Hi! My name is Lillian Maxfield. I am
currently a junior at the University of
Illinois at Chicago. I am a double major
in psychology and anthropology.
When I was first looking to transfer
from the community college that I
started at, there were obviously so many
schools to choose from with so many
different opportunities and I ultimately
chose UIC because of the city location.
I grew up in a very small town of about
4,000 people. My community college was
also very small. I grew up in just a very
rural area so the city aspect definitely
attracted me to UIC.
When I first started my college career I actually had no intentions
of doing a double major at
all. I came in as a Psych major. I knew
that I wanted to be a general
psychology major in my senior year of
high school and so I think I'd have
thought it is what I would do until I
came to UIC. I transferred in during
spring semester of my sophomore year and
at that time I found out that I had
three general education requirements to
complete otherwise known as Gen Ed's or non-major requirement courses and the
three general education classes that I
chose that fit into my schedule wound up
all being anthropology courses and so
that really sparked my interest and just
taking those Gen Ed courses in the field
of anthropology and more specifically I
am focusing in on archaeology currently. I have kept in touch with my previous
professors and one of them has actually
referred me to do an archaeological
excavation in Belize. I am headed to
Belize this summer.
Transferring to UIC was honestly very
simple. Everyone is very helpful. I
reached out to my advisors to figure out
what classes would transfer over to UIC,
how they would transfer over and
then figuring out a schedule for my
upcoming semesters and seeing what Gen EdsI had left to finish and what major
requirements I could start taking and
overall my transfer experience at UIC
has been great. It's been simple and I am
on track to graduate in a 4-year plan
and overall I would just say that UIC is
a great place and it's just there's just
so many opportunities. Just take
advantage of everything that UIC offers.
