Xiaorong

Activities

• Illinois Wushu — A Chinese martial arts performance group which also offers instructional self-defense classes
• Volunteer Tax-Aide — A program that assists area accountants during tax season
• Member of the Executive Board for Volunteer Illini Projects — A group that organizes 15 different volunteer programs which  connects students to the community

Where is your favorite spot on campus to study?

Library of Indexes

Where is your favorite spot on campus to hang out with your friends?

The Quad

Where is your favorite spot on campus to relax?

Campus Honors House

What is your favorite club or organization on campus that you are involved with?

Illinois Wushu

What do you like most about your majors?

I enjoy how the accountancy professors teach candidly about practical, real-life problem solving. As an English major, I get to read and discuss literature and philosophy: it changes the way I look at the world. I’ve yet to have an English class that hasn’t been thought-provoking and worthwhile.

What are your favorite courses within your major?

In accountancy, I really enjoy audit and research courses because they engage students and include topics not commonly associated with accounting. English 200: Critical Approaches to Literature changed my perspective of literary criticism and became my foundation for understanding literature.

Describe your most memorable experience at Illinois.

One night I participated in a coffee crawl sponsored by the Campus Honors Program. It gave me the chance to prepare for a full night of studying while associating with fellow caffeine addicts!

Why do you belong at Illinois?

I love being surrounded by down-to-earth people who share an interest in expanding their preconceived notions and learning, for themselves, what the world consists of.