UIC Orientation Summer 2025

[music] [music] [music] Well, I'm like from the city, so I know a lot about like what they have going on here. I did a lot of uh stuff for band also like they have the USC [music] honor bands that they have for high school and I've been doing that for the past 3 years. So I [music] was interested in like all the music opportunities that they have. The Flames Resource Fair was like really fun. [music] Um I was happy to see like all the different stuff that they had. I was able to ask more questions [music] about the like music classes/p programs that they have. So, I was happy to be able to talk to them and to like hopefully be able to be a part of [music] that soon. >> UIC was my uh choice because it is kind of a popular school. The first thing that comes to mind is the size [music] and the amount of uh population that is here at all times. Guess I'm ready to see like [music] who I get to meet here as well. um since they come from all over. >> I chose UIC [music] particularly because it was like close to where I live and I want to like you know be involved with my family more and also um I really love the community here. It really surprised me. I love how diverse it is. So yeah, my top choice. [music] At first it was like a little quiet. no one was really talking and then like everyone slowly started opening up and like just talking and talking freely and just you know [music] being more open. So that really surprised me. I would say for incoming freshman next year I would say like just be open to anything. You know you never know what could happen. Get involved. Getting involved makes you know things easier and you meet new people and get more involved and [music] just just having people around you will make your life much easier. You learn more things in general. So yeah,