Columbia College Chicago Top Questions

Make sure you really take the time to meet with advisors before each semester. Collaborate with other students as much as you can. Really put alot of effort into your projects, they will become your portflio pieces.

I wish I had known more about interdisciplinary majors. There are ways to combine a student's varied interests that would have been very helpful to me. The same goes for their minors. Many of my friends don't know there are majors that deal with math and science (since we do go to an art school).

That they only care about covering their costs; once the tuition is covered they don't care that there are other costs, like books supplies, and cost of living not just the tuition. I would have picked a University and not a college. I would have weighted the amount of Federal aid. Wish I'd known that they don't seem to care about the finical needs of the students more then there needs. If I'd known how much they don't care about getting the money students need to make going to college less of a burden.

Columbia doesn’t have a closed campus so it’s hard to feel connected. It’s possible to become a part of the community and avoid being isolated but it’ll take some work.

I wish I understod that going to school here would be pretty difficult. I wish I would've known that I shouldn't waste my time dropping classes.

I wish I had known that Going to an art school is not the best idea if you are going to school for a Cultural Studies degree.

I wish I would've know how difficult it was to find a job in Chicago. I didn't want to move out of the city.

I wish I knew all the teachers before going to this school. Thats no major thing though because I intend to get to know the faculty very well. I want to use Columbia College Chicago to its fullest potential!

I wish I had known how friendly, involved and helpful everyone is; I may have gotten more involved from the very beginning.

I wish I knew how cheap apartments in the area were in comparison to the on-campus housing. That left a bit of a dent in the wallet.