Carthage College Top Questions

The amount one pays to attend this school is getting to be too great for the quality of the facilities and education. I attended Carthage to play golf, but since I don't receive scholarships for that, it's getting the point where I should either quit and transfer, or drop other extracurriculars and focus on just school and golf. The school offers so many other opportunities that have proven to be better than competing, and upper level classes are difficult to a point where it's almost not worth playing my sport anymore.

I think the worst thing about my school is the extremely high tuition. That is the only downfall. Tuition is 40,000 a year, 42,000 if I get the dorm hall I want to be in. And that is really expensive for someone who comes froma single parent household that is struggling. Everything else at this school is amazing!!

How word gets out on campus is one of the worst things about the college iself. In order to really know what is happening on campus you have to know someone who knows someone or in order to get opputunities for jobs and finacial aid on campus you have to know someone too. This is how part of the world works but its a small campus things should get around more easily.

Carthage College is by no means a perfect private college. It has extremely strict drinking policies which have a negative impact on the students who are able to drink legally. Carthage is a completely dry campus, even students who are over 21 years old cannot drink in the campus dorm rooms. This forces students to drink elsewhere, which can be unsafe. Many students choose to go to a bar down the street from campus, and they often walk back while intoxicated. Having a dry campus does more harm than good for the students of Carthage.

The worst thing about Carthage is meeting people as a freshman. Because the school is so small, it is difficult to find a group to immerse yourself in. I spent many weekends in my room because I did not have a group of friends to hang out with yet, and I did not know where students hung out on the weekends.

It's basically a double-edge sword with the location of the campus. It is located right off the lake and in the winter it gets blistering cold and very windy!

The worst thing I consider about this school is that there aren't more majors offered to give students a wider choice of what they would like to do. I understand that there is not much space for more classrooms or buildings, but that would be something I would like to see Carthage take advantage of is creating more building space for more majors.

Some people have problems with the lack of class choices. Not every major people want is offered here at Carthage and people need to make sure that what they want to study is offered here.

I consider the parking the worst thing about Carthage, as we do not have nearly the amount of space that we truly need. However, Carthage is currently going under multiple renovations and will soon have adequate parking, housing, and student space.

The food is definitely the worst thing about Carthage College. It seems cheap and everytime I eat the food they serve I get sick. If you want to eat something thats not cafeteria food, it will cost you more and you get less food. If you want to eat your own food you have to really stock up because the nearest food store is 3 miles away and there is no shuttle to take you there.

The worst part about Carthage is the lack of classes for science majors in particular. Most REQUIRED courses are only offered every other year, and for a person like me who is in a 3-2 program (I'm only here for 3 years) it is very inconvenient. This could affect the ability for students who attend Carthage to go to graduate school since they'd have to take a lot of courses in graduate school that weren't offered at Carthage.

I don't like some of the parking restrictions and I think that we as a college need healthier food options.

The amount of food, because there is not a lot of choices to choose from

the worst thinga bout my school is that there aren't enough parking slots. the problem i usually run into is being late for class because of not having a parking spot. we need bigger parking lots.

The worst thing about my school is how the administration often cares more about the image of the school rather than the actual student experience. They spend enormous amounts of money at alumi events and community functions, and are more concerned that visitors have parking than students. The football field seems better kept than the library.

The worst part of Carthage College is probably the cafateria food. It is usually bland and there are not very many choices in the cafateria. But there are a few other choices on campus other than the cafateria there is a Strutters, sub connection, and an einstein bagels on campus. There are also plenty of restaurants in the area that students can go to as long as they have a car or know someone willing to drive them.

Our administrators are stubborn about what they believe should be the vision of our school. For instance, we have a "dry" campus, and we do not sell condoms in our school stores. The administrative idea behind this is that alcohol is illegal for most students, so the temptation should not be available to them, and that abstinence is the most effective contraceptive choice. Regardless of these laws, underage students STILL drink, and most STILL have sex. We--the students--feel this combination is scarier than selling condoms on campus. Our administrators have too much faith in us.

The worst aspect about Carthage College is that fact that it lacks diversity in regards to ideas and ethnicity. Furthermore, a majority of students on campus attend due to funding by parents/family; many come from upper class backgrounds. This causes some to diplay uninterest/laziness in studies and reflects poorly on those who pay entirely for school by themselves, oftentimes working full-time to do so (i.e. myself).

I am a tranfer student from Arizona State University, so it is fair to say that the only negative part of my new school, Northern Arizona University, is that I now must learn my way around a new campus.

The cost of the school is really high for a lot of people who want to go here. I'm not looking forward to the debt I'll be in after college.