Sam
I'm just going to list some stuff:
The best thing about CofC is that it is near the beach. If I could change anything, I wish our school had more school spirit. CofC is just the right size...same size classes as my h.s. pretty much. Most of my time spent on campus was either in class or in my room (when I lived on campus). Charleston is def. a college town which is great for us. You can walk to just about anywhere you need to go (car is still a must just bc though). Parking sucks though because freshmen don't have parking privileges, and when you do it costs a fortune. The administration at CofC is good... I liked most all my teachers (expect for one which I helped start a petition to have fired...she is still here so NEVER take Prof. Massie for Bio.!!!!) Oh, if it rains....you need rain boots...and stay away from the edge of the sidewalk when a car drives by unless you like getting wet.
Alex
I feel that our college is just the right size. By all means, I do not know everyone here; however, my classes rarely exceed 25 to 30 students.
Charleston is definitely a "college town." We have four colleges within a 30 minute radius of city: C of C, the Citadel, Charleston Southern, and Trident Technical College. When everyone heads home for Christmas, the city is dead. Charleston is a city primarily running off of the college students and tourists. Due to this advantage, there are always jobs to be filled and always internships to apply for!
The campus is right in the middle of the city, so it's hard to say where most of my time is spent on campus. I like it this way; it allows me to never get bored. My favorite study places are the Cistern (where students walk across to graduate), Waterfront Park (a 15 minute walk from campus, overlooking the Ravenel Bridge, the marsh, and the water), and the Addlestone Library (the college's new library,including a coffee shop, three levels, computer levels, and an entire outside park for students).
Megan
One of the best things about CofC is the intimate student body. I think that around 10,000 students is a great number, because it's not small enough that you feel stifled, but it's small enough that you pass by the same people everyday going to class. Not to mention it's in a wonderfully beautiful, historic, and fun town, where you will never run out of activities to do. I guess you could say that Charleston is a good mix between a college town and a tourist attraction. We inhibit the town during the academic year, and come summer the tourists take over. Most people react positively when I tell them that I go to CofC, but before I came down as a freshmen, everyone I told that I was going here reacted by saying "it's just a party school". If I'm not in the library I spend most of my time in the downtown area, we normally go to King St. or the Market to go out to eat or to the bars. For the most part, CofC administration is very helpful in aiding you in whatever way they can. I can't really think of a huge controversy other than the school was thinking about changing our graduation from the Cistern on campus, which is where it has always traditionally been, to the North Charleston Coliseum, which thankfully did not happen. One frequent student complaint is the loud construction that is being done right across from the library.