Columbia College Chicago Top Questions

Varied. Awesome. Creative. Non-judgemental.

Since it is an Arts College, everyone has their own style in their specific crafts. They all come from different ways of life and different parts of the world. Everyone is very open to everyone's religious, racial, LGBT, socio-economic background. I've never met anyone who has any prejudice towards anyone's way of life.

The students at Columbia College Chicago are, in general, very excepting and welcoming of one another. Within the first week of being here, dozens of students come up to me to introduce themselves to me. After being here for a few months, I can honestly say that the students I've come in contat with are almost all kind, friendly people who are looking to meet new people. As far as academics go, the students at my school care deeply about their fields of study.

The students at my school is very friendly, I didn't know anyone my first year at Columbia College Chicago. I love how just being myself made me new friends.

A colorful rainbow of intelligence, skill, and artistic intergity.

There is a wide variety of students at Columbia. Theater majors, game design majors, audio engineering majors, and even dance majors all reside within a 1 mile radius of Chicago. These people come in all shapes and sizes. There a few rotton apples, but most are the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Everyone at Columbia is eager to collaborate and work on new projects to help build their own repertoire.

My classmates are open-minded, friendly and kind along with social skills that made me comfortable to talk with them.

I haven't enrolled yet this would be my first year so I haven't met anyone yet.

Hip, LGBT, a lot of kids from the suburbs, but plenty of people from all over. Definitely not for jocks or anyone with big school spirit. Columbia has no greek life and only a few intramural teams. Students are also generally heavily on the left, politically. Very creative people go to Columbia.

Creative, diverse, talented, and driven.