BY: JACOB FULLER
University of Illinois vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Overall, between University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Illinois there are many differences and similarities, but some make one college stick out more. One reason is location. If I would have to travel down for Christmas, University of Illinois would be way closer to St. Louis than the University of Wisconsin-Madison. So the difference is huge from going from Champaign to St. Louis and going from Madison to St. Louis. Travel from St. Louis to Madison is 360.4 miles, or 5 hours and 2 minutes, but going from St. Louis to Champaign it …show more content…
University of Illinois enrolls 33,368 undergraduates while University of Wisconsin-Madison only enrolls 31,662 undergraduates. And being a kid heading into high school, that would be a huge thing to look for in colleges, because most kids would want to graduate from a good school that does a good job. With University of Illinois enrolling 33,368, twice as many as Wisconsin, that would mean if would have more of a chance to make it into Illinois than Wisconsin. A fourth thing to decide between colleges is majors. Even though University of Wisconsin has more to choose from and my favorite major, zoology, University of Illinois has still a lot to choose from and majors that I still like. For instance there is statistics, spanish, mathematics, and more to choose from. Picking majors is a big part of choosing a college. Speaking of majors, class sizes matter too. At University of Wisconsin-Madison, most classes have between 10-19 students. While at University of Illinois, most classes have between 10-29. The difference might not be big but I like it when in some classes there is few students and some when there are a