Summer
Most schools focus on general education but Columbia focuses on career when you first start the school.
Kessel
I am a film major at columbia and I believe this school approaches the craft of filmmaking like no other film school I researched. From the very beginning, Columbia has been getting me ready for life after college by providing a number of opportunities for on-set experience. A big part of their eductation is geared to hands on experience and understanding how to promote ones self after college. I believe whole heartedly, once I graduate from Columbia College Chicago, I will have the knowledge and experience to handle myself in any proffessional scenario.
Amanda
Columbia College is one of the recommended colleges told by my former English professor, and I'm glad it was recommended because I adored with the art classes and it shows that they care for art students as much as any other art colleges.
Andrea
Columbia is all about building talent rather than taking the most talented and stamping the schools name on top of the students talent. The teachers are much more encouraging about building your basic skills where as in other schools when the students weren't perfect they told by teachers to give up or even get cut from the program by the school itself. Columbia is a place for a new start for people who have been rejected by typical education systems.
Lena
Columbia College Chicago is unique due to it's "campus" within the city as well as through its opportunites offered to students. By not having a traditional campus and by making the city of Chicago our playing field/ campus, it gives students real world experience and teaches how to make it in the real world while maintaining an education within a field you love. It also has major interships open for all students and gives each student an open and equal chance for success.
Raven
It is in the heart of Chicago and we gain experience not only from the classes, but also from the city itself.
kael
My school was quite the surprise, because it considers students based more on their background and creative abilities, and less on test scores and GPA. It was convenient, but also promising for me, because I am quite creative, yet had many bumps in the road while going through high school. I am happy to say that my ACT was a solid 25.
Joshua
Columbia College is totally unique from any other art school because of the diversty of the student body and professional staff. Students from Columbia cover all of the arts. Everything from film and dance, instrumental performance and visual arts, to creative writing and game design can be found at Columbia. The collaboration between the individual disciplines is where Columbia shines. Everyone interacts with one another. Artists, writers, and performers all come together to fuel one another and create spectacular works of art. All of the staff are still working in their fields so students get real world advice from professionals.
Sarah
This school is specificly targetting to art students. Many different programs, but all art related, I love it!
Kacie
What sold me to Columbia College Chicago was their willingness to help me make connections quickly as a Freshman. It also is in downtown Chicago, which helps tremendously when finding different job opportunities and employment while attending school. I enjoyed their ten major guidelines and the fact that one of those was to live what you love. Creating art is my passion. It's what I live for.