College of Charleston Top Questions

It is not a completely dry campus.

After having attended the college for a semester now, I would evaluate and conclude that the worst thing about my college would be the temptation to spend money within the downtown area. The city of Charleston has very attracting, retail stores as well as delicious restaurants that are tempting to spend money. This hasn't given me too much trouble, but it has been hard to resist. Nonetheless, I love the city and love the ability to walk to many places within the local area.

The worst thing about the College of Charleston is it's expense for living on campus. Charleston, being a tourist city, can be a major weight on the cost of living. The school is located right downtown, in the middle of the city, therefore the rates of Room and Board are slightly more expensive than more rural areas.

A healthy, or perhaps unhealthy, majority of the student body has taken up smoking for reasons entirely beyond my comprehension. As such, it is difficult to walk to class without having to smell one of those thrice accursed beasts.

The worst thing about my school would be the student's negativity towards campus living. I have yet to meet a student who wants to live on campus for any of their remainding years at College of Charleston, which I think is sad. The campus life is not bad at all, and the dorms or appartments CofC has to offer are all very liveable. This causes the school to give off a "small" school feel, when in actuality, we have 11,000 students..but where are they?!

The worst thing about my school coincides with the best thing about my school; the location. It is a lovely place to live but at the same time it gets very congested and busy during certain times, days, and seasons, so it can get quite frustrating being in the middle of all of it.

The worst thing about my school is that they do not offer too many scholarships to students who are of the middle class and have to take out so many loans to cover the tuition here. Most scholarships are only available to those who are first entering the college as freshmen.

There are not any "get to know" other students activities at the beginning of the year. If you do not know any/many people, it is up to you to make new friends, and it mostly depends on your roommates. If you don't like your roommate, then its not very great. My friends at other schools have many activities to meet people and they have a lot more friends.

Either though College of Charleston has a lot of charm, there are some things at the school that are problematic. The worst thing about College of Charleston is the parking situation. I had visited Charleston and College of Charleston. There are no huge number of parking due to the College being in the middle of downtown. Many students complain about the parking situation and that needs improvement.

I think the worst thing about my school would be not enough parking spaces.