College of Charleston Top Questions

Our school is just the right size and in the best location you could possibly hope in a college town. Charleston is the most beautiful city in the south, and you are ten minutes from a beach in any direction. It isnt like some schools where if you are not involved in Greek life, then you have no friends and nothing to do. People at the College are open minded and ready to have a good time. This shared interest in making the best of our four undergrad years brings people together.

The town is great. Most classes are small. A great school if you want a challenging academic career.

Cofc is awesome. I love going there. The old buildings and the beautiful historic downtown just makes you feel like your special because you get to go there. Although it gets kind of frusterating when you keep triping over all the bricks. You will trip on the bricks. Their is also an overload of people in the morning so if you are tring to get anywhere fast it is really hard to do when you are floating in the huge mass of people on the tiny sidewalks. But overall Cofc is the best school I've seen. The staff is excellent and very experienced. If you try as a student they try very hard as a teacher to help you to your best ability. The counclers are the best. CofC makes sure that you have a councler as an incoming freshman that helps picks your classes for the entire year. My councler was really nice and new all her students by first name and always took an interest in you and what your interests were. My councler would bend over backwards to help me if I got stuck in a rut. They make sure you are taken care of. The library is awesome although I wish it was open later all year long. It is open until two every night but once you get to college you'll be wishing you could study later.

The best thing about C of C is the city itself. It's amazing to live in a place that has history in every crack of every building. Not to mention an idyllic setting; warm weather, endless rows of palm trees, 15 minutes from the beach, it's like being on vacation every day. The size is perfect, there are about 10,000 undergrads but it doesn't feel that big. You can go to a party and run into the person you sit next to in Freshman Seminar, but you can also meet ten people you've never seen before, it's not too overwhelming, but not to closterphobic. Coming from the North, when I tell most people I'm going to C of C they ask, "Charleston, that's in North Carolina right?" Last year I was one of two people from my class of about 300 that went to C of C, but this past year about ten people applied to the school. It's becoming a hot school fast, and the college is hoping to be on par academically and popularity wise with Elon University in the next few years. Hopefully that means people in the North will become a little more familiar with Southern geography.

The best thing about C of C is that it is just the right size. There are not too many students or too little. When I tell people I go to C of C they are like, "wow, that is such a great school." The professors are great and the administration even better, they are always there to help you.

This school is the perfect size. its big without being overwellming. you will run into people you know on the streets, but you won't feel as though you are stuck in a tiny environment. When i tell people from up north that i go to cofc they ask me where it is because most people have never heard of it. I spend most of my time on campus in the education building as it is my major. Cofc is right in the city which is the perfect environment to go to college in. We're right by king st. the main shopping district and there is a huge bar life and the best part is you can walk everywhere. Cougar pride is growing at cofc. As a cofc athlete i have huge pride in our school and i attend as many sporting events as possible. An experience i will always remember is my two years living in College Lodge dorm.. i would tell everyone who is looking at dorms to live in lodge.

My two favorite aspects about the College are that it's twenty minutes from the beach and the campus is only about 2 blocks long. Although there about 10,000 kids at the College, the small campus makes it seem much smaller. It's so cool that the College is located in downtown Charleston because it feels like the whole downtown is our campus. There isn't very much school pride probably because we do not have a football team. Many students do get involved with the basketball teams though. As for the professors, of course there have been some that were mean and seemed unfair, most of my professors have been great. They're very intelligent, down to earth, and always willing to help. One unsual thing about the College is there are very strict rules while living in the dorms.

COFC is a nice size currently at approximately 10,000 students. The administration is always trying to expand the size of the school. I feel that they do not consider issues like parking and the constrains of space (parking is extremely difficult and expensive to pay for). I liked the College of Charleston because it felt like a quaint public school that wasn't too big or too small. I feel like now they are loosing their quaint feeling and buillding more dorms and more parking lots and increasing tuition. I like how the college and downtown Charleston are intertwined. It doesn't make you feel isolated at all. Charleston is a wonderful city that always has events going on. If you aren't interested in the college activities, the city of Charleston always has events. I do not feel like there is much school pride. For example, I was on the equestrian team. Many students did not know the school even had an equestrian team. No students ever came to support our home shows. It was a shame because we went to Nationals EVERY YEAR! I wish the school had an "Outing Club" that organized events like whitewater rafting, paintball, rockclimbing, canoeing and camping trips. I like to do outdoor activities, but they are expensive and without a car I was not able to do them. If many people were interested, they could get discount rates and we could all carpool. In addition, it would be a great social activity. Skidmore College had an outing club and I missed that the most when I transferred. There are many religious clubs but no outdoor clubs.

I love the College of Charleston!!! I'm from Denver so I'm clearly far from home but I don't feel far at all. I've met the most amazing people who have quickly become my new family and have made me feel so at home in the south. There is ALWAYS something to do in Charleston, from walking down King Street to the beach to boating to shopping to playing soccer in Marion Square there is always stuff to do. C of C is the perfect size, not too big, not too small. Greek life is a great way to meet people but is not as intense as greek like at other colleges and it is not as exclusive as other colleges. I have tons of friends who are greek and tons who are. The smaller class sizes are helpful because there is plenty of time to meet with teachers and they give you a lot of feedback on your work. There is great night life from house parties to bars you can go out every night if you want. All in all it's hard to beat Charleston and the College.

The best thing about CofC is its location. Walking through downtown historic charleston to class every day never seems to get old. CofC is about a 10 minute drive to several nice beaches. If I could change one thing about CofC, it would be the CougarTrail website. Because this is where everything gets done regarding your status at the school, it could function a little better than it currently does. I think CofC is the perfect size. It is a big school, but small classes and the not-so-big size of downtown charleston keep it in a continual balance. CofC's administration has always been friendly and helpful.