Columbia College Chicago Top Questions

My only thing with Columbia is they have yet to fully prove the legitimacy of their education. I have a few absolutely fantastic teachers, but I have a few really sketchy ones. There are a lot of Columbia graduates that have been hired as adjunct-faculty members, and I am not sure how qualified they are for their job. That is not to say there are not amazing teachers here. I have ones that are really pushing me to the next level and I'm forever grateful. The bottom line is, you have to be seeking an education to get it. I chose hard classes, and I picked teachers wisely. Yet, again, it is strange to me that this must be the case. I'm paying ridiculous amounts of money to go here; the standard of educators should be much higher. I can only say that I hate doubting the school I attend, and fear how it will affect my future.

Ok, well, Columbia is in Chicago which is great, because there's a lot to do, and also, most people here are really nice and very chill. There are quite a bit of stupid people though, because the cut off high school GPA to get in here is pretty low. It's a big school, so you're never going to know everyone in your class, let alone in the whole school, but you'll know quite a lot of people in your program by the end I imagine. There are no sports teams or Greek life, so that's nice as they usually breed more stupidity, but that doesn't mean there aren't quite a few parties, and almost everyone here does at least pot and drink. I spend most of my time in the dorms and classrooms, other people hang out in the city. We don't really have a campus, but the South Loop (downtown Chicago) is practically one huge college campus anyway, with four or five schools packed in. The programs here are amazing and very professional, but the gen eds (or LAS courses as they're called) aren't very interesting so far, but it's my first semester so... anyway. Yeah.