically to you and you get to   00:03:31.600 --> 00:03:37.440 decide what's going to be added and if you're if  you're an undecided student as well you can also   00:03:37.440 --> 00:03:42.400 take a look at the different majors that we offer  and maybe this can also help make a decision on   00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:46.800 what you would like to study once you're a student  here at uic or you could also learn more about the   00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:52.400 research opportunities that we have for students  as well and throughout the presentation you'll   00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:57.680 also note that there's on the bottom left  hand corner there's going to be a gray tab   00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:02.960 this is going to show you specifically how you  can add that slide to your own custom view book 00:04:07.440 --> 00:04:11.280 all right and as we mentioned we're going to be  talking about the college of liberal arts and   00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:16.400 sciences as well as humanities and social  sciences but first a little background on   00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:21.840 las so our goal here is definitely to provide  students with the knowledge skills and scholarly   00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:28.320 foundation across the humanities natural sciences  and social sciences for long-term success what   00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:33.600 sets the college of liberal arts and science apart  is our award-winning faculty that teach our 40   00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:38.480 different majors and minors while they are  also involved in innovative research that   00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:43.760 students can also participate in by  joining the LASURI program which is   00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:48.640 the las undergraduate research initiative  and if you're interested in more than one   00:04:48.640 --> 00:04:55.840 subject i would also encourage you to  check out our interdisciplinary studies 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:03.280 all right for social science majors you can  explore how human behavior influences everything   00:05:03.280 --> 00:05:09.520 from economics and politics to the environment  and social media students can learn how to improve   00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:14.320 society through business health and political  innovation here we actually have our student   00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:19.840 alejandra natera who participated in a six-week  cultural immersion program in mexico and formed   00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:24.480 part of a student council for the partnership  for college completion which provides equity   00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:30.480 for low-income minority students and as you can  see you can also see the different majors that we   00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:38.480 offer within the social sciences as well and i'll  actually also turn it over to jackie um jackie 00:05:40.640 --> 00:05:46.800 what why did you pick your major and how did  you know it was the right one for you so i   00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:55.920 originally came in as a coj major um but tlj is a  huge like major and although it's just have a lot   00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:01.040 of classes to offer but unfortunately i couldn't  get into them so my first semester i focused on   00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:06.160 actually getting my gen eds and with gen eds i  already knew i was very interested in politics   00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:11.520 because just by reading the descriptions um i was  like wow i really want to take this and when i did   00:06:12.080 --> 00:06:18.640 take these classes i met like professors they like  helped me out it wasn't so much of a big shock   00:06:18.640 --> 00:06:23.600 when i came in classes were still very manageable  and attainable to actually get to and reach out   00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:31.040 so i felt very like good cheating with them  and like i wouldn't mind having as a professor   00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:36.160 so i did i finally like did the change i think  i didn't i wasn't that much and i think my first   00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:42.880 semester i declined myself as a poli-sci major  and i stuck with it and with also with like our   00:06:42.880 --> 00:06:48.240 gen eds that we have to take i also discovered  public policy which made me get my full degree   00:06:49.200 --> 00:06:53.920 major and yeah i really enjoy the  professors like i said it's the response   00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.680 so they all are doing some type of research i have  done with a lot of them are have also been lawyers   00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:04.720 or have worked in government which is super  intriguing as well so i just feel like it is an   00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:09.920 opportunity to get to know people on the web for  you and people who still have those connections   00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:15.920 and relations that can connect you like again to  like future job opportunities or like potential   00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:20.400 so i'm always kind of like seeking like what's  going to be ahead of me and thinking about that 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:24.320 thank you so much for that jackie 00:07:28.400 --> 00:07:33.120 and then we're going to be turning over to the  humanities um so here you can also study uh   00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.480 history philosophy world languages and literature  uh the humanities allows us to think critically   00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:44.240 and understand the world around us explore world  culture and to start to grapple with our existence   00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:48.400 the humanities are vital to all liberal arts  and science students we actually just launched   00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:53.200 a new major which is the computer science and  linguistics which connects language speech   00:07:53.200 --> 00:07:58.640 recognition and computer programming so if you're  wondering what that means uh so it's definitely   00:07:58.640 --> 00:08:02.880 going to be a major that i would recommend to  someone who's interested in understanding how   00:08:02.880 --> 00:08:09.440 amazon's alexa is able to talk uh you can combine  your interest in the arts languages and technical   00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:15.920 knowledge to prepare for your future in computer  science and here we have our student sonia gupta   00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:21.840 who is an honors college student who majored in  biological sciences and in russian for the in   00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:25.680 within the college of libraries and sciences  and his research and career interests   00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:30.080 involving health equity and understanding  different cultural approaches to medicine 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:40.400 all right and as we know the world is evolving at  a rapid rate which requires more collaboration and   00:08:40.400 --> 00:08:45.680 creativity as the boundaries between academic  areas fade interdisciplinary research and   00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:50.560 education become even more important for bringing  about positive social change such as improving   00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:55.200 public health building stronger communities  and creating a more sustainable environment   00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:00.640 actually several of our las offerings span in  more than one academic department which allows   00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:05.760 students to learn and work in a collaborative  way across these different fields our areas   00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:10.080 of interdisciplinary study prepare students  for the global job market and emphasize the   00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:15.920 connection between the humanities health and sciences social science research and education 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:26.320 now in terms of the degree um i'm sure you're  all wondering uh just as we know uh the goal is   00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:31.760 to actually get a degree once you graduate college  right so in order to get your degree here within   00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:37.440 uic uh you will need a total of 120 credit hours  which is made up of your selected major which   00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:45.280 totally depends on what you choose to major in  you can also add your general education core and   00:09:45.280 --> 00:09:50.800 your electives the best part about the electives  is that you can explore so many different fields   00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:56.000 i personally actually chose to declare minor  in sociology just because the fact that i had   00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:02.320 taken so many sociology classes and i also took  las 289 which is the course where you actually   00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:08.160 get to take an internship and get credit for it i  had an inter internship at the chicago council on   00:10:08.160 --> 00:10:13.920 global affairs which is a non-profit organization  and i learned a lot for undecided students you   00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:19.200 have an array of classes and flexibility with  as there are more than like a thousand classes   00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:24.000 that you get to choose from and please know that  throughout these different classes you also have   00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:32.160 so much support which oscar is definitely going  to be speaking on on the next coming slides 00:10:32.160 --> 00:10:36.480 all right so here at uic learns how challenging  it can be for students to find their way around   00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:40.400 the new college life and that is why we have  so many different types of advisors to assist   00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:45.760 at uic we have college advisors major  advisors career advisors and much more   00:10:45.760 --> 00:10:49.760 as a student i remember meeting with career  advisors the most i met counseling with them   00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:53.840 throughout each semester whenever any support with  job or internship applications and even though   00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:59.840 there isn't a limit to how often you can meet  with them they're always more than happy to help 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:05.360 so now i want to introduce you to the department  of alias career development and internships   00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.520 their offices support la students with career  and major floration through individual career   00:11:09.520 --> 00:11:13.760 counseling appointments and online resources the  department provides alia students with the best   00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:19.280 resources like career snaps major minute videos  and explore a major these resources give you a   00:11:19.280 --> 00:11:22.800 glimpse of the possible career paths that  you can take with your major personally i   00:11:22.800 --> 00:11:27.040 really enjoy using these tools as they give  me job search inspiration post graduation   00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:32.000 take advantage of these resources i encourage  you to visit our website las.career.uic.edu 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:38.000 so now here are some experiences  that uh some of our students have had   00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.680 for example here is maha who  served as an intern for the u.s   00:11:41.680 --> 00:11:47.200 house of representatives and here  we have carla who interned at her   00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:52.320 neighborhoods council advocating for mental  health services for the Lantin x community 00:11:54.880 --> 00:11:59.600 here we have syed who worked with  a community-based organization   00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.520 to investigate environmental and  social justice and justice sorry 00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:13.280 i'm gonna pass over to casey now i was wondering  jackie and looking at that list of resources   00:12:13.280 --> 00:12:18.400 what were some of the things that you found most  helpful as a student when you were here at usc or   00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:23.840 as a student at uic and what do you think are some  of the best resources that we offer for students   00:12:24.560 --> 00:12:31.520 definitely um the advisors i feel like i was in  my advisors a lot on especially looking at the   00:12:31.520 --> 00:12:38.320 reasons that like uic offers not only to like a  specific but there are a lot of support offices   00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:43.760 on campus i know there's um like a lot of just  like the latin american and educational services   00:12:43.760 --> 00:12:49.760 that's where i was at like most of my freshman  year before covet um and everything so um so   00:12:49.760 --> 00:12:55.520 they definitely provided a space for me to study  a space for like tutors and a space for advisors   00:12:55.520 --> 00:13:01.680 where i could just kind of go and like that's like  what i was unsure about like that being fafsa that   00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:07.360 being selection of course is that being like um  internship opportunities if i should like look   00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:13.840 forward to taking more credit hours like that um  i definitely want to reach this on camp about like   00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:20.800 the center um the library and things like that  so yeah those are some of the basic you know   00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:24.960 resources but there's definitely a lot and like  once you spend more time on campus you learn about   00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:31.360 a lot of more recent resources and you utilize  them yeah thank you jackie for giving that that   00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.200 perspective and i think one of the things and jack  you've already talked about this and kind of made   00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:41.200 a compelling case about uic but one of the i think  the biggest selling points and biggest benefits   00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:48.560 for students coming to uic is the opportunity  to engage in research because i think that's   00:13:49.520 --> 00:13:54.800 not you uh particularly across the board  something that students have the opportunity   00:13:54.800 --> 00:14:00.080 to do as an undergraduate student and most have  to wait until you're in your graduate degree or   00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:05.200 professional program but here at uic you have lots  of opportunity because as jackie said a lot of the   00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:11.120 faculty members are engaged in research themselves  as a research one institution so you have a lot of   00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:16.480 great opportunity to take advantage of that and  we support that of our students as well through   00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:22.320 things like sandra pointed out already the lasseri  our undergraduate research initiative where you   00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:29.600 get funding to to pursue a project that you want  to to research uh and then get faculty mentorship   00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:34.880 to support that research we have the engaged  humanities initiative which i'll talk about in   00:14:34.880 --> 00:14:39.760 a second here and then we have a uic impact and  research day you can see one of our students this   00:14:39.760 --> 00:14:47.600 is emma who was a clj student who presented on  vaping and adolescent usage of vaping and so she   00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:54.160 wanted to research that and and study that that  phenomenon and you can see their research here as   00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:59.040 well so students get an opportunity to share out  that research which really builds your network   00:14:59.040 --> 00:15:04.640 so if you're thinking at all about graduate level  coursework or professional program it really helps   00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:10.400 strengthen your application when you get to that  point oscar we can go ahead and skip to the next   00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:18.240 one and to bring it down this is an example of one  of our students quinn who was using united nation   00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:27.600 nations data to examine boko haram and  also alzheimer's risks was another student   00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:34.320 in uh psychology uh was studying alzheimer's  risk disease factors in the lab so there's a lot   00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:39.680 of opportunities even within the humanities and  social sciences sciences to get involved and on   00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:44.320 the next couple slides i'll point out a couple  additional opportunities for students as well 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:53.200 so first the engaged humanities initiative is a  grant funded mellon grant funded opportunity for   00:15:53.200 --> 00:16:01.680 students to do a four-year sequence of research  and engagement with some topic in the humanities   00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:06.480 students in this program are able to  attend lectures and presentations by   00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:11.280 leaders in the humanities they get funding  and support there's a lot of financial support   00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:16.080 for their own research and then also  are able to share out that research   00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:20.240 so it's a great way regardless of what major  you don't even have to be majoring in the   00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:25.440 humanities to be part of the engaged humanities  initiative and this is something a lot of students   00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:31.600 take advantage of whether they're in the natural  sciences the social sciences the humanities   00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:36.080 in order to get that nice well-rounded  background and that's one big benefit of being   00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:41.920 at uic in the college of liberal arts and sciences  you have all of those different opportunities   00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:47.120 majors minors but all these different resources  and uh different programs that you can take   00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:51.600 advantage of so that's ehi is one of them oscar  we can go ahead and take a look at the next one   00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:57.920 we also have this is a brand new program  that was just implemented called serve social   00:16:57.920 --> 00:17:03.120 influence undergraduate research fellowship which  happens over the summer students can sign up for   00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:08.320 a four-week summer training program they receive  three thousand dollars in a stipend and they get   00:17:08.320 --> 00:17:15.920 hands-on research uh this was piloted by one of  our economics professors so it's helping students   00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:22.720 engage with topics and issues in the economics  fields and bringing students from all across   00:17:23.280 --> 00:17:29.200 chicago to campus this summer to participate in  that it was a brand new program great opportunity   00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:33.360 for support i think i have one more that i  was going to go ahead and highlight for you 00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:41.360 and another one that uh students take advantage  of is the newberry library undergraduate seminar   00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:48.400 which the newberry library is located just north  of downtown chicago and that brings students from   00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:57.600 uic roosevelt university depaul loyola to the  newberry library to take a look at their archives   00:17:57.600 --> 00:18:04.400 they have it's a giant library with a bunch of  old books and a lot of um very robust archives   00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:08.720 and for students who are in the humanities like  myself that sounds like a dream to be able to go   00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:14.640 in a library with all these other students and to  pursue a research project and then they again have   00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.760 that research that they can share out we've had  students that have been invited to overseas uh   00:18:19.760 --> 00:18:24.240 to england to present on their research that  they that they conducted at the newberry   00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:28.480 library so this is another great opportunity  uh for students that have that interest in the   00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:42.320 humanities to get involved and to connect to  some additional opportunities outside of uic 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.840 i'll go ahead and turn it over to ask her 00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:53.200 sorry my clicker wasn't working uh but yeah so  i know that most students are always interested   00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:57.760 in what the college life looks like and as a  former uic student i'm so sorry my dog is barking   00:18:58.560 --> 00:19:04.000 i'm just gonna pet her real quick okay so as  a former student i'm here to tell you that uic   00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:10.960 life is pretty great um first off selection is  amazing we have chick-fil-a panda express subway   00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:16.960 and panda express and oh sorry pan express  sebaros and much more all just one building   00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:21.440 i'm not even mentioning the other options about  campus like busy burger or popeyes we also have   00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:26.800 a starbucks at the ark building and another one  really close by hall street because why not anyway   00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:31.840 anyways besides the great food uic has a lot more  to offer like the long list of clubs organizations   00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.640 from improv club to fraternity sororities uic  offers a diverse array of organizations for   00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:42.080 choose to choose from a personal favorite of mine  is uic radio during my time at uic i was a blogger   00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:46.160 for the radio station there i made friends  interacted with new radio station technology   00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:51.440 and gained valuable writing experience i i  really enjoyed my time there but yeah here at   00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.960 uic there are college opportunities for students  to make friends while enjoying the college life   00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.160 jackie did you want to talk a little bit too about  the what's the life like or how would you describe   00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:08.800 the campus life and environment atmosphere  there's a lot it's great the vibes are great   00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:13.920 they're immaculate um i honestly always find  something to do i always eat somewhere differently   00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:18.720 like oscar mentioned there's a lot of places  to eat my favorite is definitely duncan though   00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:26.800 the drinks are good i there's a we have a gym  like the students have access to to go to free you   00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:32.480 get a group of friends you'll have fun working  out like i promise it's a fun time um i am also   00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:36.400 involved in greek life so there's a lot to do with  sororities you know you always see a lot of like   00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.040 like you know people like doing a lot of  things on campus servers or things like that   00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:46.080 there's also i'm also part of like student  advocacy position and like political science   00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:49.600 student union so there's definitely  organizations that are dedicated to like   00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:53.520 your path that doesn't mean like oh i'm not  studying political science i can't be in them   00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:57.120 but you know you could definitely dip  your feet into a lot of different things   00:20:57.120 --> 00:21:01.040 because there are so many organizations and clubs  on campus that you'll definitely find something   00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:05.520 that you're interested in um and that you can be  a part of and it doesn't have to be like oh my god   00:21:05.520 --> 00:21:09.760 like every day you know it's like they have like  meetings once every two weeks once every month and   00:21:09.760 --> 00:21:15.840 you can come out you meet people it's just it's  very fun i definitely love the atmosphere uic 00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:26.560 but yeah don't don't be  afraid to check out discover uic   00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:32.000 where you can learn how to apply  and view some of our on-demand presentations 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:38.880 and if you would like to take a virtual tour  with us or schedule an appointment with us   00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:45.360 you can at least uic.edu admitted or if you  have any questions you can email us at lasinfo   00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:53.440 uic.edu and jackie to to close us out before we  take some questions did you have what would be   00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:59.840 your advice for students who are in the process  of selecting a college and considering uic do you   00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:06.080 have any kind of advice you would share about that  process definitely you know don't knock uic out   00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:12.320 of your list like i'm from chicago so i was like  uic no but i don't see myself anywhere else it's   00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:17.120 like i love it here like it's like been a great  time i'm in my third year and i'm just kind of   00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:22.560 slowly realizing that i'm almost leaving and i'm  like oh you know there's a lot of things to do uh   00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:30.960 the the the view is great like the times are  great there's really easily easily accessible   00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:35.760 through anything um and it's just like great  vibes so definitely i would recommend it   00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:42.000 like if i like know what i know i would still  definitely choose uic um as a college to attend   00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:50.000 i mean that's quite a compelling case uh an  argument to be made so i like that yeah knowing   00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:54.480 what you know you would still make that choice and  it would be a good fit for you um we're going to   00:22:54.480 --> 00:23:00.400 be hanging back to take questions so if anyone has  any questions i'll go ahead and stop the recording   00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:05.200 now but then we'll certainly be more than happy  to answer any questions that you might have