Loyola University Chicago Top Questions

Honestly, I wish I knew just how cold it was going to be during the winter, and just how windy it gets living right on Lake Michigan.

I wish that I had known that Loyola does not have a football team.

I wish I would have known how many people are at Loyola to make the college experience an easy transition and to genuinely help with any issue a student may have. My experience so far at Loyola has been even better than I could've imagined.

While the students are very friendly, there is not much school spirit. Also, the staff at the Residence Life is horrible at resolving roommate conflicts.

The clubs

The party scene is not existing and gets busted fast.

Surprisingly, for such a great school Loyola absolutely lacks decent cafeterias. There are several spots to get coffee and pastry, but if I want to get a quick and healthy snack between classes, I have to bring it from home. It gets even worse with lunch or dinner. The ones offered by the cafes on campus are extremely overpriced and absolutely horrific- greasy, tasteless and not fresh. After buying lunch at school several times, I just started bringing my own. Having good healthy food available on campus is very important; unfortunately Loyola still has to work on that.

I love every part of my experience at Loyola, and before coming to this school, I did my research very thoroughly, therefore, there is nothing that I wish I knew before I went to Loyola, because I was prepared for everything that it was about to offer me, and to this day, I love every minute of my experience at this school.

I wish I had known that there truly is a limited number of gentlemen here.

Before going to Loyola I was prepared to study, and study hard, to continune making the grade. In high school I was an A student who loved voulenteer work. When I arrived I dedicated all my time to studying and though I was pleased with my grades I still worried the worst was yet to come. In the end I got the GPA I wanted but I wish I had alloted myself more time be a part of the clubs I enjoyed so much in high school. Involvment in activites other than stressing out would have been a relief.

I wish I knew about the social life and the high expectations of this school.

I wish I had known that tuition was going to increase each year.

Before i came to Loyola University, i wish i had better known how to best be prepared for their curriculum. The school work is very intense and requires several hours of study outside of the classroom. I wish i had learned a better study method in high school to better prepare me.

I wish I knew more about the academic majors that I could choose to major in. Knowing that I want to pursue a career in medicine, I chose to major in chemistry. I was not completely sure whether I really wanted to major in chemistry, but I thought that a science major would be most beneficial for me. Since I have begun to take classes in other subject areas I have become more aware of some of my other interests, and I have a better understanding of the many academic opportunities my school has to offer.

Before entering college, I wish I had known to better organize my time. I found myself with so much freetime that I didnt know what to do with it. Instead of wasting that time on relaxing or watching TV, I could have used it to study, volunteer, or something productive that would help my resume. Thats what I use my freetime for now, but I wish I had known to do that sooner.

I wish I had been aware of the incredible amount of opportunity in all fields of study present at Loyola University of Chicago. Loyola has so much to offer students, but the nature of these opportunities is certainly understated in the application process.

School parking downtown isn't included in the main campus parking fee.

Before I came to Loyola, I wish I had known more about Chicago's public transportation. All full-time students at Loyola are given a U-Pass which gives us free access to all public transportation. If I had known more ahead of time, it would not have taken me the first month of school to become accostomed to it. It also took me a month to memorize the routes and the streets downtown. Knowing more about the city of Chicago would have made my first few weeks a lot less hectic and I would not have gotten lost.

Coming into this school, I felt I knew the system and campus pretty well. What I did not know was the difference between the freshmen dorms. I am currently living in Creighton Hall, a seven story bulding. I live in a pretty average triple dorm. What I wish I knew was how "ancient" it is compared to the other dorms. Across the street is Regis Hall, and it is practically a hotel compared to Creighton. They should give tours of all of the dorms instead of just one.

I wish I would have known time management better. It is somewhat difficult to go from having a very structured schedule in high school, to having so much free time where you should be working on papers and studying for tests, but somehow a lot of that free time seems to just slip away adn suddenly you have a six page paper due the next day, when you originally had a month to work on it.