Columbia College Chicago Top Questions

i knew everything i needed to know.

Definitely how much it would cost to come here.

I wish i had known that the mojority of the classes i want to take i wont be able to until i am a senior.

I wish I would have known all the expensive that were involved with my major and going o Columbia. I should have done more research into Columbia to budget my money and how much I would have had to spend .

the amount of competition and how much more money i need to survive in this expensive city

The cost of living is a little crazy. I mean I knew it was expensive but with the economy as bad as it is now it is very hard to attend school and try ot pay to live and try to maintain a job and school work. But I have made it this far, but if I would have known the cost before I would ghave prepared more.

I wish I would have known how much financial aid I was not going to recieve. And I wish I would have known more about loans and how I don't get many because apperently my parents make to much money. I supposrt myself and wish the government would help out alittle more or college prices should be lowered because we do not get as much help as they say we do.

How much I would acrue in student loan money for only two years.

I wish I would have known I would have to get a loan.

Coming into Columbia College Chicago, I honestly believe it was everything I expected and more. If I would have known from the beginning when I began to consider a variety of college options, that this was the only school for me then I would have went straight to the campus and had selected it as my first choice after one visit. As an artistic person, this school satisfied me artisticaly while challenging me academically and although I favored other potential schools, they could not offer me the combinaion of skills I have learned in the art and entertainment industry world.

I feel like my major (Cultural Studies) is misleading. I think there should be a better description. It's nothing like what I expected it to be.

I wish I would have known how competitive this university is. I would have worked harder in high school or in my time off from school in order to build up my abilities. I also would have made more of an effort to stay involved in my chosen field.

I wish I would have known to look for scholarships that would actually help me pay for school. I also wish I had known to get an apartment instead of living in dorms and cost way too much money for me. I wish I would have known most of my friends would drop out because they couldnt not afford this school.. which I don't want to suffer from the same problem and would love additional help.

i wish i knew more about the program i was entering because i was a dance major and the program wasn't what the school was making it out to be. which is why i changed my major.

The very high cost of the my major, photography.

I wish I had known how little emphasis is put on core general education

I wish I had known mor about the techers I would be signing up for. Also, how to have a work scheule as well as a social life.

There is practically no room to specialize in your area of interest. There are too many required courses in the curriculum and not enough flexibility in order to attain the education specific to your career goals. It is hard to meet people if you don't live in the dorms at first, it is not a very sociable school and has practically no sense of community. Almost everyone commutes to school from all over the city and goes home after class, there is not a lot of interest in meeting people or involvement with the school.