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.