Sarah
It is located in the heart of Chicago which makes it unique because students have the opportunity to interact with a diverse population.
Alisha
DePaul's Career Center is a department devoted to helping students find internships and jobs. The Career Center has a very strong prescence on campus, and are devoted to reaching all DePaul Students to help them get a head through internships and financial workshops. DePaul also features an Entrepreneurship Center which focuses on Students that are building small business. They have an annual entrepreneurship competition for all DePaul Students, which encourages students from the different colleges to collaborate and plan.
Jillian
Our schools is unique because of the campus's circular design as well as having many regional campuses. Plus, on the weekend, the main campus is at most 30 minutes away from theme parks!
Camille
What DePaul offers is rare: an exceptional education integrated with a world-class city environment. DePaul enables students to receive a ?real world? understanding while gaining a strong liberal arts background. Walking around campus, one can just feel that unmistakable energy and character of the institution. DePaul graduates have immediate access to a wealth of opportunities that the city college provides. Internships, job experience and community service, as well as familiarity with the diverse and interesting people of the city give DePaul students an edge.
Eloise
DePaul University has an excellent program for adult learners over 24 years old which allows one to obtain and transfer credit(s) based on life experiences, prior college credits received and independent learning pursuits.
Jessica
No other schools really compared. I wanted to be in the busy city and have that lifestyle. Depaul is by far the most exciting city to be in in Chicago.
Noelle
I currently attend San Francisco State University. The budget cuts are creating a huge problem for my education since I cannot get classes I need. Also, the school is more of a commuter school and does not have an active campus environment. I feel that DePaul University will give me the campus environment I want and most of all, benefit my education with available classes for my general education and my major.
Lauren
Most schools are known as "party" schools, whereas my school is more focused on giving back to the community through volunteerism, which is the Vincentian mission.
Jon
Being right in Chicago, there are many opportunites to get real experience while attending DePaul. Students are encouraged to seek out professinal opportunities that will advance them in their studies, and it is pretty easy to do this due to campus being in a major city. The other schools I looked at also encouraged their students to seek real life experience, but being so far from major cities, it would be difficult to do so at those schools.
Prizy
DePaul prides itself on diversity and charity. The Princeston Review rated it the most diverse campus in the U.S. in 2007, and the social makeup varies much more than when I grew up in elementry/high school. As the largest Catholic institution in the United States, DePaul supports the beliefs of its namesake, St. Vincent DePaul, who faught for the inherent equality of all men and women. Also, being an urban institution, DePaul allows students to easilly travel to Chicago and offers a rich cultural education for students willing to discover it on their own.