From: amywoman@camelot.bradley.edu (Amy Harris)
Subject: Re: Netters in Illinois, from an Accidental Tourist
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:31:10 GMT

In <1993Jan26.064925.13756@trentu.ca> jschklar@TrentU.CA (J) writes:

>     Cheers!  My name is Jason and I am a senior at Trent University
>in Peterborough, Ontario.  My major is psychology and I have interests
>in grad. studies in same or law.  Am taking a year off and am planning
>to spend time in IL area.  Looking at grad/law schools, visiting family
>friends.
>     I am hoping to find a job (am US citizen) so that I can relocate for
>a while.  Interested in psych/law related work, but also have bartended
>for a number of years :) and done all sorts of other jobs :|.  Any help
>would be great be it about (1) universities in IL, (2) where to look/write
>/apply for jobs, (3) other info about areas to see or not to see...

There are a few good universitites up in Chicago and the surrounding
area.  If you are looking for grad school in psych, you might want to
write to Northwestern, Loyola, and the University of Chicago.  These
are pretty good schools overall and they are also good in graduate level
psychology.
DePaul and IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) also have graduate
programs in psychlogy but I don't know how good they are.  This is not
to say that they aren't good; I just have not heard enough about them
one way or the other.  The University of Illinois at Chicago also
has a program and (I think) is pretty good if you want to go into
clinical.
ISU (IL State) in Bloomington also has a graduate program in psych, I
believe.  SIU (Southern Illinois) at Carbondale might also be another
to check out.  I can't comment on the campus at Edwardsville.
Of course there is also the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana,
which is definitely a good school all-around.
There are also some small liberal arts type schools around here,
but I can't offer much information on them.
Here at Bradley we have only a masters-level program.  I don't know how
good that program is either; all I can tell you is that Bradley prides
itself on its focus on undergraduate teaching rather than graduate 
or faculty research. 

As far as jobs go, you're in luck if you've been a bartender.  
Bartenders can make the bucks, but you probably already knew that.
Other than that I have no advice to offer...

About places to go to or see: it depends on your interests.  Since I'm
from Chicago, I tend to prefer it and think that it's the most interesing
part of the state.  Compared to Chicago the rest of Illinois seems 
rather rural.  Of course there are a few places with large universities
(for example, Urbana) that have such things as cool bookstores etc., 
but that's because the town can afford to cater to the college students.
Then there are places like Peoria.  Peoria has more than 100,000 people,
and Bradley has 5,000-6,000 students, so if Bradley shriveled up and
blew away Peoria would hardly be different.


In closing, if anyone wants the addresses for Northwestern, Loyola,
DePaul, or U of Chicago, I could probably dig up my applications
and post them.  (specifically the addresses of the graduate psych
departments...)
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