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C of C is an amazing college. Everything about it-- the town, the people, everything. However, there has been an influx of northerners, who are totally ruining everything for all of us. Are you from New Jersey, Pennslyvania, Deleware, or Ohio? You are? Then stay home. Please. For the sake of my college, stay home.

CofC is a wonderful place for anyone who wants to be a college student. The weather is beautiful. The women are even better, and you can see them half naked any day, either at one of the beaches (10 minutes away) or on Marion Square (right next to campus). If you want to have a good time and learn about yourself and anything that interests you, then CofC is a good place to check out. The town is a nice college town. There are loads of bars, and if you can't get into a bar you can always go to one of the countless parties around town. If consuming alcohol isn't your thing you can join any of the school clubs and get involved around the city. Not everyone here parties, but most people do.

C of C is pretty small but big at the same time. Most of the school buildings are located on one road and the street is packed with students all the time. The city of Charleston is a pretty cool place to live, cool restaurants, hang outs, shops, and the beach is always a plus. I am actually transferring to Virginia this next semester, not only because of school issues. Dorm life, or at least Berry Hall life is terrible. The only thing good about Berry is that the laundry is free. But on the other hand, clothes are stolen out of the laundry room almost everyday. There are no cameras in the halls and there is no help for a student that is stolen from. This was my experience at the C of C.

COFC is a small school, which I love. The classes are challenging enough and the teachers are great. I had no trouble making friends (even though none of them were southerners). The faculty is overall great and friendly. Charleston is a great college town, you don't even need a car downtown. Everything is walking distance from campus, which is great. There are plenty of stores and great restaurants. The library is amazing, is probably where I spend most of time on campus. The dorms overall are way above average. They are awesome and some of them don't even look or feel like dorms at all, it's like an on campus apartment. The best aspect of COFC if definitely the dorms. One thing I would change about COFC is the lack of sporting events a football team. Most people don't go to basketball games and they aren't that much fun. The school would be 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} better if there was a football team, it would bring the school community together and would encourage school pride, which is existent but not predominant at the school.

So I grew up going to Charleston for vacations. And it still feels like that to an extent when i walk around. there are TONS of shops for shopping, and even more restaurants (the food in charleston is Delicious!). This tourism provides bars and night life that are an added benefit to students. This same tourism has also provided me and most of my friends with various jobs over the past years. Charleston has no football team and has a decent basketball team, but i don't know anyone who goes to the games. There is not much school pride, as in Charleston is the best school ever and where people paint their faces and get out flags or something. There is no big day where everyone shows how much they love CofC. Students DO still love the school, there is just not rally where people show it. The school and city are just Amazing!

CofC is a growing school, but still pretty small in the grand scheme of things, I love that about CofC. I wouldn't want them to grow any bigger, they're great being pretty compact. One of the biggest problems I had with the school was scheduling. They are mostly interested in getting out of state students who will live in the dorms, because naturally it will make more money for them; however, because they do this, they tend to forget about those who are local and end up catering almost completely to the dorm kids. They don't offer classes at logically times for people who live off campus. They don't accomdate off campus students or those who work, they expect everyone's schedule to be completely free to them. This has been my biggest challange at this school, because I live off campus and work full time. Also, they don't offer any online classes, which I think would help expand their school so much more if they did. It would be great and a huge help for those who live off campus to be able to take some classes online.

A medium sized school. BEST campus in the world, it's mixed in right with the city. Everything is beautiful! Besides the fact of being a liberal arts and sciences school, it is very diverse with beliefs. not everyone is liberal. A lot of people haven't heard of it, just because it's mixed in with the city. I think it's better that way - if you get pissed off with a lot of the college crowd or you just get sick of school in general, you can get away from it, and still be in beautiful charleston.

Not alot of school pride, but with over 10,000 students, it seems alot smaller. After just a few weeks you can recognize alot of people just crossing the street. The city of Charleston is one of the best parts of the school, as is the beach, the cistern, and the surrounding community.

The city of Charleston is a SMALL city. After two years you recognize everyone. Nevertheless, there are plenty of concerts, plays, festivals, and parties to keep kids occupied. The beach and the summers in the chuck are also relaxing and fun. I spend most of my time at my two part-time jobs (you need a lot of spending money for drinks and food), or at the library.

CofC is an amazing place, the perfect place to go to college in my point of view. For starters the city is amazing and always has something going on, the beach is just a short drive away, and people are always up for a good time. With the school being downtown there are a ton of bars, restaurants, and shops just a short walk away and you never have to worry about driving a far distace to see people. The student body is great, tons of good looking girls.. and lots of nice people. It's easy to make friends and with a compacted campus on not many city blocks you are always likely to see someone you know walking around. The academics are not bad either... most classes are challenging and a lot of the professors are really interested in helping you learn the material. Overall, I can't see anyone being disappointed in choosing CofC as the school they go to....