Columbia College Chicago Top Questions

It is so expensive! I love Columbia, but they need to change the whole financial aid department.

They can be slow in responding to problems especially the admissions and housing departments.

The lack of financial opprotunites to continue my education.

There are to many activities/performances happening at once and wish that you can attend all of them.

Really, I cannot say I find anything frustrating about Columbia. The atmosphere is awamzing, the city is beautiful, the people are great, the casses are awesome. I love my schoo more than I have ever loved a school. The only thing that I find even remotely frustrating is the Chicago weather and I can easily get used to it.

The only frustrating thing about my school at this point is the commute to and from classes during the winter, it's so cold!

It is very far from home.

The process you have to take before you register for the next semester. Also the financial aid, becuase they are not very detailed in what you can and cannot take etc.

Getting around Columbia is a challenge. The campus is spread out across many blocks, and combined with the cold weather and limited parking, going back and forth to class and residency can be a struggle.

My advisors don't have their offices open long enough, and communicating through email is frustrating because they often seem to want questions framed in a certain format, which you need to guess, and they won't answer you properly without that format. Because of their office hours you'll be lucky to get one response per day. That wouldn't be a big deal if I didn't need the advisor to waive certain classes and answer questions about my degree requirements. Often I skip the advisors and go straight to my department head.