Here is a bucket list of what students should try and do before they graduate from the University of Illinois. Please add your own ideas!

 

  1. Ring the Altgeld Bells
  2. Experience all the sporting events
  3. Do research
  4. Sky dive
  5. Go to a concert at Krannert Center
  6. Volunteer
  7. Go to notable restaurants like Courier Cafe and Papa Del’s
  8. Decorate and get photos with the Alma Mater
  9. Go inside every University building
  10. Read/study on the Quad
  11. Get frozen custard from the Custard Cup
  12. Take a class just for fun (dancing? ice skating? condensed matter physics?)
  13. Go rock climbing at the ARC
  14. Learn an instrument (the School of Music offers lessons on campus!)
  15. Start a company
  16. Visit Allerton
  17. Attend the Urbana Sweet Corn Festival
  18. Join a club
  19. Start a club
  20. Play in an intramural sports league
  21. Tutor a friend
  22. Go to Bevier Cafe
  23. Go on a service trip
  24. Study abroad
  25. Listen to music in the Union Courtyard Cafe
  26. Nap on the Quad
  27. Join a cause
  28. Learn to cook
  29. Swing dance
  30. Use the many Illinois library resources
  31. Take a walk in the quiet streets of Urbana
  32. Attend Quad Day
  33. Vote!
  34. Get a campus job
  35. Go to the dining hall A La Carte (“Late Night”) (Especially at Busey-Evans – they have chocolate covered strawberries!)
  36. Attend a random lecture
  37. Visit Downtown Champaign
  38. Golf at the U of I Golf Club
  39. Visit the Champaign and Urbana Public Libraries
  40. Picnic in Illini Grove
  41. Watch a Marching Illini Rehearsal (on the South Quad during the fall)
  42. Attend an Illinois Leadership I-Program or participate in the Leadership Certificate Program
  43. Join a campus committee
  44. Get on the Dean’s List
  45. Experience the campus during the summer
  46. Go to an a capella concert
  47. Become friends with a professor
  48. Watch an outdoor movie on the Quad
  49. Go to a Board of Trustees meeting
  50. Pull an all-nighter studying
  51. Order Insomnia Cookies late at night after studying
  52. Play laser tag at Krannert
  53. See a movie at the Virginia Theater
  54. Perform at an Open Mic Night
  55. Create a personal website
  56. Decorate your dorm room and enter the Fab Pad contest
  57. Attend an academic conference
  58. Write for the Daily Illini
  59. Run for Student Government
  60. Create a short film
  61. Become a better writer
  62. Run in the Illinois Marathon
  63. Meet your Dean
  64. Make a video game in class
  65. Go to class in your pajamas
  66. Buy a bicycle to ride to class
  67. Meet alumni (SAA and ESAA)
  68. Have a dinner party
  69. Ask a professor about his/her research interests
  70. Join a fraternity or sorority
  71. Prank a friend (all in good fun)
  72. Sit in the front row of class
  73. Visit the Arboretum
  74. Go to a tennis match
  75. Visit every campus library
  76. See the Fistulated Cows
  77. Take a walk on the Quad after dark
  78. Play Frisbee and/or croquet on the Quad
  79. Get a minor
  80. Explore the basements of campus buildings
  81. Join our Illinois social network, Always Illinois
  82. Volunteer with children at the Orpheum Museum
  83. Climb a tree
  84. See live bands at the Canopy Club or the Highdive
  85. Whistle while you walk to class
  86. Relax your muscles with a professional massage
  87. Ice skate at the Ice Arena
  88. Follow the University of Illinois on Twitter
  89. Learn how to solder
  90. Invent an amazing new technology
  91. Eat at every dorm specialty restaurant in one week
  92. Play in a table tennis tournament
  93. Go to Illinites
  94. Practice parkour
  95. Camp at Kickapoo State Park
  96. Eat at the Illini Union Ballroom for lunch
  97. Ride the 22 Illini bus around the entire loop
  98. Go thrift-store shopping in downtown Champaign
  99. Visit the Krannert Art Museum
  100. Play broomball
  101. Take a tour of the greenhouses

Source: U of I Admissions Blog http://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/?p=5454

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